Growing Apples with black locust

[psmith]

I planted some sea buckthorn hoping to achieve something similar. The buckthorn did not do well for one reason or another and moving forward I will be encouraging the spread of clover to help fix nitrogen under my trees.

There is a thread with a lot of good information on nitrogen fixing cover crops here:

Cover crop and mulch recommendations

My uncle always swears by orchard grass in his orchard. I like clover mixes like white Dutch and red myself because they fix nitrogen, don’t grow tall, and I like the appearance. The downside to clover is its difficult to mow because it holds water. White clover is good for the bees I keep around for pollination.