Re: Fall clean up: bare ground or leaves?
- Subject: Re: Fall clean up: bare ground or leaves?
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:53:11 EDT
In a message dated 10/3/2003 12:41:22 PM Central Daylight Time,
justme@prairieinet.net writes:
> . Had a very hard time growing anything till we amended the soil to
> nuetralize the effects of all those oak leaves. On another note, the surrounding 4
> acres that were not going to be used, we ran the lawnmower thru the leaves
> thinking it would help them decompose. After ten years, they were still
> there.... killing off any hopes of natural vegitation
its not likely that the oaks made the soil acid, but that the soil was
already acid (if that was the problem) Soils develop acid conditions often when
exposed to a lot of water. Oaks produce a lot of chemicals and some of those can
effect the growth of other plants if there is a thick layer of half decayed
leaves.
Paul
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