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[Evan <kodama@riseup.net>]

Well, in my opinion, A-O is fantastic. Tasty fruit, easy to harvest. Cut the 
flowering canes and strip them later in the shade. Ecologically, A-O is just 
starting the successionary process back to thickets and forests depending on 
your area. Sure seems like we need more of that these days.

cheers,
Evan

On Jun 3, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Deb S wrote:

> 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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