Close. The leaves and needles will be the pH of the soil that the roots are
in.
Hence some will be acidic and some will be basic.
Kurt
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 07:22:12 -0500
> From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
> Subject: [NAFEX] pH question
>
> Jerry,
> Pine needles are not acid. That's an old wive's tale.
> It is not true!
> Pine needles (and Oak leaves, for that matter) are no more
> acidic than any
> other green vegetable matter.