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Cedar Trimmings Compost

17 years ago

A friend offered me a van load of free compost that he said he picked it from city municipal facilities and does not need it. After he dumped it on my driveway and was gone I noticed that it was only cedar trimmings pressed compost and not from mixed shredded trees as most city composts do.

My question is "What is it useful for?"

I thought most evergreen leaves provide acidic compost or is it true only for pine needles(good only for blueberries?).

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Kimmsr
17 years ago
It is a common myth that the mulches or compost from conifers, evergreens, "pines", will be acidic and it can only be used on plants that need an acidic soil such as blueberries and Rhododendrons. That is a myth. Mulchs or compost from those sources will no more be acidic than would compost made of Maple leaves (a pH of 3.2) Research done by Dr. Abigail Maynard at the New Haven Ag Research Station in New Haven, Conn found that adding pine needles and oak leaves to soils did not significantly affect the soil pH.
That material will be a good mulch anywhere.
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