Flowering crabs

Can you use the crab apples from a flowering crab in your garden as compost?

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 09/05/2017 @ 9:31 am

Yes, crabapples make a good compost ingredient. Just make sure that your compost pile heats up enough to kill the seeds in the crabapples, or they could sprout and become a weed in your garden later on. This article discusses ways to help compost heat up:
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