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  • From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] mulching with pine needles
  • Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:38:01 +0000

Doreen & Mark:

Pine needles are for my irises & other flower beds. Usually don't have any left over for the orchards. I think I put a few under a couple trees last fall, but if there was a detrimental effect, that was the least of '04 problems.


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From: markl <>
To: <nafex>
Subject: [NAFEX] mulching with pine needles
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:37:16 -0400 (EDT)

I know mulching with pine needles has been discussed here before. The advice that these are to be avoided since they make the soil acid has been exposed as a myth. I heard a new reason not to mulch with pine needles. A county extension agent said these should not be used for mulch since they contain resins that are bad for fruit trees. I didn't know how to respond to that. I think that is a myth also. Next time I hear that advice I want to have a comeback. Any thoughts...
-Mark Lee, Seattle zone 8a

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