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  • From: sinergyinaction@netscape.net
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Trees densities
  • Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:03:36 -0500

Hi Robyn,
winter is usually very mild, with temperatures rarely going below 0º C. There are occasional frosts though.
Cheers
Antonio

-----Original Message-----
From: Robyn Francis <erda@nor.com.au>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:17:26 +1100
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Trees densities

sinergyinaction@netscape.net wrote:
The main constraint there is drought and summer very high
temperatures (40ºC
+).
Although I am selecting drought-tolerant trees I am still
unsure how far can I push closeness without creating too much
competition for
water and nutrients.

The idea here is to increase biomass and shade etc. as much as
possible in as
a short time as possible

How cold does it get in winter? There's quite a range of tropical deciduous
legumes that drop their leaves to cope the with long hot dry season, from
shrubs through to tall fast-growing trees. Most of these can coppiced
regularly through the leafy time of year to build up a good mulch layer.
Some spp can handle a reasonable amount of frost while others are quite
frost sensitive.


Ciao
Robyn

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