From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beaver!cornell!rej
Newsgroups: net.garden
Title: Re: soil acidifiers needed
Article-I.D.: cornell.4355
Posted: Thu Apr 28 09:29:05 1983
Received: Fri Apr 29 21:09:37 1983

Oak leaves have a lot of tannic acid.  Pine needles are also acidic.
Therefore, compost including either of these will be quite acidic.
I have found that needles take quite a bit longer to decay then oak
leaves, so oak leaves make better compost.