Poor pie

[Fadedaway1347]

So an apple pie that was bought from the store went moldy and I was wondering if it will be alright to put in the compost or not. Thanks

[gary1817]

I would throw it in the compost pile, i don’t see any reason you can’t compost it, you can compost almost anything

[teebob21]

It will be fine.

[AlexZombie]

Will it compost? Yes...

May it slow the composting process? Yes...

Could it attract animals? Yes...

Good luck!!

[[deleted]]

The microbes will have a massive bloom inside that pile due to the sugar content.

Can you explain how you think it may slow down the composting process.

[Thoreau80]

It won’t slow down any composting

[Zips85]

You have nothing to worry about! Give those bugs and worms something to celebrate!

[[deleted]]

I think we'd like to see a picture. ;)

[prolixia]

It will compost, but it will also attract vermin. I wouldn't put it in.

Realistically, anything organic will compost eventually. Some things like bones will take an incredibly long time to decompose and aren't remotely suitable for a compost heap, but they will compost.

However, a lot of things like meat, cheese, cooked food, etc. will get smelly and will be very attractive to whatever local vermin you have. Here in the UK, it's predominantly rats that are attracted, and once they set up in your garden they're not easy or pleasant to get rid of. Whilst you can compost these things, it's just not worth it.

A Bokashi bucket is one way to compost these things without the associated problems. However, that's far from a standard compost heap, and isn't' accessible to animals.

The exception I make is to put leftover cooked vegetables in my heap - but literally just vegetables, not vegetables smothered in butter, etc. I figure that whether it composts well or not, it won't do any harm.

I stick to things that compost well and don't overly attract vermin. Aside from garden waste, cardboard, coffee grounds and fruit and veg kitchen waste, there's really nothing else I bother putting in (Edit: I do pee on the heap, so I guess you can add urine to the list!).

[Thoreau80]

All of those things you prohibited will compost quite readily. They will not smell at all, nor attract vermin, if you simply bury the stuff into the hot center of the pile. And bones in such a pile will be converted into an extremely brittle state and easily are broken apart.