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Huntsburg,Ohio

is leaves &grass cuttings good for your patch gust woundering i am a first year grower.

10/19/2002 8:33:37 PM

CT

yes put as much in this fall as you can....then some more early spring and till it all in.

10/19/2002 10:29:38 PM

Key West, FL

killer i thought you had been growing for a few years?

10/20/2002 1:33:31 AM

Cape Cod

Oak leaves contain (apart from the high acid) a compound that inhibits the growth of many plant varieties. It is not productive to put uncomposted/undecomposed oak leaves into your garden if they will not have broken down by planting time in the spring. I did one year, and a some of my vegetables -most notably broccoli- I forget which others- went into a month long funk. I didn't have a clue about it until I read a scientific paper on the subject, and then it all made sense.

11/8/2002 8:31:57 PM