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Guild plants for Orange Tree?
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Posted by gardenlessa z9 Sunset15 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 20, 03 at 23:14
| Hello All,
I have a navel orange tree in my front yard, currently amidst a sea of lawn, but I'd prefer to build a guild around it. Has anyone a pointer to building a guild specifically for an orange tree? I have read about one for an apple tree, but I'm not sure how much applies, since citrus has a much larger nitrogen requirement.
Thanks for any help!
lessa |
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RE: Guild plants for Orange Tree?
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I´ll tell you what I do under my oranges ( 5 0f them)
In spring i sow pumpkins and by the end of june they completely cover the ground under the row of oranges. 20 m long and 1.5 m wide.
at the end of august I sow broad beans and peas among the pumpkings. come october ,the pumpkin leaves fade and the broad beans and peas thrive and pretty much cover the ground.
I carefully collect the pumpkins taking care not to tread too much on the broad bean plants. leaving the dying pumpking plants to die and rot in place.
in april , as i am harvesting the last of the broad beans and peas, i sow the pumpkins again and leave the broad bean and pea plants to die and rot in place.
I keep adding kitchen scraps under the leaves as this bed is close to the kitchen door.
it works beautifully and I keep getting bumper crops of all thre species
francisco |
RE: Guild plants for Orange Tree?
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| Thank you Francisco! Sounds wonderful! Can you tell me how close to the tree you plant the pumpkins, peas, and broad beans? Cheers,
lessa |
RE: Guild plants for Orange Tree?
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I sow all of them under the orange trees. some are right under the canopy and others in between the trees. the trees are 5 yards apart from each other.
the pumpkins I sow are of the rampant sort and they find their own room. the shoots that try to get out on to the footpath I bend in the right direction and they keep growing until they cover the whole ground.
fava beans and all sorts of peas I sow everywhere and they mingle with one another. I get so many that a lot of them don´t get picked.
if I was to sow them more orderly I sould be able to harvest with greater ease |
RE: Guild plants for Orange Tree?
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| g'day lessa, i'm a bit late with this, but another suggestion that could help with bug control is plant nusturtiums (spelling?), marigolds and garlic chives under them. len mail len lens garden page |
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