Growing in Phoenix

Gardening information specific to Phoenix Arizona

Syntropic Agriculture

Also called Syntropic Agroforestry

Prune branches and top eucalyptus at 5.5 meters every winter. Topping allows light in and causes the trunk to grow straight grained so it won’t bend or split wen milled.[1]

Grasses should be cut before they flower to prevent senescence. Mulch rows and inter rows with the cut grass.

If sudan grass is let flower it causes the soil to become hdrophobic. Cutting the plant cleanly near the soil causes the soil to become hydroscopic again.

Weed suppression in tree rows is accomplished best (in Mediterranean climates?) by low strata bushy plants close to the ground.[1]

Plant bean into corn after corn has about 4 leaves (needs experiment). Beans will climb corn for support and provide nitrogen to beans. Then after harvested broad cast wheat of three heights with a larger proportion being the shortest. Cover with corn and bean plant residue and plant peas.R

Planting density

If the end goal is 1 tree of a particular species with 10ft x 10ft spacing, the plant 100 seeds of that species per 100ft2. The trees will be thinned out as they grow and the strongest ones will be selected.

US South West

https://www.drylandsfarmingcompany.com/

Opportunistic Weedy Native Sonoran Desert Plants in Arizona

https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/3698?utm_source=digitalcollections.sit.edu%2Fisp_collection%2F3698&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages

U of A invasive plant list

Using Native Succession Plants for Restoration Projects

Placenta

AZDA R3-4-245. Noxious Weeds see Table C: wispecies for tucson azde spread noxious weeds

Unknown succession

Not sure exactly which successional phase these fit in.

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