Neem tree!
SIR—I refer to the article by your reporter John Kasozi that appeared in The New Vision of August 21, on page 17 with the title “Neem tree
SIR—I refer to the article by your reporter John Kasozi that appeared in The New Vision of August 21, on page 17 with the title “Neem tree hinders fruiting.†It is not true that the Neem tree hinders pollination and fruiting in plants in any way. Here are facts:
1. The tree that is alleged to hinder fruiting, whose photo
accompanied the article, is not Neem but Melia.
2. The neem tree itself is pollinated by bees. There is no way it can stop bees from pollinating mangoes or any other plant when it cannot stop bees from pollinating itself.
For that reason, in Adjumani district in northern Uganda, bee-keeping in neem
plantations is a lucrative business. Outside these plantations, there are many other flowering plants fruiting.
3. Failure of the mango tree to fruit could have been due to to bad soil, or the environment.
Elizabeth Kalembe, Kampala