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Leaves on fields
leaves and grass don't go together, but some many home owners, farmers, landscapers are of the opinion that by mulching (reducing the size) of a leaf (especially an oak leaf is all they need to do. what you are really doing is start a large area compost pile, and that is not conducive to a good lawn growth.
i did not say that humus of leaf origin should not be used as top dressing on turf. but humus has gone through several processes which normally takes years (certain manipulations can accelerate the process).
just go ahead don't collect the leaf we love lawn/turf restauration work ...just call me ... hahahahah!
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Bubebberg,
You are definitely right about leaves. My property is just too big to do anything but chop and blow em. But where I have concentrations of finely chopped leaves, the Grass is saying see ya later. All that acid in oak leaves just is not great, and raking those spots is almost a must.
Dennis
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We have around 2-acres of lawn that we finish mow and remove leafs and pine needles. Our bush is on its own.
Last spring I made a shallow excavation in a bush clearing for leafs, bedding straw etc. I pushed back the mound, used some of the material, added more and re-mounded last fall and again this spring.
I'll till in some lime and a bit of fertilizer soon. I'm reluctant to use much lime and fertilizer because I don't want to get a roaring composting action going. I've seen seriously smoldering piles of sawdust due to spontaneous combustion. I don't know the potential here, but I'd just as soon not have that happen in our bush. At any rate, last spring's material seems to be pretty well composted when I pushed the mound back a week ago but nothing much had happened over the winter.
At any rate, it seems like a year in the pit does the job on leafs, which is fast enough, and I don't have to accelerated the action much. We get leafs off the lawn, dispose of them and have something useful left over. My wife did add pine needles to the pit last fall. I guess my attitude is that needles won’t compost very well, and they didn’t over the winter. I suppose time will tell.
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The temperature in the compost pile must remain fairly high to maintain composting action.
I piled just needles in an area under the utility line here. The needles were pretty well composted after one year. The pile temperature would remain higher longer here as the winter temperatures are failrly mild.
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Thanks for the comments Peters--even though it's still talking about leafs. I've now got hopes that I may see some progress in needle reduction by fall. It's always tricky explaining to wives that their ideas didn't work--now I've got hope I may not have to. There are enough pine needles around here that piling then up does remind a person about fire hazards. We have taken trailer loads of needles to the dump for that reason so I'll be happy if they compost.
We had a flock of at least 60 robins in our year until a few days ago when they paired up and dispersed. The yard was a sea of orange. Reminded me of a lady bug plague that I could live with. Dang! Can't stop talking about them bugs either.
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