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  • From: Mark Ludwig <mpludwig@students.wisc.edu>
  • To: permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Ovine sylviculture (sheep eating trees)
  • Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 18:41:02 -0600

At 06:40 PM 2/24/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Mark Ludwig wrote:
>
> Other friends suggest that black and honey locust become
>> excessively thorny when grazed. What other ideas are out there?
>
>
>You must remember that weve planted nurseries of thornless honey locust
>with great success, think Ive grown a couple hundred of em from seed.
>whatabout the biomass willow, the one that Bear Creek is pushing, mine
>have only been in the ground for 1 year but they already look pretty
>vigorous.
>
On the topic of thornless honeylocust, I'm a little dubious as to weather
their truly thornless under grazing conditions. I've herd that the thorns
develop in response to browsing, not as a generalized condition. Anyone put
those things to the test.
Mark




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