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TightenUp

April 22, 2013 10:46 AM

magnolia tree

any reason to keep these flower petals out of the compost pile? the tree sheds them like crazy

Redbaron

April 22, 2013 12:02 PM

Nope. They are food for worms. I would just leave 'em.

TightenUp

April 22, 2013 12:21 PM

if i leave them they'll become food for the worms in the lawn. if i compost them they'll eventually make it into the garden about 75 yards away

bughunter99

April 22, 2013 04:50 PM

[QUOTE=TightenUp;342456]any reason to keep these flower petals out of the compost pile? the tree sheds them like crazy[/QUOTE]

Nope they degrade very quickly. I dumped about 30 pounds of them in mile pile last year and a week later they had shrunk down to almost nothing.

Redbaron

April 29, 2013 02:11 PM

[QUOTE=TightenUp;342482]if i leave them they'll become food for the worms in the lawn. if i compost them they'll eventually make it into the garden about 75 yards away[/QUOTE]
AHA rake them from the lawn and into the compost pile. SURE. By all means!

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