Re: OT-PLANTS: leaves and soil pH


At 10:58 8/19/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>I never tested the soil where mine grow, but
>>it is under oak trees and I'm sure it is not alkaline.
>
>What's the story on oak leaves (and perhaps mulberry)? Acid soil or
>alkaline soil?
>
>celia
>storey@aristotle.net
>Little Rock
>
Celia,
        I've always heard that only evergreens and conifers were acidic. You
know, for best bloom on an azaela or good growth on a hosta always plant
under a pine, etc. None of mine are under evergreens and I have to feed
MIRACID to keep them happy. A nurseryman also told me to plant my Redbud
near pines for the acid, also dogwoods. My neighbor has a hydrangea under an
oak and a holly and it's blue. 

Sharyn, Annapolis, Md.
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