I am not sure about most leaves but for sure not sycamore leaves they are poisonous. For sure Oak and Maple. I use these myself.
Larry madden
Any leaves are good mulch, especially if they've rotted and molded a little while.
Equipment for collecting, for cutting or shredding or storing, and for spreading is the item that will be needed to use dried papaya leaves as organic mulch. Papaya leaves may measure 3.5 feet (1.07 meters) long by 2 feet (0.61 meters) wide. They work best as an organic leaf mulch when pre-composted for two years in bags or bins after being chopped by lawn mowers, leaf shredders or wood chippers or shredded by garden shears.
You make mulch by layering organic waste material, a bit like compost but without the kitchen scaps etc. You can use grass clippings, leaves, bark chips, sugar cane, pea straw and shredded bark.
Yes. Eucalyptus leaves can be used as mulch. However, they should be composted for several months first. This will allow time for the resins and other toxic compounds to leach out.
Organic Farmers use very fine compost as a mulch. A Mulch sits on the surface and protects the Eco System underneath from intruders and, as it rains, the water will carry nutrients from the compost deeper to the bottom of the soil where the roots grow.
The leaves make it difficult for new seedlings to grow. The leaves also have a lot of tannin in them. This might also effect growth. The article attached has much more info on this subject.
Very much is the importance of dried papaya leaves as mulch. The desiccated foliage in question represents recycling of plant products (instead of transport to landfills) and serves as an effective, fetilizing organic ground cover to control aeration, moisture, pests, soil pH, and temperatures around plants.
leaves are organic
If your going to put plants in the area its good to use organic mulch, all different grades at the home improvement store, the better mulch doesnt wash away after reapeted rains, you van also go with river rock.
Two ways that people use leaves as a resource is by composting for gardens and mulch for landscaping.
there are(believe it or not) organic pesticides to prevent against certain bugs. you can use organic fertilizer, and mulch is merely cut up plant waste, so you would even be recycling