permaculture

[Paul Wheaton <paul@richsoil.com>]

Perhaps Honey Locust is a legume, but the amount of nitrogen that ends up 
back in the
soil is insignificant?

--- Lisa MacIver <lisamaciver8@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Checked the origin of my info and it's Toby too (post of 4/20/04): 
> he quotes the book "The Leguminosae" (O.N. Allen).
> 
> Googling found a few sites that agree, but online opinions differ... 
> one example:
>
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/gletri/botanical_and_ecological_characteristics.html
> 
> A lot of times, there aren't simple yes-or-no answers to plant related
> questions: the more I know, the more I know no one knows the Truth 
> about say, plum pollination...
> 
> Lisa in Ashland Oregon
> 
> > After a great deal of reading, I had come to the impression that
> > Honey Locust was a
> > nitrogen fixer.  Now one person on this list and Toby's book say
> > "no".  
> 
> 
> 
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