[Let it Grow]

I just picked up a new account with 3 fruit trees that have lots of fallen, and really soft fruit. How do you guys deal with that?

 

[proenterprises]

interseting question.

while i dont really have a good answer i do have a funny story.

we used to do a house with tons of crab apple trees and they were ALL on the ground. worker ran over them with the z and the all shot out of the discharge and nailed the other guy in the face a few times.

another week. we played lco softball. i pitched some crab apples and one guy stood with the trimmer and cut em up as i pitched them.
i guess not the smartest idea but it seemed fun at teh time....

i would say just raise ur deck a lil or trim around them

 

[veltenslawncare]

i use my redmax eb7001. that does the trick for me. i just blew about 150 apples 15 yards into a ditch in under 10 mins.

 

[Pro Prop Care]

YOU could PAY someone TO pick THEM up FIRST!

 

[ffemt1271]

they make mulch too

 

[CMLLawnServices]

I run them over, I pick them up if the owner agrees to pay me to pick them up.
I have a few residentals with apple and pear trees, one is a farm with a small orchard and they don`t care if i hit them.

 

[HOMER]

Make crabapple sauce or pear sauce or whatever sauce the fruit will become after I run over it a few times. I don't pick it up and I don't weed eat in it!

 

[Black Water]

I mow a property that has black walnut trees. Does a walnut hurt when launched from under the deck, you ask? Does a one legged duck swim in circles? When i finally get to the truck my right azz cheek looks like it caught on fire, and i put it out with a bag of six penny nails.

Apples, pears, plumbs, anything but nut trees!

 

[Tbarchaser]

I like the fresh cirtus aroma...............mulch em!

 

[bommaritro]

Yeouch Blackwater and I thought getting hit with some pea gravel from a trimmer was bad.

I unusually close my OCDC and make sauce too just make sure you clean your deck off real well. Let mine sit during a hot weekend after mowing around some apple trees let just say the smell was pretty interesting to say the least.

Ron

 

[Mark P]

Homer im with you on this one, who in the heck wants sticky legs by swinging a trimmer in that sweet juice...LOL Marks Mowing Service

 

[lasher66]

If the owner paid me to pick them up I would,but most the time they are heavily guarded by bees and wasps so I wont go anywhere by them. Mulch them unless the customer says otherwise.

Lasher

 

[Rustic Goat]

Mow and/or trim over them, helps if you're mulching. I too enjoy the aroma, don't care much for the face splats, but it sure beats dog poop.
One customer has a flower bed always over growing with mint. I trim it first, whole back yard smells great.

 

[sildoc]

Well I have to admit I mostly pick them up. Why? Not sure but the grass is in better shape that if ther is a bunch of scalped apples or pears on the ground matting up the turf. Most of my clients have fruit trees and I write in the contract durring the months of october through december there will be an extra charge of 60 a month to pick up fruit off ground if not done when we service your lawn. I have to admit most wont do it so the extra 10 min it takes at most to pick up is worth the money. also it makes for a fine deer attractant since this is the time of the year hunting is at the best..

 

[GrassBustersLawn]

Mmmmmmm......FRUIT SALAD.

 

[Camelot Gardens Uk]

I have a site where the house is built in the Orchard of an older house now demolished. Has approx 15 trees all fruit, crab, apple, pear Owner rakes them into piles and I pick the up with a snow shovel to avoid wasps etc, takes 2 hrs, 4 barrow loads each week.

 

[HOMER]

2 hours a week?

I'd mulch them suckers into a fine mist and fugetaboutit.

I sure hope your hittin' him good for this!

 

[wojo23323]

We treat it like dog poo. Run it over unless paid to pick it up.