I have the beginnings of a
permaculture orchard. I planted most of the
trees about two years ago. I am modeling it after what Stefan Sobkowiak has done. He uses
Honey Locust trees as nitrogen fixers in between is fruit trees.
I have
black locust trees that are already growing and established in my area. So, I had used those instead of honey locust.
However, after seeing how black locust trees spread, and are very hard to completely remove if you don't want them there, I'm re-thinking the use of them in my orchard. I was thinking I can trim them to keep them smaller above the ground, but, that won't keep the
root system from spreading.
Plus, the pods they drop are constantly producing new trees. I suppose I would just have to stay on top of any new ones that start to grow and pull them out before they have a chance to get established.
What do you guys think?
Should I remove them now while they are still small? Or, do you think they will do the job of nitrogen fixing well and so I should leave them?
Thanks!