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Re: worms and oak leaves answer

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i have heard that compost, regardless of what goes into it, has a pH
of around neutral!  True?
not sure if there is a prob. w/ black walnut *leaves*.  Juglone (the
inhibiting substance) is in/from the *roots*. 

On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 23:16:00 -0700, you wrote:

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>Well Holy-that is encouraging. The garden center I went to must have just
>been trying to sell me supplements- they told me that a lot of things won't
>grow in  areas where Oak leaves fall- and in my front yard I have a billion
>of them. But come to think of it you are right. I added globs of compost
>and peat moss to the flower beds and nothing seems to be suffering- in fact-
>all the stuff I planted last spring is doing well. Sometimes I wonder if we
>should just put the books down and experiment. At my old house I had a black
>walnut tree -I always composted the leaves and then 2 years later-read that
>those leaves are very bad- would stop growth etc. Well no one told my yard-I
>guess because everything grew just great- even had stuff growing like crazy
>in the beds under the tree.  Thanks for the encouragement.!-Teri
>----- Original Message -----
>From: sneaky one <sneakylady36@hotmail.com>
>To: <sqft@listbot.com>
>Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 7:37 PM
>Subject: Re: worms and oak leaves answer
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>> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>> >
>> > >waitng for one of your oldies to tell me it is ok to use somne of the
>> >tons
>> > >of Oak leaves that I have in my compost
>>
>> Oak leaves are all I have for leaves.  I don't do anything to combat the
>> acidity.  They do take a while for me to break down, but I haven't had any
>> troubles with any plants in my garden or by my flowers either.
>>
>> I have 2 compost heaps. The one heap is the one that is large and I quit
>> adding too, then the other is the one I keep adding to. I have a middle
>heap
>> of leaves, that I use all winter and add those with my greens to the pile.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Holly
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