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Using pine wood chips and needles for ground cover

If you have pine wood chips and needles available for use as a ground cover or mulch, you probably don't want to use it right after it is chipped. The chips and needles have a high acid content that may affect your plants. But if you let the material sit, after 9 - 12 months, the acidity will be reduced (and it'll be a richer mulch) and it will be safe to use. If in doubt, you can get a soil pH tester and test the material.
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Categories: Gardening composting
Added: on Apr 24, 2007 at 9:09 pm
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Thank you, that was very helpful!! We have tons and tons of pine cones that we schredded and used for making paths thru our veg. garden. Hope it doesn't leach out too much!
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