Re: shade tolerance
- Subject: Re: shade tolerance
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 05:56:17 -0400
Well, Barb, think you are doing the right thing. Esp. if what you
have is mostly weedy stuff like wild cherry - not my fav. because it
seeds around with vengeance, tho' older trees do have interesting
bark. When I cleared to put up my deer fence, I took down all the
garbage trees I could manage - every box elder; hate those trees -
and now spend a lot of time peering out various windows during the
day while cooped up in the office, trying to see where the rays of
sun hit at different times.
Few plants do really well if there is no light at all. Dappled is
good for lots of things and you will find you can grow more plants
successfully if there are spots that get an hour or two of sun or at
least very good light.
Also helps in removing some of the root mass from the soil. Heavy
woods is nothing but a web of roots. Of course, you need to either
remove the stumps on those cherries or go around and wipe off the
sprouts - they will try to come back; not as bad or as quickly as
those dang box elders, but they will re-sprout. If you can keep the
sprouts off for a season, should kill the roots.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Barbara Tilton <tilton44@erols.com>
>
>
> Marge,
> Indeed, this area is pretty dark in places! Because it used to be
> completely filled with multiflora roses going 30+ feet into the
trees,
> few of the trees have low branches. It does make for a beautiful
shade
> canopy but a daunting landscaping task. We took out 3 trees this
weekend
> and now it's more ** whoopie!** dappled shade than deep shade.
This
> shady area is on a slope so standing at the top of it, everything
looks
> nice with the plants facing uphill and towards the light. From
below...
> a totally different story.
>
> The trees are mostly weeds (like wild black cherries), so it
doesn't hurt
> at all to take them out. Need be, we'll do more.
> Thanks!
> Barb
> (southeastern PA, zone 6/7)
>
>
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