Re: Mulch and Rot
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Mulch and Rot
- From: G* D* S* <g*@sacam.OREN.ORTN.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:36:32 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, Ellen Gallagher wrote:
> I am doing a little experiment re pine needles and mulch. Currier
> McEwen suggested to me this summer that I retest my soil where I
> have been using the needles (Japanese irises are mulched with pine
> needles all year) because he thinks my pH will not have changed or
> maybe become more *alkaline*! This has been his experience...it
> flys in the face of conventional wisdom or does it?
I too use pine needles here in Mass. and that is also what I used in
Tenn. And I have read in the last few weeks somewhere...... who knows
where..... that pine neddles cause very little change in the acidity of
the soil. I that been believed but does not occur as I recall the
article to have said. Keep us informed woth your experiment!
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