RE: [gardeners] Lots of oak leaves
cvinson@mindspring.com (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:31:57 -0500
Kay wrote:
Pretty high in P and low in K compared to quite a few dry plant products,
but a little high N, high K would balance that nicely. It's pretty
difficult to shift pH very far from the native soil pH on a long term
basis, but repeated applications can do it. How about a little lime?
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I remember running across a recent publication that appeared to be saying
that new research is showing that oak leaves, pine needles, etc. are not
effective in shifting soil pH. I was surprised! Do you have any information
on this?
Catharine/Atlanta, zone 7b