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[Deb S <debs913@gmail.com>]

I'm on a farm and mowing autumn olive is not possible here...areas are too
steep to mow.  I use goats to try to keep it in control, but it is gradually
taking over a lot of the untended land around our region.  NOT a good plant,
IMHO!

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Hector Black <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve; NJ 6b/7a
> >
> >
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