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[Doc Lisenby <longdistshtr@shtc.net>]

About the pH of pine needles, etc., I'd suggest that maybe it is a phenomenon that is present where pine trees are the predominate tree. I rarely get soil approaching neutral. Practically everyone mulches with pine needles here and the soil is acidic, regardless of what you mulch with. I have to add lime to just about everything that doesn't grow here naturally.

Doc Lisenby

Zone 7/8 (pine country)