Will adding 2 to 4 inches of acorns to my shrub beds cause any pH variances to the soil?

I have two huge Live Oak trees that drop thousands of acorns starting now. I have raked them up in the past and just threw them away, but decided to be Earth Friendly this year.





Any problem with throwing them into the shrub beds?





I was hoping they would rot and amend the soil. I live in Dallas and everthing around here is black clay. Every year I add landscapers mix and by the end of the season, most has rotted away.





Any tips would be appreciated.

Will adding 2 to 4 inches of acorns to my shrub beds cause any pH variances to the soil?
No, it probably won't do much to the soil pH -- if you test carefully, you may see a slight change, but soils (especially clays) are strongly buffered and tend to return to their native pH.





But you're likely to have lots of little oak seedlings...





Why not rake and compost? Then spread the compost.
Reply:I have 15 oak trees (I live in Western Oregon) in my yard---I can't imagine why I would use the acorns in my shrubs. A certain amount of them would just sprout -- they are just seeds of the oak trees. It would certainly attract mice %26amp; rats to nest there for the food, probably causing chewing damage to the shrubs. I also don't think they would rot that soon, they have a woody husk.
Reply:I don't think so if you just poured them there, but they might if they rot. Plus some will turn into oak plants, because the will get the soil, light, water and fertilizer meant for your plants. If they are crushed is an entirely different matter all together. I'm pretty sure acorn are really acdic. I know oaks are full of tanic acid. That is what they use to cure animal hides so they don't rot. I think you can fill a bucket with oak chips and water and the tanic acid will leach out of the wood into the water. You can then soak a hide in it for a couple of weeks, let it dry, then chew, pound, rub, etc.. to get it soft again and you have a cured hide.

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