Re: Leaves in April
I see no problem with adding leaves to your soil at this time of year. By the
time your vines spread to fill the patch, the breakdown will have been completed.
I layer my garden in the fall mainly to protect from deep frost and erosion. When
april comes around, there is still a thick layer of leaves and straw that have
not broken down, but by the time the vines spread out , everything has been
transformed into beautiful soil. I've never had a problem with low nitrogen as my
leaves are always deep green except during a week of cool, cloudy
weather.........Ken Reinsborough
LIpumpkin@aol.com wrote:
> Hi All....I have just tilled my 19x37 backyard plot and added a bunch of
> wheelbarrows of semi-decomposed maple and oak leaves.these were tilled in
> with the winter rye I planted in the fall and 3 garbage cans of somewhat aged
> horse poopies.(garbage cans is the urban measuring system).My question is
> this: I have about 20 hefty bags(another urban unit of measure) of non
> chopped up non composted oak and maple leaves that i can adde to my patch. If
> I add this uncomposted material now,will I be tieing up all my nitrogen and
> hurting the feeding of my pumpkin this summer? Help!!!!
>
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