Multiflora Rose for Farm Hedges

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Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) has been tested for use as a living farm fence in the southern Upper Mississippi Valley over a period of 8 yrs. It has been effective as a livestock barrier to woodland and wildlife areas, and has demonstrated much broader application as a general farm fence. From a wildlife standpoint, such fence provides fine nesting, escape and travel cover for wildlife and the abundant, persistent fruits afford winter food and grit. It attains an ultimate height and spread of about 8 ft, requires no trimming, offers little competition to adjacent crops, and is adapted to a wide variety of soils. It is colorful in flower, foliage and fruit. Multiflora rose fence is particularly useful in dividing fields farmed on the contour, where it serves as a contour guide and buffer strip as well as a fence. One year seedlings are used for planting fences and plants are spaced a foot apart in a single row. A prepared strip of soil is recommended to favor growth and speed planting. Competition during the establishment period is suppressed by cultivating or mulching the row. Fertilization has little beneficial effect.

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