Prune Over Story and Blast Under Story! Agroforestry Management

[@GrowAllTheFruits]

I tried shading a lot of plants in the early years of my garden and found that I overestimated how long they needed to be in shade, then when I removed the shade I found many of them misshapen from leaning to reach the sun. I think the first year of planting in shade is enough for most sun loving plants.

[@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie]

Yeah and there's a lot of nuances to consider! Age of plants, if they're direct seeded, if they were in a nursery, intensity of shade, succession level, overhead shade, season, etc. Obviously all shade isn't equal, and all plants don't require the same shade. So its a bit of a figure it out as you go. I like to work with light shade over most of my delicate plants these days. Ingas shade pretty intense when planted in mass

[@SamSasaki-v2c]

@4:57 pause

[@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie]

Cutnut Barringtonia edulis

[@homesteadfarms5315]

Hi Spencer and Julie, do you have any fruit trees for sale? There's a few in this vid that you mentioned that I'd like to grow myself

[@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie]

we have a handful of things. mostly bananas at the moment. some peanut butter fruits and blue vexator, Myrciaria vexator, off the top of my head. what are you looking for specifically?