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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
Vetiver?
Wouldn't it be more root than anything else and difficult to harvest?
What is the Wallace line pls?
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Wallace Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
a biological line that separates the australasian componenst from the Asian
mostly..
monkeys on one side - cuscus on the other
its most clearly seen in Bali - Asian, it recently had its own tiger and all
and the next island of Lombok which is Australasian in its fauna and flora
Lecaena is a pesky weed in many places
a very good substitute are the casaurinas for Australasia and the pacific region. They are also uses as vanilla and coffee shade trees in Vietnam
they have been like Leucaena in the highlands of new guinea and have mainatined the soil fertility there enough for people to continue farming it
they fix nitrogen using
frankia spp. actinomycetes just like alders (
Alnus spp.)
they grow fast, coppice well and make excellent charcoal
Vetiver creates a lot of above ground biomass that is cut back and used as mulch
seeing as its grown in hedges anyway itd be well suited to harvesting mechanically with a slasher , and then being pyrolised
it burns quite well even when not fully dried
my hedges are not a year old, when i take the fisrt cut ill be charring it to see how it goes
my standard so far is Rhodes grass
it makes a great grass char
as do lawn clippings
which im very keen on the idea of as they readily turn to char and come ready pulverised
Napier grass above is the same Bana grass/ elephants grassx pearl millet is was talking about before
very good for a frost free area
i have got in seeds of Pearl millet and Kenaf
pearl millet is interesting as a grain, and becaus of its biomass and because it fixes some of its own nitrogen via association with azospirillium bacteria
Kenaf is a fibre crop that is superior to hemp
Kenaf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
might as well grow kenaf instead for biomass
and just grow the proper hemp to reward ourselves
