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["tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

Autumn olive is becoming a troublesome invasive exotic in some places.  Yes, 
the blossoms smell great, and the fruit is useful or at least helpful to 
wildlife.   But it can take over !

I wonder whether it is truly allelopathic.  It grows fast and forms a thick 
canopy; I bet it simply robs other plants of water, nutrients, and light.  
No toxic exudates needed.

tc, s.WI


----Original Message Follows----
From: JRobbFarm@aol.com
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] autumn Olive allelopathy
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:12:12 EDT

We have encouraged Autumn olives on our farm,  and I have long rows of them
on the edge of my biggest field.  Walking by them when they are in bloom is 
an
incredible experience,  the fragrance is almost palpable.  Song birds and 
deer
both love the fruit.  They are hardy and very easy to prune into hedges or 
as
one writer suggests, into a forest.  I did not know they were allelopathic,
still, they are worth having.
Jeff Robbins
taking a break from harvesting apples...
zone 7, Ohio River Valley
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