Soild ph from ever greens?

[Jordo25]

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[Barrelhse]

I knew a guy who worked as a forestry prof at UMaine. He was working on using pine needles as a mulch or soil additive. He said that, while pines perfer acid soil, the needles are quite neutral and don't acidify the soil. The trees grew because of the soil that was already there.
Your gro plot sounds good. I used to do the same in sand/clay/gravel and the plants were huge. My holes were prob 3-6 gal, filled with anything that was better than what I took out, and mixed in a bit of woodash and chicken ****.
Soil pH meters or liquid test kits are readily available at ANY garden store, Home Dep, etc.

 

[longtimegrower]

For bag seed that should be more than big enough. If your going to use lst you shouldnt need too do any pruning. Let the tops grow and keeping them tied down they will keep making more tops as they grow. Just my opinion. Slim. PS discutting yeild in pounds is not a real good idea IMO Some things are better kept to your self. Everyone on the site is not a helping friend if you get my drift. Be safe Good growing Slim