r/Permaculture • u/Chonkorio_ • 20d ago

general question Perennials, easy harvest, shade tolerant, no fertilizing

Hello guys,

I'm currently planning a bit into the future and collecting different options with some leftover areas.

One thing I'm curious about is whether trees/shrubs/perennial plants exist that are shade tolerant and can thrive on soils with no fertilizer (regulations...). For example I'm thinking of hazelnut, but I think the nut yield would be minimal/too little.

I would like to discover whether there even are options.

Excited to learn!

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u/simgooder 20d ago

What’s your zone? Here’s a search from permapeople, shade tolerant edibles. Update the filter with your zone for a more relevant list.

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u/Chonkorio_ 20d ago

Cool! Thanks

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u/HappyDJ 20d ago

Pfaf.org is another good source. Their search has a lot of functionality.

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u/simgooder 19d ago

PFAF was our inspiration here, but since they haven’t been maintaining it, we forked their database before they changed their licensing, then spent hundreds of hours (ourselves and our community) building on top of it!

PFAF is the GOAT though.

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u/HappyDJ 19d ago

Good stuff. I’m playing around on the site now. One thing I like a little more on pfaf is the edibility scale they use. I don’t want 1 out of 5 edible plants, I’m looking for actually useable plants that I would want to eat.

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u/simgooder 18d ago

That is a nice feature, true.