Using the Mimosa Tree in the Temperate Climate
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- In the temperate climate and looking for nitrogen fixing support species to plant alongside your fruit and nut trees? Check out the Albizia Julibrissin aka Mimosa tree.
What a gorgeous tree that can be utilized beautifully in your food forest.
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We call it the Samaan tree, it is truly a majestic tree when allowed to grow out. We use it's wood for lumber and making furniture, doors, etc. I prefer it as a shade tree, it was typically grown in the cocoa plantations to provide necessary cover for the crops of cocoa and coffee on my island.
they are great to sit under as well. Great for cooling the air down
Totally!
Hummingbirds love it and smells so good.
I just bought two trees to shade the back yard from this heat. Plus feed the hummingbirds good food!
Cool video man! Subscribed and like!
I have one Mimosa in the NW corner of my yard and I love it. I've tried encouraging more to grow but, despite being considered "invasive", have had no luck. I'll get dozens-to-hundreds of little seedlings but they'll either die off or get hit by the mower/weedeater by mistake...
Inna Godda Mimosa Baby, don't you know that I LOOOOVVVE you...
Excellent!! Educational and entertaining. Function stacking, lol
Why thank you ma'am. :-))
haha great one. I love the N+ fixation from mimosa. Im gonna try to grow autumn olive, it has N+ fixation and edible food crop! it should do good in zone 8, dont know if there are any in TX ? any experience with Autumn olive?
Killed a few last summer, but I am sure that was user error. lol. Going to try again.
It does fix nitrogen. The wood is weak and can’t be used for anything except compost or raised planting beds as long as there is no poison such as milestone. The roots are also nice and shallow which you did not mention. That said the tree will drop all by itself as soon as a tropical storm blows in from the gulf. Also, the albizia is probably the fastest growing tree on the planet....in Hawai, some are 300+ feet high with a wide canopy to go with it,, and those little fuzzy flowers make it super invasive. If you want to buy cheap Hawaiian property, just look for lots overgrown in albizia because the charge to chop and drop those neat looking trees will render your lot worthless. I am a permaculture enthusiast, but I must admit, I respectfully hate those fu%@#$ things for many reasons....the person who brought those things on island should be stoned to death.That said they are good nitrogen fixers😃🌈🤙ps...I do like your channel and gave you a thumbs up sir
So, when do we chop and drop - not early spring.
Can& will this mimosa tree be planted in ohio Near Cincinnati
Thanks for the info. Are all mimosa varieties good for permaculture? I have this variety with yellow flowers that is super invasive. The roots spread far and wide growing new shoots along the way. I have thought of planting it among my orchard but fear it'd take over.
+Veganic ♾ thanks for the question. Most pioneering fast growing and nitrogen fixing species are considered by people who usually do not study permaculture to be weeds or invasive. I can't say without out a doubt that all mimosa varieties are good for permaculture, but I can say, most species in the fabaceae family fix nitrogen which naturally puts organic fertilizer in the soil and then with techniques such as chop and drop, we help extend and speed up the release of those nutrients even further.
Also know chop and drop kind of makes a tree a sacrificial tree, so we do not plan on 90% of them staying long term, they can be used in succession in a food forest system purposefully. Thanks for watching!
on fire in this one! nice
yet confirm it but soposte attach humming birds and butterfly. if grows back quickly you say use as fire wood easy just keep cut back before get hand in hight.
I prefer my sunshine mimosa.
Fragrance flower too !
not so good in Hawaii...
These things are a weed around here.
same here and invasive as heck!
Veganic ♾ Yep.
Less comedy please