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["Hector Black" <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

I've used autumn olive successfully under nut trees, but under fruit trees 
they interfere with harvest unless pruned severely..   They are the best 
N-fixers.  Plants like clover which can be mowed, would seem better under 
fruit trees.  Autumn olive is invasive, but I have found mowing a couple of 
times a year is adequate to control that.  Hector Black, zone 6, middle tn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Covacci" <filtertitle@aol.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 7:28 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] Are nitrogen-fixing shrubs good for underplanting 
bellowfruit trees?


> Group:
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> Are nitrogen-fixing shrubs (i.e. Autum olive, goumi, silverberry; 
> sea-buckthorn; etc.) good for planting bellow fruit trees (Prunus, etc.)? 
> Or would this over-do it, maybe encouraging disease?  It probably will 
> greatly increase weed recruitment, but so would general fertilization.
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>
> Thanks,
> Steve; NJ 6b/7a
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