Re: [gardeners] Lots of oak leaves
Kay Lancaster (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 08:05:08 -0800 (PST)
> the oak leaves? In the forest, you just get layers of leaves, but then
> the leaves aren't falling on sunny flower and veggie beds. Would this
> amount of leaves change the pH significantly? Or overload on one
> nutrient?
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?
Lespedeza hay 2.4 0.8 2.3
Oak leaves 0.8 9.4 0.1
Kay