Love it. In our dry land farm its been great for fast biomass producer. I can see where it can be invasive with nodes sprouting with falling stalks in high rainfall area but here in our farm (Aiyor Bai) we loveeeee it
I just finally got some starts for these and they are doing nicely. I do hope they are really invasive! :) But I'll settle for propagating them everywhere. So far they seem really easy to spread around. I got 80% success with the 5 stakes I got. And did nothing but water them a couple days just after putting them in. Since then it's been pretty dry, but they are fine. Next year I will harvest as many stakes as I can from these starts and spread them around the property, especially alternating them with fruit trees and in places I want to add more trees. From their performance since I put them in late summer, I can see they will be a great source of biomass for mulching trees.
Reading about weeds is interesting, the habitat where they grow is often described as being disturbed. And the usual solution is to create more disturbance removing them. Of course some weeds don’t know how to behave and need controlling, but how much easier could it be to be patient and let them help repair landscapes when appropriate?
There are about 12 kinds of mexica sunflower some species are very invasive in some areas....make sure you get the right kind of species and know what your getting and the ones you do not want.
I've been growing them in North New Zealand, such amazing plants. Any advice with using them to bring succession to a grass paddock? They seem to struggle when not on an edge
I grow and enjoy tithonia; however, with a B.s in Natural Resource Conservation I'm well aware of the potential downsides, and how to mitigate them. Your fallacious reasonings, generalizations, and exaggerations are potentially dangerous for many environments. I'm a plant liberal, but you come off as a proverbial plant anarchist.
Thank you for doing justice to that beautiful plant. 🌺
Love it. In our dry land farm its been great for fast biomass producer. I can see where it can be invasive with nodes sprouting with falling stalks in high rainfall area but here in our farm (Aiyor Bai) we loveeeee it
I just finally got some starts for these and they are doing nicely. I do hope they are really invasive! :) But I'll settle for propagating them everywhere. So far they seem really easy to spread around. I got 80% success with the 5 stakes I got. And did nothing but water them a couple days just after putting them in. Since then it's been pretty dry, but they are fine. Next year I will harvest as many stakes as I can from these starts and spread them around the property, especially alternating them with fruit trees and in places I want to add more trees. From their performance since I put them in late summer, I can see they will be a great source of biomass for mulching trees.
Start a clump let grow then bury those stalks the following rainy season. Very soon you will have plenty!
What a fascinating study you've done. I was thinking this same situation with my tithonia in south FL. Thank you, smiling.
You are so on the money!!! Love your work. Love from syntropic downunder FNQ Australia
One of my new favorite plants. Amazing biomass producer, and a butterfly magnet!
Reading about weeds is interesting, the habitat where they grow is often described as being disturbed. And the usual solution is to create more disturbance removing them. Of course some weeds don’t know how to behave and need controlling, but how much easier could it be to be patient and let them help repair landscapes when appropriate?
Great to see. Wish it didn't melt with our light frosts haha
There are about 12 kinds of mexica sunflower some species are very invasive in some areas....make sure you get the right kind of species and know what your getting and the ones you do not want.
I've been growing them in North New Zealand, such amazing plants. Any advice with using them to bring succession to a grass paddock? They seem to struggle when not on an edge
God created the Mexican sunflower and HE thought and knew it was good! 🌿👏🏽
Tithonia rotundofolia is invasive ,thitonia diversifolia isn't really invasive !
What is the difference between diversafolia and rotundofolia?
They are not really invasive. Their seeds just has a 1-2% germination rate. Although, it is a very strong plant.
Nice t-shirt
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This is a metric ton of half-truths and magical thinking. Shame.
I grow and enjoy tithonia; however, with a B.s in Natural Resource Conservation I'm well aware of the potential downsides, and how to mitigate them. Your fallacious reasonings, generalizations, and exaggerations are potentially dangerous for many environments. I'm a plant liberal, but you come off as a proverbial plant anarchist.
Magical thinking if i had not witnessed these facts for myself.