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  • From: nottke1 <nottke1@earthlink.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] grass under pecan trees
  • Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:53:09 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

Daffodils grow well under our apple, pear, and cherry trees - they don't do
as well under plum or pawpaw due to denser shade.
Jim Nottke
z7 piedmont NC

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>
>Trees vary a lot on how competitive they are how well grass grows
>under them. It's tough to grow grass under a mature healthy maple,
>but easy under a mature healthy oak. I have black, white, and scarlet
>oaks and they all have grass growing densely up to their bases.
>
>Beech trees always have a bare spot under their canopy. I don't know
>if it's shade, water, or chemical warfare, but they don't share.
>
>On a related note, I'm thinking of planting daffodils under my fruit
>trees. (Apple and apricot.) Will the daffodils compete enough to hurt
>the growth of the trees?
>
>Thanks,
>Ginda Fisher
>eastern MA, zone 6


Jim Nottke
Zone 7
Pfafftown, North Carolina




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