Re: Leaves in April
Hello,
With all the talk about adding leaves... What are the PH implications of added cut
straw to the soil?
Thanks,
Tom
Reinsborough wrote:
> 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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