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Did you get my message about Mombasa seed?

yeah I need a few lbs. so Iʻm going to bring in the 17lb then hopefully distribute it to the community

thanks! i figured its helpful to show all the sides of these kinds of systems. the mismanagement is important to recognize and overcome. its not always straight lines and straightforward management! The super skinny leaves cassava i got from Sean in HPP and he said it is a yellow variety. Havent eaten it yet. the purple one is a seedling from a friend and it seems more forest tolerant. but we havent tried eating so no idea on quality. hopefully not bitter!

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie I'm growing out some of Ginger John's variety that he sends to Sweet Cane. Sweet, and super vigorous. I have a 1/2 lb of Mombasa seed I just got, if you want it. Like the seed I got from Ko'olau, not a great germination rate, so I start in flats, then pot them up to separate cell trays before transplanting...

@@davidmackenzie1132 his cassava variety? thats interesting! im trialing out a couple of varieties right now to see who likes the rocks the best. no need for the mombasa seed. i finally ordered some yesterday. thanks for the offer though! i did ask about the pack date and it was from this year at least. but im thinking maybe it always has a bad germination rate

do you mean syntropic agroforestry? here is the best compiled resource ive come across for english speakers adam.nz/syntropy in terms of getting a plant list and planting plan, thats a bit more specific to your needs and your area. so its about learning the concept then applying it and learning in your area. or best if you can find a mentor in your area. but agroforestryx can be a beginning help

Thanks jasmine! If I remember correctly I think yall came over before we got into the back forest. Things change quickly! Its all about the density and regular maintenence to maintain enough biomass to cover your area. If you're gonna mess with the super fast growers you gotta work them regularly so you don't fall behind. Sometimes I wish things grew slower haha

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie I know what you mean! Yes you are right, it was not too long after Hakalau that we saw you guys at Julie's. Maybe time for another visit soon!

@@JasminevandenHeuvel come on by!

Thanks! We have a perimeter fence around the lot

Yeah lilikoi can be intense. Most perennial vines are difficult to manage. But its do able with a solid set up and regular management

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie yeah I prefer vines like air potato and uhi that die back periodically. Katuk also acts like a vine but isn't too aggressive.

In my opinion after year 3 yam is too aggressive. I haven't found a good way to eat it. So we just leave it as a famine food. But its all over everything right now. Air potato seems much less aggressive. Obviously there's different kinds of yams as well. We have two and they're both crazy. I think there are less aggressive ones around as well

Cush cush yam from the West Indies is easy to eat (no woody fibre) and isn't an agressive plant.

@@charlesbower2876 very cool to know! thanks!

It's been a really hard one to get. I got some from Chester in town. But I've been really searching for more diversity. There's only a couple of people with fruiting trees that I know of.

Thanks! We are about 60' elevation

At 1:10 it is neleau, Rhus sandwicensis, our native poison less sumac. And at 3:54 it is engkala, Litsea garciae, native to borneo. A strange oily fruit, a sustenance crop for us. We have issues with avocados due to lace bug pest. So I started searching for other oily fruits

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie Hi, where can I find Engkala seeds for sale? interested in growing this plant, could you sell some seeds?

@@edrivera-pc4mb it was very hard to find. i dont have a seed source at the moment. there are not many producing trees here.

Thanks! Unfortunately I don't have access to that site any longer. But hoping to upload more of our current system on RUclips soon

Where are you? I'm on big island. I don't know of any wild patches if that's what you're asking. Eventually you'll get used to the silica hairs in the guinea, it's not great but it does get better. You could also work with lyons grass, it's a pretty friendly one that produces good biomass. There's another similar species to guinea that has a blue-ish hue, I haven't quite identified it yet, but its a pretty tame one with no hairs, its not quite as vigorous as guinea though. Mombasa is a pretty interesting cultivar. hasn't flowered yet in the 6 months I've been growing it. What species of acacia are you looking for?

