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- From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
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- Subject: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options
- Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 22:03:24 +0000
I was recently reading a not-too-back-issued Pomona, and I recall a little article about how grass is a poor floor for the orchard, mulch is O.K., but mixed wildflowers is best.
I also learned somewhere that orchards used to be burned annually to clean up the autumn leaves and thereby the apple scab.
These 2 ideas pique my interest, as a restoration ecologist, because the settlers would plant orchards in open spots, and maintain the orchard and the native ground-cover by burning-- intent was to reduce scab, but result was preservation of a scrap of prairie plants.
Is anyone out there trying to grow apples plus prairie plants ? Or savanna plants ? I know of a couple healthy looking apple trees in local preserves which are burned frequently. These trees look no worse for wear, but lowest branches are higher than usual. I believe vegetation would need to be reduced near the trunks, to be sure of zero fire damage there.
Any ideas ? Amateur apples aren't in big demand here, but prairie & savanna seed is.
Tanis Cuff, southern WI
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[NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
tanis cuff, 08/09/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
Joe and Ellen Hecksel, 08/09/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
Thomas Olenio, 08/09/2002
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RE: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
Bruce Hansen, 08/12/2002
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RE: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
Thomas Olenio, 08/12/2002
- RE: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options, Bruce Hansen, 08/12/2002
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RE: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
Thomas Olenio, 08/12/2002
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RE: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
Bruce Hansen, 08/12/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
road's end farm, 08/13/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
Bill Russell, 08/13/2002
- Re: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options, road's end farm, 08/13/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
Bill Russell, 08/13/2002
- Re: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options, boyd manges, 08/21/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
Thomas Olenio, 08/09/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] orchard ground-cover options,
Joe and Ellen Hecksel, 08/09/2002
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