Pine needle mulch
Is there any reason not to use pine needles for a mulch for tomato plants? I just raked a huge pile of needles off my yard and it seems that they'd make a great mulch.
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Thanks, everyone! I was concerned about making the soil too acid, but duh. . .since they do take so long to break down, I would just need to scrape them off at the end of the growing season. Putting tomato seedlings in this week. I think I'll do a layer of rabbit pellets, then a layer of yellow straw, then a thick layer of pine needles, for mulch. That way, I still have extra stuff to turn into the soil next winter. I appreciate the comments!
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YIKES!! Say it ain't so. I just put pine mulch around my veggies.hendi_alex wrote:We used pine needle mulch one year, and the next day the plants had wilted and died. I assume that pine needles can sometimes be the home to wilt bacteria. I don't know whether this was an isolated event or suggests more of a widespread problem.