CHOP And DROP| How And Why?

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[@erusseestelinya]

The shirt is hilarious 😂 Thanks for the great video! Super helpful to know

[@blackpackhomesteadchrisand7337]

I didn't know that locust were nitrogen fixers. I learned something today.

[@LivingQuiteSimply]

The fact that you have everything right there to mulch that tree is my favorite part!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Mine too!

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

Wow the back ground at the beginning WOW.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

We love it also. Thank you for watching and responding!

[@lanajones3902]

Wow so cool! I’m doing this to all my fruit trees! Thank you!!!

[@cyndidame1721]

Well that made so much sense. I planted comfrey for the first time this year so I know exactly where to plant more from now on. And I won't forget about the Black Locust either . Thanks as always for teaching us something new.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I’m so glad something out of this video was a benefit to you!

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

I think I heard you say that the locust was volunteers? Man when I was young, those trees were everywhere around my parent's place. We used to eat the inside of the pods. Tasted similar to sweet tea to me. We always hated them because they grew in our pasture and the thorns would eventually get in the four-wheeler tires and tractor tires. I guess I need to look at adding a few around my fruit trees and maybe a few mimosa trees too. BTW, you have a beautiful view my friend. Love it.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you!

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 Anytime.

[@Garricher5958]

Excellent video!!! What I've been doing is moving the mulch away from an area putting my cut flowers/plants directly on the soil like your doing and cover it back up with the mulch. Of course the 'chop and drop' can be the mulch itself too. I just get some mulch through Chip drop... so I got to put it somewhere. Thank You.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

How does chip drop work out for you?

[@conradhomestead4518]

Just two days ago my neighbor was trying to convince me not to plant any black locust, ever. I said “ where did you say you had seedlings that you wanted removed?” I need some comfrey. Nice demonstration 👍 Thanks for sharing!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks bro! Coe’s Comfrey is a great place to get it online.

[@conradhomestead4518]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 thanks for the information!

[@weldonnicks8153]

Awesome thank you for the great ideas

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks for watching!

[@sharin239]

Never knew what to do w those branch cuttings.

[@C3CoachFromTheJohnsorosa]

And here I've been mowing over all those thorny saplings around here, not knowing what they were. Now I do and won't be so quick to mow them down.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Right on!

[@MinnieAcresFarm]

Is that comfrey around the trees? The ultimate chop and drop🤩 Cant wait to get my seeds in so I can grow it everywhere. Bahahaa, just got to the point you mentioned it🤣

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Every farm animal loves to eat it also.

[@KAKITOM1]

Nice vidéo, thank for sharing it :)

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much for watching and responding my friend!

[@MrSonana1]

Wont you have problems with powdery mildew because of the poor aeration and extra humidity because of the mulch?

[@MsCaterific]

💙

[@fionagrows1848]

Aha! I’ve always wondered what the difference is between coppicing and pollarding! Now I know!

[@Skashoon]

Both were new terms to me. I have so much to learn that I hope I will remember.

[@matthewsherriff-growingfoo3110]

Will this work with trees in grow bags and pots? I use sugar cane mulch but its very expensive

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

In all honesty, I’ve never tried this with anything other than trees that were planted in the ground.

[@robbieg1able]

I watched this video a few times and I have read some people on other posts that say not to plant comfry too close to the trunk of the tree. I guess the theory is that comfry will rob the tree of nutrients, but if one is chopping and dropping like you have then essentially you are just giving it all back, plus the mined mineral from comfry. I also read that comfry won’t grow to its full potential unless it 5-7 feet from the fruit tree. In your video I think you stated that typically you don’t plant comfry that close to the tree. How far away do you usually plant it from the tree or does it not matter?

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I’ve planted a very very close and as far away as 6 feet. In all honesty I’ve never seen a difference in growth of the tree either way. I typically don’t like to be any closer than 3 feet but space limitations force me to do otherwise at times.

[@robbieg1able]

Thank you for the reply and the valuable info. It really helps! 👨‍🌾

[@conradhomestead4518]

Is that one of the trees that you grafted? How are those trees coming along?

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

This tree was a 2ft bare root that we got from Ty Ty nursery in Georgia. All but one of those grafted trees are working out so far. We plan on getting them into the ground pretty soon.

[@conradhomestead4518]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 nice. I’m looking forward to seeing that.

[@TheRainHarvester]

How is black locus productive? Fruit? Just curious.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

It has tons of benefits but in this video we focused on its nitrogen fixing capabilities and how it can be used as mulch for the benefit of the productive trees.

[@thedisneykid2884]

Where do u get your comfrey from?

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

We bought it online from Kos comfrey in North Carolina. Once it is established we break off pieces and propagate it.

[@thedisneykid2884]

Perma Pastures Farm awesome thank you so much. I got em ordered. ❤️

[@marilouperham145]

are you selling comfrey starts? if you are I would like to buy 2 starts. TY

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I’m not selling any but check out Coe’s Comfrey online.

[@marilouperham145]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 Thank you so much. Have a great evening

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

@@marilouperham145 thank you for watching and responding!

[@svelanikolova5776]

There are trillion of trees in thd forests and jungles and you have mulch right up the trunks. Just commy nature. There is nothing wrong with the tree.

[@svelanikolova5776]

I meant just copy nature

[@gilshelley9183]

You cut a green locus not a black locus.