Hi,
I'm relatively new to permaculture and was watching an online lecture by Larry Korn. He was talking about succession and I have a question.
So, from my understanding ... in early succession the soil tends to be poor/damaged. In order to amend that we could plant nitrogen fixers and add organic matter (chop and drop, compost). In the lecture it says to start planting trees and guilds right away to get them growing and to move forward along the path of succession.
But won't trees and other plants require good soils to grow? Isn't that why succession happens over time?
If so, when will we know when the soil is healthy enough to plant later succession plants? By watching the succession of weeds to herbaceous plants?
Thanks for any clarification,
Tiffany
