Re: Pine needles

Many months; agree it might happen faster in the sun than in a pile
where they can stay green at the bottom for ages.

If they grew in clumps on the branch, you could just cut those off
and use them green as mulch and let them dry in place.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center 
> 
> I have - oops had - a dwarf variety of white pine in my back yard. 
It was a
> sort of standard, a round ball on a trunk when I bought it.  I
candled it
> over the years to keep it compact, but after about 10 yrs it's just
too big.
> So this morning I cut it down before the trash men came, but then I
realized
> those pine needles are great mulch.  So I set the branches aside to
die off.
> Qstn:  how long do you think it will take for the needles to brown
and fall
> off so i can use them as mulch?

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