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[David Blume <farmerdave@permaculture.com>]

Dear Toby

Where can I get seed for tagasaste and I also heard there was a book on it.  
Any
clues.

Farmer Dave

Toby Hemenway wrote:

> Robyn wrote:
>
> > For cold climates how about Tree lucerne/ Tagasaste? - prefers well
> > drained soil, not too acid. I'm not sure what it's minimum temperature
> > tolerance is
>
> It grows here in western Oregon, minimum temp 10F (USDA Zone 8). I had some
> in pots and they all froze out at 20F, so they need to be established to
> survive hard freezes. Soil pH here is 5.5-6 and is heavy clay, so they have
> some flexibility. They're planted extensively on a keyline ranch near here.
> They grow fast, tolerate drought, can be slashed for mulch, all that good
> stuff.
>
> Toby
>
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