Re: CULT: Pine needles
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Pine needles
- From: "* F* L* <c*@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 20:25:57 -0700 (MST)
J. Griffin Crump wrote:
>
> One of my hunting buddies and I raked up 10 big bags of white pine
> needles from his yard today. I want to use them as mulch to try to
> prevent my newly-planted TBs from heaving this winter. Does anyone who
> has used pine needles have any advice to give? (When to apply, how
> thick, etc.) All input appreciated.
>
> Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
> jgcrump@erols.com
I have had some very bad results from the use of pine straw. Whatever
elutes out of the needles during the winter seems to stunt the growth of
the iris the following year. I have had a bed under a Monterey Pine for
several years and only when the pine was removed did the bed begin to
thrive.
Something seems to affect the soil chemistry to retard growth and
blossoming.
I could have misassigned cause and effect here but that's my experience
with pine straw.
Al Limberg
Concord, CA
