Apples as fertiliser?

londonTiger

I have bucketloads of damaged apples that fall into our garden from the neighbours tree.

I want to use them as fertiliser for my plants. In the past we hjust chucked the apples onto the soil, but I don't think they decompose to release nutrients abck into the soil in time.

WIll probably take 2-3 years for it to decompose fully. So wondering what the best technique would be use apples as fert.

I was thinking of just digging up the soil after the summer and burying the apples into the ground and let nature take it's course.

wallbash

Run the mower over them and then stick them on the compost bin

londonTiger

dont have a mower but i guess I should crush them.

lostinrates

Wasps tend to like fallen apples so might be something to consider.

But, they don't take very long to rot down I think.....

( ours don't get a chance, between geese, chickens and dogs its a fight for the fallen ones, none get time to rot)

I_have_spoken

WIll probably take 2-3 years for it to decompose fully

Hmm, in the ground I'd have thought more like weeks. If I happen to have bananas that have gone squidgy, I chuck them under plants I'm putting in the garden

A._Badger

Put them in the compost heap. You want a balance of nutrients and composting different things together helps achieve that.

Linda32

We have exactly the same thing. I have kept the good ones. The rest have gone in the compost bin. As said, youcan use them but they need to be composted along with other things.