Thread: do all leaves and branches make the soil more acid??
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Old 08-06-2007, 05:22 PM posted to sci.bio.botany,sci.chem
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Default do all leaves and branches make the soil more acid??
BAJJERFAN wrote:

Look up tannic acid. I think this accounts for the acidic nature of
leaves and leaf-based humus/mulch.

And the acidic organics in soil are humic acid and fulvic acid which the
result of degradation of plant materials.
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