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Tagasaste (was re: Lab-lab)
- To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Tagasaste (was re: Lab-lab)
- From: Toby Hemenway <hemenway@jeffnet.org>
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 09:27:41 -0800
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Robyn wrote:
> For cold climates how about Tree lucerne/ Tagasaste? - prefers well
> drained soil, not too acid. I'm not sure what it's minimum temperature
> tolerance is
It grows here in western Oregon, minimum temp 10F (USDA Zone 8). I had some
in pots and they all froze out at 20F, so they need to be established to
survive hard freezes. Soil pH here is 5.5-6 and is heavy clay, so they have
some flexibility. They're planted extensively on a keyline ranch near here.
They grow fast, tolerate drought, can be slashed for mulch, all that good
stuff.
Toby