RE: [tomato] Re: (no subject) pine needles
Pete (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:36:06 -0500
Tom, I'm a neophyte, but what was the ph before you added the lime? Did the
soil need the lime? I was told the tomatoes like acidic soil, so what is
the ph now, and why do you call it a "problem"?
Pete
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Subject: [tomato] Re: (no subject) pine needles
my very un-scientific opinion FWIW:
I once read in aa magazine dedicated to organic gardening that pine needles
will not make your soil more acidic. So, that year I tried pine needle
mulch
around my tomatoes. It did a great job of preventing weeds. A soil test at
the end of the year showed that my soil was more acidic than a year earlier
despite the lime that I added in the spring. I'm assuming that it was the
pine needles that caused the problem.
Tom