Planting trees too close together on purpose, long-term effects?
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Comments (18)this is what happens.. when one sees these cute little babes for sale ... and doenst understand the potential ... the base problem here.. is that these are forest production trees... not landscape plants ... and whoever planted them.. did not understand the difference ... in snowload.. and ice areas.. these would be nightmare trees... as well as hurricane areas ... i do not know WA well enough to fear for you .... for sure... the micro climate allowed them to grow to this size and height.. w/o any significant apparent damage... historically ... so why should we worry now ... IMHO .. as to OP ... they either all go.. or they all stay .. subject to winning the lotto .. lol ... i can not comprehend.. what might be the result ... with removal of some but not all ... you wont be able to grind the stumps... you arent going to grow grass ... and you will significantly change the micro climate... what is now a rather weather proof situation.. will all of a sudden not be as windproof as it was previously.. because you changed the dynamic ... that group of conifer.. trees... are relying on each other.. as they have for decades... change something.. at your own peril ... s the result will be unpredictable ... whats that cliche... the result of unintended consequences ...??? ken...See MoreLong-Term Poisoning
Comments (6)Thank you much, hun. :) I've found a lot of information pertaining to the film "The Young Poisoner's Handbook", which is relevant and useful, along with a very interesting site with some ideas. That coupled with the research I conducted since my original request for help have helped immensely. (So, thank you again! I'm playing around with one of some of the plants that contain lethal doses of cyanide (I'm amazed by how many plants contain cyanide, especially potatoes), which, with chronic ingestion, reacts just the way I need it to for the story. I just need to find something that isn't overtly bitter and thus easily detected. I am also toying around with the possiblility of oleander. I just need to do more research on chronic poisoning versus instant lethal poisoning, and from that determine its practibility. Thus far I've only found one documented case of oleander being used to poison in small, reoccuring doses, and I need to actually order a copy of the report in order to obtain details on it. I just might do so, though. So, if anyone has more ideas or suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated, once again. ^_^...See MoreTrees too close to garden or just bad soil?
Comments (19)Not clear exactly what the problem is. You don't have luck getting vegetables. Are you getting abundant foliage? Are the plants not growing? Are they dying? Because of your regular addition of compost, I'm inclined to believe it isn't a nutrient problem, as while compost is pretty pathetic as a short term nutrient, it's has some effect as a long term one. But if you want optimum production, you'll have to add real fertilizer. Ten feet away from a tree doesn't sound like a competition problem, especially if you really dig in the compost every year. As in, tilled deep. If you do, ain't no tree roots gonna compete with your plants in any given growing season. What's growing ten feet on the other side of the tree? Grass perhaps? Or is that area dead as well? But I agree that a professional soil test is worth your while. Where are you? It could be just ten bucks or so. We have a thread going here about alleopthy of oaks, and silver maple is alleged to have allelopathic affects as well. As in, the tree will actively try to poison things growing close to it. Ten feet seems like it might be a safe distance though. Just google allelopathy and "silver maple"....See MoreLong term effects of Covid on Americans
Comments (41)arcy, I'm not sure why you think think it's okay for people with health problems and older people to die fro CoVid-19, as long as it isn't the general population. Those people are someone's spouse. parent.grandparent, child, or sibling, and I guarantee someone cares if that person dies. I lost my husband of nearly 49 years last month, and his having severe health problems didn't make it one bit easier. Also, people of all ages have died from this disease, so we have lost some of the general population, just not in a great amount. Elmer, I do hope people will choose wisely in November and not be blinded and deafened by political rhetoric....See Morespruceman
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