Re: OT-PLANTS: leaves and soil pH


Celia writes:

>>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?
>>
 Sharyn responds:


>        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. 

I don't know about oak leaves, but their wood and bark is a natural
source of tannin, or tannic acid.  I also know that the ground under my
stand of oaks is acidic, but so is the rest of the property.

Lynn Woosley
Marietta, GA
USDA Zone 8
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