Dear Padmini ji, I have no idea what is meant by that. Regards Yazdy. On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Padmini Raghavan <padi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have heard that the Jamaican Cherry, Muntingia calabura , is a pioneer > species. > > What exactly does that mean? > > Does it help in starting growth of a forest or is it merely helpful to > birds, butterflies and insects? > > Please clarify. Thanks, > Padmini Raghavn > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Yazdy Palia <yazdypa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear Rakesh Biswas Ji >> First of all, you must know why you wish to plant these large trees. >> If it is only for shade, it is very good you need not bother about >> planting anything underneath it. However if you wish to have both, you >> could do a bit of shade regulation by lopping the branches that are >> spreading too much to the periphery. If however, you wish to have >> both, then you could chose the large trees like silver oak which does >> not give too much of shade and you could plant anything underneath it. >> You could even try for Jacaranda, which while in blossom looks great >> and the shade is not very heavy. Even ficus, could be grown one >> precaution that you could take at the growing stage is to remove the >> branches up to 20'. Let them grow sumptuously over 20' height. Then >> the inhibition of growth of other plants will not be a major problem. >> Regards >> Yazdy. >> >> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Rakesh Biswas <rakesh7bis...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Do ficus species have allelopathic properties (inhibit growth of others >> > saplings and seedlings under/around them)? >> > >> > Does one need to keep this in mind while planting species like ficus >> > virens/infectoria? >> > >> > Would be grateful for advice around this. >> > >> > regards, >> > >> > rakesh >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "efloraofindia" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > >
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