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Old 12-06-2017, 01:16 PM
 
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I moved here from South Florida, so I don't know much about caring for non-tropical lawns. I am wondering what to do with all the live oak leaves that clutter my yard in the post-Irma era. I sort of assumed they would blow away or rot, but it doesn't look like it works that way. Live oak limbs rot in weeks. The leaves appear to be eternal.

Because I have a big yard, I am thinking of hiring someone to suck up the leaves and get rid of them, but I don't want to do it twice. I want to do it when the leaves are pretty much done raining on my lawn. When do the leaves stop falling here?
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Old 12-06-2017, 04:21 PM
 
Location: Gainesville, FL; formerly Weston, FL
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That’s so funny, we asked the same thing last year (also our 1st year in our home in Gainesville too). Neighbors told us March (they were right). We don’t have as much property as you—only one 1/3rd an acre. We have 4 bags of leaves ready for the trash next week.
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Old 12-06-2017, 05:28 PM
 
Location: Florida
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i just cut the leaves when I mow the lawn.
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Old 12-06-2017, 05:32 PM
 
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You will come to terms with the leaves. I use to have 3 different types of oaks and they fell at different times. I had the crispy critter Fritos, the paper thin type, and then all the rest. Good luck. You'll learn the seasons of the leaves.

Dax
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Old 12-06-2017, 06:06 PM
 
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When you use the blower, these frigging things stick to the ground and shake until you move on. It's like they're doing it on purpose.

March is a long time to wait. Maybe I'll have to do this several times a year.

I was avoiding mowing because the ground is dry and blowing away. Not sure what the long-term solution is. For some reason, the previous owner's sprinkling system only works next to the house and a few other areas. It leaves most of the yard dry. I have maybe 2.5 acres that really should be watered regularly.
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Old 12-06-2017, 06:07 PM
 
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Mow them into mulch.
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Old 12-06-2017, 06:57 PM
 
Location: Ocala, FL
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You will come to terms with the leaves. I use to have 3 different types of oaks and they fell at different times. I had the crispy critter Fritos, the paper thin type, and then all the rest. Good luck. You'll learn the seasons of the leaves.

Dax
I only know of 2 types of Oaks, live and dead.

I am in Ocala.
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Old 12-06-2017, 08:01 PM
 
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Mow them into mulch.
That's what we do. But it's just a quarter acre.
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Old 12-09-2017, 01:07 PM
 
Location: Port Charlotte FL
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compost 'em..just through them in pile in a corner of your yard and mix grass clippings with them when ya start mowing again..best thing going for your outside plants and gardens..
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Old 12-09-2017, 05:32 PM
 
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Just mow 'em. The soil in the area tends to be sandy with low nutrients so when you mow the leaves into little pieces, the decompose into the dirt and provides nutrients. If you mow weekly or bi weekly starting in March, there won't be much left of leaves when summer starts.

If there are lots of leaves, you can also get a leaf blower and blow them into woods or rake them around oak trees on your property as a mulch.

Maybe do a combination of both.
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