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Nov 23, 2013 10:30 AM CST
Name: Tom Cagle
SE-OH (Zone 6a)
Old, fat, and gardening in OH
holity said:Someone told me oak leaves are too acidic to use for mulch. Is that true?


No its not true. Everything that was alive has a ph, that ph changes as decomposition breaks things down. Completely decayed compost in pretty neutral at the end. No matter what the original ph was at the start.

I would not depend on organic additions to change ph of plantings. It never did for all the pine needles and oak leaves I added to my blueberry.

Only Miracid or sulphur changed my ph.
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