What to do with apple pulp

Stephanie newish gardener

Hi, we are making cider again after a bumper apple crop this year, which leaves us with a lot of apple pulp. I have put some on the compost heap but wonder whether, if I put it all on, it will adversely affect the resulting compost.
Our garden is big enough that we have dumped random piles of it in rough ground where it can rot down undisturbed but I thought it worth asking the collective wisdom of the forum for thoughts.
Will it be ok to compost the lot and should I mix alternate layers with something else, if so what? Or are there other things we can use it for? 
All thoughts welcome
Thanks

wild edges

Mix it in with dry leaves and grass clippings or other green waste and it should be fine. I added loads after making cider and added a lot of brown cardboard in with it and didn't notice any problems. If it isn't well mixed you get sludgy patches but just mix more brown stuff in if you do. Just be prepared to turn the heap a few times.

One year I did give several loads to a local farmer for his pigs but he's since moved away. I used to give him loads of veg peeling and offcuts in the hope of getting some free bacon but he didn't take the hint

Stephanie newish gardener

I wondered whether pigs might like it but there aren't any near here, though there are sheep in the field across the road - they are our morning entertainment when sitting in bed with a cuppa, fascinating to watch. But I digress...
We have voles living in the compost now, they tend to move in at this time of year so I cut down on the turning of the heap to avoid squishing or impaling one   
I guess I will be ok to layer then and see how it goes 

Skandi

My mother used to trench compost it, so dig a trench wherever you want the compost next year and drop it in, if it's pure apple pulp probably not more than 8inches depth of pulp or so. cover the trench over and plant as normal in the spring.

Stephanie newish gardener

Skandi said:

My mother used to trench compost it, so dig a trench wherever you want the compost next year and drop it in, if it's pure apple pulp probably not more than 8inches depth of pulp or so. cover the trench over and plant as normal in the spring.

So essentially use it to prep a place I want to plant something next year, using the pulp as a winter soil improver? Could I do this on the veg patch?

BLT

The pugs would adore it, imaginetheir own internal supply of apple sauce..

Stephanie newish gardener

BLT said:

The pugs would adore it, imaginetheir own internal supply of apple sauce..

Do you mean slugs......?   

fidgetbones

I think BLT means PIGS not pugs.   pork with apple sauce.

Stephanie newish gardener

fidgetbones said:

I think BLT means PIGS not pugs.   pork with apple sauce.

Ah, now that makes much more sense!

Skandi

Stephanie newish gardener said:

Skandi said:

My mother used to trench compost it, so dig a trench wherever you want the compost next year and drop it in, if it's pure apple pulp probably not more than 8inches depth of pulp or so. cover the trench over and plant as normal in the spring.

So essentially use it to prep a place I want to plant something next year, using the pulp as a winter soil improver? Could I do this on the veg patch?

Yes it's traditional under runner beans but it works on everything I have tried it with. just bury it deep enough  that you don't run into any that may be left when you rake/hoe the soil in spring.

Stephanie newish gardener

Well I'll give it a go then. Thanks for the tip!