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  • From: "April Sampson-Kelly" <askpv@ozemail.com.au>
  • To: <permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Help design this orchard
  • Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 15:17:25 +1100

where are you Rob,
can help when I know location (in Australia??) and climate.
April

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-----Original Message-----
From: Akiva Werbalowsky <akivaw@hotmail.com>
To: permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu <permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: ewerb@aol.com <ewerb@aol.com>; sals@rain.org <sals@rain.org>;
clouds@rain.org <clouds@rain.org>
Date: Friday, 19 December 1997 6:21
Subject: Help design this orchard


>This is a message I'm posting for a friend. He has an incredible
>selection of trees ready to go in the ground in Ojai, California. Please
>contact him at:
>
>clouds@rain.org
>
>
>I am looking for some permaculture information pertaining to deciduous
>(stone) fruit trees. We have a mix of apricots, plums, peaches,
>nectarines,
>pluots, apples, and Asian pears coming soon. I have three areas of
>inquiry:
>
>1. On our soil, I think we can dry farm (or nearly so) the stone fruit
>orchard we have planned. Any thoughts?
>
>2. I'm looking for low or no pruning methods for the culture of these
>trees. Conventional practice requires heavy, detailed pruning annually.
>Is
>there a permaculture alternative to this approach? Why is it that some
>"abandoned" fruit trees bear so much nice fruit?
>
>3. Tree spacing and patterns. Most orchards are set out in neat,
>straight
>rows. At home, I've always grown trees, herbs, and vegetables in
>groups, or
>blocks, or other patterns to fit the landscape. Is this feasible on a
>larger scale? Also, is there an advantage to having a "fruit forest"
>pattern, with canopy cover over most of the soil, as opposed to open
>strips
>between rows?
>
>Any references or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Best wishes,
>Rob
>
>
>
>
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