Arborist, Tammy Kovar came to visit the Bay Haven Food Forest and share her wealth of knowledge. The students and volunteers learned about nature's WWW, Wood-Wide-Web, the network of communication between the trees and what they are trying to tell us. We have some repair work do. Tammy gave us our first assignment, removing the black plastic from the base of the trees covering the root flair.
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| Tammy identified some problems with the avocado tree. |
- prune trees when it is cold and they are dormant
- always cut at an angle when pruning
- it takes 500 grams of water to produce one gram of a leaf
- fruit trees need a dry period in order to produce fruit.
- must have sufficient air movement between plants
We had tons of questions. The children ran off in search of butterflies while the volunteers tried to gather as much information as possible.
Tammy Kovar is owner of Biological Tree Services in Sarasota. www.biologicaltreeservices.com
