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Re: Halcyon days

On  2 Jan 97 at 11:54, Nick Turland wrote:


> Question:
> This concerns dead olive leaves. In places where olive prunings had been
> dumped on the ground and left to dry out prior to burning, the leaves had
> fallen off and made a completely weed-suppressing mulch. Even in places
> where the prunings had been removed but the leaves left behind, the ground
> was still weed-free a year or more later, even though the leaves formed only
> a thin layer. Is there some chemical in olive leaves that inhibits
> germination, or even acts as a herbicide to existing plants? Has anyone
> noticed such a phenomenon?


Hi Nick,

I have noticed that fresh olive leaves make  big and  fast 
flames when burned as if they were greasy and I wonder if is possible 
that some oil ( or some oil's precursor compound) is contained in olive leaves' cells.
I will try this kind of mulching to see what happens!

Bye 
Paolo







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Paolo Mottola
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In my hands I have the pollen of the dawn.
With it I have sewn the night;
over the mountain the pale blade of the new day rises
(Navajo)
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