Re: pine needles in cutting garden
Pine needles are the best of all possivle mulches, excellent at keeping
weeds down and letting moisture in. They are also slow to break down and
will not affect the ph of the soil. In my late, lamented KS garden I tried,
and failed, to acidify an area with pine needles.
----- Original Message -----
From: "elle" <eleanor@easystreet.com>
To: "perennials" <perennials@mallorn.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 3:34 PM
Subject: pine needles in cutting garden
>
> Howdy from sunny lovely blustery Oregon! I have a 2 year old cutting
> bed with about 20 various roses in it, canna bulbs, iris tubers and a
> variety of cutting flowers.
> There is a stand of Ponderosa pine trees that divides my property from
> the neighbors and the wind we have had lately has blown a lot of pine
> needles into this garden (which I just cleaned)
> Will these pine needles change the ph enough to matter to the roses and
> other plants?
> Can I leave it as a mulch or should I rake it out? Would it make a good
> mulch for the canna for winter as I think in this zone I can leave them
> in the ground to over winter.
> halp!!!!
> elle - willamette valley orygun Z8
>
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