Hi all
I am going through options for keeping the slugs off my young brassicas. I have some pine needles spare and was thinking of mulching with those. I've already done my strawberries with them, partly because I had read that they can increase the acidity of the soil, which is beneficial to strawberries.
However, from what I've read brassicas are not so keen on acidic soil, so would it be a bad idea to use the pine needles?
I did read somewhere that someone tested one of their beds where pine needles had been used, and another where they hadn't, and the pH was the same in both. But then I also know how unreliable these testers can be sometimes.
So I wondered what people here have experienced and/or what they think about the subject?
Many thanks
Max
I am going through options for keeping the slugs off my young brassicas. I have some pine needles spare and was thinking of mulching with those. I've already done my strawberries with them, partly because I had read that they can increase the acidity of the soil, which is beneficial to strawberries.
However, from what I've read brassicas are not so keen on acidic soil, so would it be a bad idea to use the pine needles?
I did read somewhere that someone tested one of their beds where pine needles had been used, and another where they hadn't, and the pH was the same in both. But then I also know how unreliable these testers can be sometimes.
So I wondered what people here have experienced and/or what they think about the subject?
Many thanks
Max
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