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Old 18-11-2004, 10:39 PM
DJBrenton DJBrenton is offline
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Originally Posted by Pati Rock
It sounds lazy, but I was wondering if piling leaves upon bulb beds, shrub
beds, etc is beneficial at all or is it necessary to mulch completely?

thanks,

Pati

Piling new leaves on can rob the soil of nitrogen. You really need to rot the leaves into leaf mould for a year to make it beneficial.