Fall leavs

37chief · Nov 19, 2019

About every tree I planted came from back east. Now I am blessed with falling leaves. I don't have a big area, but I rake them up one day, in a few days I am back at it again. The post below got me thinking maybe they are good for my garden. I found If I put them in a row and run over them with my mower I have ground up leaves. Then more will fit in my trash cans. If I pile them through the winter will they be good for my garden, next spring? Stan

Geo-TH,In · Nov 19, 2019

Stan,
One morning all my leaves with the exception of a sycamore, dropped 99% in 24 hours.
There were some many we mulch them with Farmall and JD a few times before I

Used JD and Agr vac and put 6 loads on part of garden which I has put down Ag lime and 30-0-3 fertilizer. Next spring I plan to leaves there. Pull back enough to plant potatoes and tomatoes. Then I used mower to chop the leaves the Last time so wind won't blow them away

George

Hayfarmer · Nov 19, 2019

I use a riding mower with bagger to pick up leaves. I have some maples with really big leaves so sometimes when keaves are heavy on the ground I run mower bagger until shoot is plugged then keep going on leaes. It breaks them up finer. Then I empty the bagger and go back and pick up chopped leaves, they take a lot less room in bagger. I dump leaves on a compost pile and work them in. The above method does not work well if leaves are too wet as they are hard to pick up after chopped. Then again as one young fellow told his mom, why pick them up if the are called "leaves"

David Snipes · Nov 19, 2019

We have used leaves for years as garden fertilizer. Leaves are generally high in trace minerals.

Cmore · Nov 19, 2019

And will lower the PH of your soil...make it acidic

OldFarmTractor · Nov 20, 2019

I have hosta around my house. I run the mower over the leaves and almost windrow them. These get raked onto a tarp and dragged to their final resting place, on top of the hosta. I often throw a little lime on top to sweeten them a bit. In spring, the hosta poke right through the leaves. The only negative is thistle that is carried along but after doing this for over a decade, the soil is so soft that the thistle are easy to pull.

Why give anything that is good organic to the trash people?

jal-SD · Nov 20, 2019

I usually "windrow" the leaves before I bag them by going over them a time or two with the bag off to reduce the volume. Then bag 'em & Tak 'em to the compost pile. (My $0.02 worth. JAL-sd)

Married2Allis · Nov 21, 2019

I would much rather spread lime than bag acres of leaves, if I even cared about the pH. I have so much weed grass in my lawn anyhow, just as long as it comes up green. Gave up on that a long time ago.

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