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APPLE MANURE

jeffdevlinjeffdevlin Posts: 2
in Fruit & veg
I have a few raised beds for growing vegetables like runner beans,carrots and  Courgettes.at the end of our harvest we normally cover the beds with a plastic cover,to keep the cats and weeds out.We have a few large apple trees in the garden which are always dropping apples.I was wondering is it good for the raised beds if I put a load of the fallen apples over the soil and cover them for the winter,let the rot down.will it be good for next years veg?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’d just leave them for the blackbirds to eat over the winter 🥶  ... the birds will thank you by eating the slugs 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I've just harvested out a raised bed and sowed a green manure mix onto the bare soil. It gets dug in before it goes to flower or a few weeks before I need to plant it up again, whichever comes first.

    With apples I'd be worried about rats living under the plastic and converting the convenient food supply into manure. :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • jeffdevlinjeffdevlin Posts: 2
    Best to just let the apples rot where they fall then.

  • bookmonsterbookmonster Posts: 399
    I've just put a soil improver over most of the bed and will keep cats and weeds out by putting onions and chard in much of the bed
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