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Old 31-10-2008, 11:39 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
Keith Corwell Keith Corwell is offline
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Default Which is better for the lawn over the winter?

Tell me more about the "TEAS" I always have just mulched up the leaves and
let them lay.


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If no scientific study available, which is better in your experience or
opinion?
Raking all the leaves off the lawn before winter, or leaving the leaves
where they fell, and under a blanket of snow (see sig for location). If
left on the lawn where they fell, would the nutrients be better released
by melting snow, and also provide a smidgen of insulation for the

ground?

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Bill
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After you mulch the leaves, aid the decompostion with a wetting agent and
something that aids bacteria in breaking down those leaves. There are a

few
"teas" in combination out there in recipes to put in your hose sprayer
bottle.
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Dave

If it looks like fish, smells like fish, its not
a cantaloupe.