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- From: Mark Ludwig <mpludwig@students.wisc.edu>
- To: permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu
- Subject: Re: Ovine sylviculture (sheep eating trees)
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 18:41:02 -0600
At 06:40 PM 2/24/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Mark Ludwig wrote:
>
> Other friends suggest that black and honey locust become
>> excessively thorny when grazed. What other ideas are out there?
>
>
>You must remember that weve planted nurseries of thornless honey locust
>with great success, think Ive grown a couple hundred of em from seed.
>whatabout the biomass willow, the one that Bear Creek is pushing, mine
>have only been in the ground for 1 year but they already look pretty
>vigorous.
>
On the topic of thornless honeylocust, I'm a little dubious as to weather
their truly thornless under grazing conditions. I've herd that the thorns
develop in response to browsing, not as a generalized condition. Anyone put
those things to the test.
Mark
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Ovine sylviculture (sheep eating trees),
Mark Ludwig, 02/24/1997
- Re: Ovine sylviculture (sheep eating trees), Miekal And, 02/24/1997
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: Ovine sylviculture (sheep eating trees),
Mark Ludwig, 02/24/1997
- Re: Ovine sylviculture (sheep eating trees), Miekal And, 02/24/1997
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RE: Ovine sylviculture (sheep eating trees),
Charland, Stacy, 02/25/1997
- Re: Ovine sylviculture (sheep eating trees), Michael Yount, 02/25/1997
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