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie I'm in puna. Do those other grasses have good nutritional content for animals? Can't argue that guinea grass is effective but it's annoying. I'm looking for any acacias that do well in rainy puna, going to use them for biomass. Do you think they put on biomass more or less than an albezia? Are they easier to cut than inga?

thanks so much!

thanks! we must find ways to continue to grow our endangered bananas here. we are now starting to pump out racks. its unbelievable with a few simple steps we can grow these amazing food sources that have almost been lost. just harvested another rack just now off this same cultivar :)

its a BCS 853 Diesel with the berta flail mower 30 inch. got it from earth tools in Kentucky. very good companies!

unfortunately i dont have kookoolau growing anymore. i sometimes see them at garden exchange in hilo

salak and cutnut are the main crops in that area

it came back just fine every time

i didnt intend on using a regular mower, i grow grass tall for biomass production. but theoretically yes, once the grass dries out a few days it would be possible to take a normal mower out behind

i use mexican sunflower regularly. but you need to constantly manage it

Its dcs-2500t. Its an electric model. The lightest chainsaw they make and its also top handle so it works great one handed, so you can buck up your material really easily while holding the material. I also had the gas model cs 2511t and that saw was also amazing. Can handle almost every thing I've put it through. I also have a larger stihl I almost never need. I have noticed the electric model doesn't cut quite as clean, but still works well enough. With using vegetable oil for the bar this thing is more eco friendly than the gas models.

about 7'5 feet. i would suggest 15 feet! it will make for more grass mulch and less tree maintenance

this system will be .5 acres. the rest of the homestead is an acre with mixed gardens. my older system was 4 acres!

yes i have. there's also a beach solution people recommend

yep they are gunpowder and a couple of cecropia. yeah technically weeds but they are so powerful you need to find a way to utilize them, just dont let them get too big or they are hard and scary to manage!

I feel you. My cassavas were destroyed by them too.

pigs are always a problem! we fully fenced our acre a few months ago, let the real planting begin! for banana fertilizer you can check out my website, ive got lots of details about deficiencies. tropicalselfsufficiency.com/banana-deficiencies-in-hawaii/ 2 Teaspoon Borax. 1 cup dolomite. ½ Cup Ammonium Sulfate 21-0-0. ½ Cup or Sulfate Potash 0-0-52. every 3 months. and 4lbs of nutri-rich chicken manure monthly per mat. give them lots of water as well!

I got the seeds for the individual in the video from baker creek, but they no longer have it on their site. I just ordered and received some rainbow and citriodora from southern seed exchange and sheffields. I've heard good reviews of sheffields from a friend. But I haven't tried germinating them just yet.

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie awesome thanks!! Looking for some trees to pollard and coppice in my back yard system. I like the idea of eucalyptus because of the potential it has.

@@FloridamanForager our climate is different, so look into the species around that are thriving. But definitely look at the same genus. eucalyptus really fills a perfect upright niche that i haven't found another plant filling. So may as well use them. I'm really into acacia angustissima. Those are my main two biomass trees. I need to decide on pollarding or coppice for the acacia as I've only been working with it about a year, but its filling a dappled and wide shade niche nicely. It's also the fastest growing tree I've ever seen and tops out around 25' here. I'm going to experiment putting them both in the same hole over fruit tree seeds. A perfect little ecosystem! I used mainly ingas first, but they are heavy shade producers that grow very wide. Its easier to utilize these other two species in terms of mass planting within rows

we get 150+ inches of rain there. the sugarcane is actually stacked on logs above the ground, so they dont readily root. its pretty easy to just pull them up or cut them back down if they do regrow in unwanted places

thank you! the entire site was bare soil when i started! how things have changed

I do have some pigeon peas around. But they really don't seem to like our wet soils. Also we have a twig borrer that get into them and kills most before they turn 2 years old. Great food source, but not the best for biomass. What do you want to see in a video? Just a pruning?

thanks! we will have to get some over at your place too! finally figured out my workflow for editing.