I'm soon going to cut down mostly sweetgums to make brushpiles for my little lake. However, the watershed is very acidic, piney timber, and it has been a struggle to get pH up to 6.5 now (5.5 last year).

Here's my question: If we create 15 or 20 brushpiles, each consisting of 4 to 6 freshly cut individual gums, would that throw off the water chemistry? I sure don't need more acid, which I fear would be the case.

Any thoughts?

7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160