The Urban Legend of Citrus Peels
I've received some funny emails recently regarding the pH of compost and whether or not citrus peels can be thrown in there. Simply put, there's nothing wrong with putting any amount of citrus fruit in your compost. In fact, as you just saw in the last week my compost tumbler nearly doubled its temperature after I added a huge bucket of citrus fruit waste...nothing wrong with that! I think that this perception comes from vermicomposting more than anything, as it helps to keep citrus waste to a minimum for the worms. Even still, you can add it in small amounts. Does anyone have a different view on this? I'm tending to think it's all hearsay, and anyone that actually tries to compost citrus peels will see that it's just fine.