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From: Liz Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 6:08 AM
Subject: Re: soil test
> Hi Lloyd,
> You and I had the same expectations of the penetrometer. The OM
> is 3.9% (not bad). Thanks for your advice Lloyd, will follow up with some
> pot trials for my learning, hopefully start this w/end, have been very ill
> for over a week now, way behind on assignments & study.
> I understand cost concerns, but this paddock is a priority as it will one
> day shelter them from the constant batter of the main winds. Like the
idea
> of tea trees, do you mean Leptospermum (SP?) or Melaleuca? Thanks again
> Lloyd.
> L&L
> Liz
Hi Liz
I think both - we had country (many years ago) east of Cooma
where these little wet flats would grow ti tree (leptospermum) about chest
high - they were always wet and the soil was a peaty black loam - but this
was granite country.
In our part of the Riverina the ti tree wont survive except in gardens - too
hot or dry?
There are many species of melaleuca that seem to like wet, even swampy
conditions but they are adaptable and versatile as well, and also will live
a long time. Some are quite quick growing
Something to consider is that some totally unattractive local natives can
become spectacular in cultivation - all they sometimes need is a little
pruning or just some room around them. Everything we see in the bush now has
been a) overcrowded when it established too thickly from seed b) probably
burnt once or twice if its any size or age c) been chewed on by sheep
for most of its life
If you do some pot tests I would be interested in what happens.
Cheers
Lloyd Charles
