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Originally Posted by Gardeneer
Pine needles/straw is not going to help much. .
Any soil with pH of over 5.6 is in acceptable range. Probably pine straw has a higher pH than that.
Down in Georgia I made garden where the soil was red clay and acidic too. I added lots and lots of pine straw, leaves, manures ... and of course some lime.
I agree w/ Salt : Run your mower over a pile to chop it. This way it will mix wit soil much easily.
Gardeneer |
I was just making a point.
An example is a woman I know.
She comes from a part of the country where the soil is acidic.
She cant seem to get it through her head to add anything acidic to our soil.
I came home with a whole truck load of free pine needles one time and put them on my garden.
She told me I was going to kill my garden with them that they were poisonous.
Worth