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Re: [permaculture] sunflowers and millet

From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] sunflowers and millet
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 01:05:51 -0700

Marsha Hanzi wrote:

Sunflowers did well in our dryland polycultures ( which include millet) but seemed to oppress whatever
was growing around them. It may be allelopathy(I know

Hello Marsha!

Interesting. I did not know this. Curly dock reall does it, almost nothing
grows well or at all around it.

this has been observed with some plants) or just water efficiency. If you have plenty of water, try
it-one planting will clear up this question!

I was planning on intercropping them. So I guess I'll find out.
I have seen soybeans and millet grow together very well, harvested for hay.
That year there was good rain.

LL
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[permaculture] sunflowers and millet, Marsha Hanzi, 05/18/2004
- Re: [permaculture] sunflowers and millet, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 05/19/2004
  - Re: [permaculture] sunflowers and millet, Lisa MacIver, 05/19/2004
    - Re: [permaculture] sunflowers and millet, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 05/19/2004
      - [permaculture] alleopathy, was: sunflowers and millet, Lisa MacIver, 05/19/2004
    - Re: [permaculture] alleopathy, was: sunflowers and millet, Toby Hemenway, 05/19/2004
      - [permaculture] natural rooting hormone, Living Farm Systems, 05/21/2004
        
        Re: [permaculture] natural rooting hormone, Wordgarden, 05/21/2004