To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: RE: [permaculture] coppicing Elaeagnus?
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 08:22:16 -0400
>
> Hi there,
> Would anyone know whether Elaeagnus species (Russian olive etc.) can be
> coppiced, i.e. does it resprout from the base?
>
Yes, it will resprout.
We have Russian Olive in one of our meadows which gets mowed once a year. It
resprouts every year, quite vigorously.