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Re: "In the Pines' chrisf.

From: papajohn704
Email: papajohn704aol.com
Remote Name: 152.163.188.5
Date: 07-Aug-2002
Time: 12:38 PM

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Chris,

my wife just walked in(mountain woman) and said that one of her indian friends said the reason those pines don't grow anything around it, is that the pines give off a chemical reaction from the roots called allelopathy which is a defense mechanism to protect the area of the roots from other potential host.of course the friend also has a background in chemistry. papajohn

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