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Tap rooted fodder trees?

 
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Any ideas on tap rooted fodder trees for zone 7?  I looking for something that will not compete with grass much near the soil surface and mine nutrients from deep in the soil.

https://permies.com/t/161023/biochar-production-tally-thread

 
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Gray, I would think honey locust or black locust.  A bonus is that they are nitrogen fixers!

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Joshua LeDuc wrote:Gray, I would think honey locust or black locust.  A bonus is that they are nitrogen fixers!



I don't know about the honey locust but my black locust have the most surface roots of anything I have!

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