Chip Smedley
For optimum growth and disease-free plants, almonds require full sun and loamy soil that drains well. Sapling preparation: Before your almond tree even touches the ground, you may prepare it for success. Spray the sapling’s root ball with a garden hose to ensure that it is well-hydrated a...
shoot has much greater impact on growth than in A. nilotica which is densely branched. These species differences in response to browsing appear to be respon- sible for the 10-fold difference in sapling density of A. karroo on and off grazing lawns and suggest that disturbance in the form ...
It remains to be seen if gaps forming in the oldest Acacia woodland permit forest tree saplings of the exposed understorey to recreate a forest canopy that would be tracked by dung beetles to re-establish a typically species-poor, deep shade, forest assemblage with low abundance....