Thread: Is Citrus OK for Composting?
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Old 08-08-2006, 03:15 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Is Citrus OK for Composting?
On 7 Aug 2006 17:22:37 -0700, wrote:

We've got eleven orange trees and quite a few oranges wind up on the
ground throughout the year. We just got a composter, and I was
wondering if it's OK to put whole oranges in it? The oranges will have
been squished already, or partially eaten by our various squirrels,
etc., and we will be putting our kitchen waste and some grass clippings
and leaves in there as well. Thanks...


They will compost fine. If you cut them up they will compost faster.
This reminds me when I lived in Downy, California--oranges everywhere,
rolling in the street gutters and all over the place.
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