I’m in far north New Jersey near the new York border zone 7b, I wanted to line the regular suburban property with fruit and nut. I was wondering if it would be possible to fit things in-between these preexisting trees. First I was wondering if it would be able to fit 2 new pawpaw in between a tall oak and maple, there is approximately 30 feet between the trunks, would it be enough to have the pawpaw hallway in between, spaced 8 feet apart? my first pic shows the 2 trees and I could put the trees where the circled daffodils are. The pic was taken facing west so I could place the trees slightly more east so they get morning and more midday sun. I already lose all evening sun so the extra cover doesn’t effect anything. Leaves haven’t come in yet so I can only guestimate sun after leaf coverage but I know for sure the tall trees block the sun for the whole area at ~2:30pm
I didn’t realize you can’t put a second picture on a post so I’ll leave it in a comment but I also wanted to place 2 American hazelnuts around the perimeter north of the maple tree. There is approximately 20 feet between the maple and a pine tree and free space east of that pine. I know that hazelnut can grow like a hedge and not tall like a tree, would it be possible to somewhat thrive in this shaded, almost crowded area north of a big maple between a small-medium pine?
Additionally does permaculture say anything about selectively removing branches to let other trees thrive? Would pawpaw be considered non-native in my environment as maps are telling me it’s proper native range stops in bits of central Jersey? The map I looked at when bought them just had all of jersey filled in as native😬
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