Re: Mounding Soil & Compost Acidity Adjustment

Scott, not sure if anyone answered your post.
If your talking about the hill where the seeds are planted, It's often because raised beds warm up faster in spring resulting in an earlier crop and improved drainage. You can also start out with a light, rich soil mix.

If your talking about mounding soil on the vines, it's to improve the root system.( the vine will put down additional roots )

Parsons, Scott wrote:

Growers,
I have two questions today that I've thought about
seems like a lot these last few days:

1. Why do (especially you growers in the north)
mound up the soil where the pumpkin is planted?
Is this to distribute the solar heat to the root system?

2. Here in the south where I live we do not have an
abundance of maple trees to use the leaves in making
a compost heap. Can other leaves, say oak be used
and if so, can you adjust the acidity of the composted
leaves and the compost heap in general? With what?
Lime maybe?
 

I think oak leaves may have tannic acid in them, not sure.Not sure about making chemical adjustments.

Still thinking about next year.

Scott in Alabama
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