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Question

Geoff has mentioned using plant system succession instead of herbicides. What are some examples of beneficial plants that dominate systems? What are fast carbon pathway functions? Would you walk us through an example situation where this would be the best solution?

Key Takeaways

With logs on the ground, so rotten they are nearly broken down and rough branches decomposing alongside understory coffee, there is a rampant perennial groundcover controlling the ground. The groundcover will dominate the ground until the maturing forest shades it out. The groundcover takes over the job of herbicide until it is taken out by the established system. Until then, the groundcover can be chopped and dropped to feed the forest.

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