Pine Needles And Your Lawn

There’s a very PINE line when it comes to pine needles and your lawn

Pine needles can be good or bad for grass! If there’s a pile of pine needles the grass can be deprived of oxygen, sunlight and water and can turn the grass brown. The grass blades easily bend and if pine needles are on top of them it can cause strain for the grass itself and its roots due to lack of nutrients. Pine needles also can restore nutrients in the soil, when they decompose they turn into nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus which are the three things that can help with grass growth only in small doses.

Pine needles can also kill weeds but it can also kill the lawn and other plants around them if there are too many. The best way to take care of pine needles is to rake them or use a leaf blower to remove them. You can still leave some pine needles to compost so don’t stress if you can’t get all the pine needles. In the end they can cause long term damage to your lawn and make the soil very acidic so always make sure to rake the pine needles as much as possible and do not pile them as that will stress the grass. 

FUN FACTS: Pine trees are male and female! Both male and female pine trees produce woody cones. The female cones produce seeds, while the male cones produce the pollen.