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Novice 8N Owner

01-02-2003 12:41:26




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I have 5 acres of thinned-out, huge red oaks that are shedding an incredible amount of leaves. Is there an implement I can use on my 8n or am I better off with a gas blower? Just want to gather the leaves to burn.

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Novice




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Dale-Pa

01-03-2003 04:35:02




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 Re: Red Oaks in reply to Novice 8N Owner, 01-02-2003 12:41:26  
Big Dogs...Big Paws...little cut-up leave pieces...BIG MESS !!! That's why I rake best I can. Oak leaves are highly acidic. Maple would be one of the better choices for compost. Of course, you can't always pick what types of leaves blow into your yard.



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Bill 52 8n

01-02-2003 20:37:50




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 Re: Red Oaks in reply to Novice 8N Owner, 01-02-2003 12:41:26  
At the golf course i use to work at they had a Ford NAA that was only used in the fall or after a big storm with a 3pt leaf blower to clear the fairways and greens off. It was very effective to say the least. HTH

Bill



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Jim Spencer S.E. Michigan

01-02-2003 19:29:25




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 Re: Red Oaks in reply to Novice 8N Owner, 01-02-2003 12:41:26  
I have large oaks and a leaf problem.
I blow my leaves into long windrows and then pull them away into the field with a landscape rake.
Jim



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Don (NC)

01-02-2003 19:12:45




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 Re: Red Oaks in reply to Novice 8N Owner, 01-02-2003 12:41:26  
I thought they were called leaves because you're supposed to leave them...

Haven't done any leaf work in years...lol.



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Gary

01-02-2003 13:52:37




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 Re: Red Oaks in reply to Novice 8N Owner, 01-02-2003 12:41:26  
Don't laugh...I've done this. Rake them and bale them. You would be surprised how well they bale. Disk or plow them into the garden or just leave them near the road. If you live in an area with traffic someone will show up and offer to buy them, happened to me. Leaves make great compost.



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Ed Gooding (VA)

01-02-2003 14:26:05




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 Re: Re: Red Oaks in reply to Gary, 01-02-2003 13:52:37  
Hey Gary. I've been told that oak leaves are very slow to decompose, and they are very acidic. So, unless you are going to mulch your azealas or rhododendron, which like the acid, you may have to come back and lime to offset.

fwiw..... ..Ed
'52 8N475798



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Add..

01-03-2003 02:19:37




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 Re: Re: Re: Red Oaks in reply to Ed Gooding (VA), 01-02-2003 14:26:05  
RaspBerry plants to the 'Likes Acid' list...



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Gary

01-02-2003 14:42:59




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 Re: Re: Re: Red Oaks in reply to Ed Gooding (VA), 01-02-2003 14:26:05  
Good point about the acid. Never had a problem but it gives me something to read up on. Thanks for pointing that out.

GT



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haines_6of6

01-02-2003 18:04:21




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Red Oaks in reply to Gary, 01-02-2003 14:42:59  
If you live east of the 100th meridian, you probably lime your soil anyway. In any case, the most I would do would be to use your bush-hog to mulch the leaves in place, and let mother nature do the rest (letting the leaves rot back to the soil as it was meant to be}.



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Salmoneye

01-02-2003 13:21:22




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 Re: Red Oaks in reply to Novice 8N Owner, 01-02-2003 12:41:26  
I guess I am missing something...

Why do you want to burn them?



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Scott Hansen

01-02-2003 13:56:42




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 Re: Re: Red Oaks in reply to Salmoneye, 01-02-2003 13:21:22  
I thought the same thing. They are good compost, and would probably keep unwanted growth down. Why not just let nature take it's course?



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Salmoneye

01-03-2003 02:17:49




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 Re: Re: Re: Red Oaks in reply to Scott Hansen , 01-02-2003 13:56:42  
Ayuh...

That is one of the ways nature keeps down undergrowth due to the tannin in the decaying leaves...

I never understood people that rake or blow them off their lawn either...just mow em and the little pieces filter throught the grass and disappear with the next rain...



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bg

01-02-2003 13:14:46




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 Re: Red Oaks in reply to Novice 8N Owner, 01-02-2003 12:41:26  
You could buy a hay-rake. They also make a minature version for lawn tractors. Northern Hydraulics sells them. Then just rake the leaves continuously inward to form a burn pile.



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Arne Good idea bg

01-02-2003 13:16:47




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 Re: Re: Red Oaks in reply to bg, 01-02-2003 13:14:46  
A hay rake would work real good. Also they can be found at auction and such for pretty cheap.

Arne



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don t. - 9n180179

01-02-2003 12:53:31




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 Re: Red Oaks in reply to Novice 8N Owner, 01-02-2003 12:41:26  
Last christmas we went to my ma's. Kinda like you, tons-o-leafs, everywhere. We used her 8N w/the hog and cut em up. The hog layed the cuttings to the right, nice enough to hand rake into strips. We then burnt the strips. Hope this helped...don t. ...



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