To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Allelopathic Sunflowers?
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 20:08:10 -0500
Dylan Ford wrote:
If my memory serves (which is ever less likely), it is a substance
in sunflower seed hulls that suppress the growth of some plants. Or so
I've
heard.
Yes, the hulls are allelopathic, but the plant roots also secrete a hormone
that is allelopathic, especially for weeds. That's a good thing. But, my
concern is that if I grow sunflowers in ground I will ultimately use for
more dwarf fruit trees, will I create problems for the trees.
Doreen