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  • From: nbeaureg@student.umass.edu
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>, BekeeprTop@aol.com
  • Cc: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] what plant under red pines in part shade?
  • Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:12:57 -0500


how big are the pines,
how high up the trunk are the first limbs?
and does the house shade the ground
for part of the day?

are you zone 5 or 6a or 6b?
ncb

Quoting BekeeprTop@aol.com:

> Under two red pines, in the front of the house, unwanted seedlings appear of
> winged euonymous, prunus serotina, and especially maples.
>
> It's a pain pulling the little seedlings. Even more frustrating is nothing
> useful is growing in space that's obviously fertile and sunny enough to
> encourage the growth of these seedlings, rather rapid growth I might add. I
> tried
> Sparkle variety strawberries and they survive but do not thrive.
>
> So I'm looking for suggestions what might be tried there to get some use out
> of the space. Gobo Burdock? Soloman's Seal? American ginseng? I tried
> onions with no result too. Eleagnus Umbellata [Autumn Olive]? Some herb?
> Witch-hazel? Garlic? Beach Plum [Prunus maritima}? Raspberries?
> Somebody come
> up with something, please!
> Charlie Paradise, Massachusetts USA
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