Since you have mentioned the Silver Oak, let me add that I read that the Grevillea robusta had allelopathic properties. I was wondering if that meant inhibition of its own offspring or seedlings of other species which dared to grow near it. Also, did the inhibition occur thro the air or thro the soil? In doubt, Padmini Raghavan.
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Do ficus species have allelopathic properties (inhibit growth of others > > saplings and seedlings under/around them)? > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
