1. Re[2]: [permaculture] Sandy soil (Ute Bohnsack)
The question is, can you grow Hippophae in Northern Wisconsin?
Perhaps you have to look at other species (e.g. Caragana, Elaeagnus).
I planted some Hippophae around my first little 'orchard' here in
Ireland. The apples are seven years old, the sea buckthorn 5, but the
sea buckthorn are twice the size of the apple trees now even though they were only a
foot high when planted. But then I'm in a temperate atlantic climate
here. Sea buckthorn also suckers - not a problem for me as I
transplant them or simply mow them down, but this could be a problem
with annual cropping in between rows.
All the best,
Ute
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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 17:53:03 -0800
From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Re: permaculture Digest, Vol 9, Issue 39
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I have a lot of 6 year old seabuckthorn, mixed planting seedlings which
are only a meter & half high & have shown no signs of fruiting. & in
the heavy clayloam soils here they also show no sign of suckering or
getting out of control. One of the keys to an alleycrop interplant in
wisconsin should be that it starts bearing in 3 years & productive by
4-5. here in southwest WI, that would be gooseberries, currants,
elderberries, grapes, bush cherries, siberian C peaches, sunchokes,
groundnut, curly willow & basket willows.... if youre interested in
taste, flavor, disease resistence, productivity then varietal choices
are really important. one of the wisest sources I know of for that
detail of information is NAFEX. their archives is searchable at:
https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/nafex/ & I highly recommend the list
as well. there's even a few permaculturaholics subscribed.
mIEKAL
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