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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
Thanks diazotrophicus
Do you know where I could get a few seeds of Jatropha for my own interest?
Is it frost tender? Any pH requirements?
The Indonesians seem to be making a mess of their forests to plant palm oil. Saw a TV show on it the other day. They have totally destroyed some areas so nothing will grow. Also destroying the habitat for oranatang (?)
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Hi,
for jatropha seeds your nearest source might be echotech.org in Florida, I think. Jatropha is a tropical plant and should not be very fond of frost. But you can always try.
As concerns Indonesia and the orangutans in Malaysia (Borneo), clearcutting is caused by illegal and legalized logging by big greedy companies, some of them based in Singapore. They get their logging permits in mountainous areas pretending to plan oil palm plantations. With a little help from friends in high places and/or bulgy envelopes. Very sad story. I will write more on intercropping of oil palms with sweet potato in Brazil and elsewhere when my ten-post limit for posting links will be fulfilled.
diazotrophicus
