Erosion control with Mucuna (velvetbean)

Submitted by Doug on 19 April, 2008 - 17:09.
Erosion control with Mucuna (velvetbean)

used on a hillside in Honduras

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Submitted by Che Guevara on 21 April, 2008 - 07:43.

do you

Submitted by Che Guevara on 19 April, 2008 - 19:46.

recommend this? how about at sjds for the hillside? what about the dry season?

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson

it is very draught tolerant...

Submitted by Doug on 19 April, 2008 - 20:09.

but it suppresses the native plants. It is used on farmland mostly, chopped down for a mulch layer and corn planted.

Long term hillside stabilization would be better done with some native trees. The dry season fires seem to be a concern there any plantings should be done with that in mind.

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

Invasiveness

Submitted by Mike on 21 April, 2008 - 08:50.

How invasive is velvetbean? Can you plant it short-term and then tear it out when native trees and shrubs grow large enough to do the erosion control job?

there are a couple..

Submitted by Doug on 21 April, 2008 - 09:50.

of species that don't re-seed themselves very well. Usually this is used on cropland and chopped up pretty fine. If they stopped chopping it would grow until it set seed, some species (there may be over 100) take over 200 days. They die about 45 days after seeding. If it's chopped before seeding it wouldn't be to much of a problem.

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

Hmmm...

Submitted by cmoore56 on 20 April, 2008 - 13:21.

somehow it reminds me of kudzu, that non-native plant that has become a monster out-of-control in the US.

it is a relative..

Submitted by Doug on 21 April, 2008 - 09:55.

of kudzu. Before soybeans and petroleum fertilizers became popular this was used to regenerate worn out cotton and tobacco land. It seems to have died out in the south almost completely since the 1920's

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

thanks

Submitted by Che Guevara on 19 April, 2008 - 20:14.

i was thinking about planting lemon and orange trees next time i went down...

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson

Lemon tree..

Submitted by Doug on 19 April, 2008 - 21:09.

very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet...

But...

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

sounds

Submitted by Che Guevara on 20 April, 2008 - 07:32.

like a song....

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson

gold star for ypu...

Submitted by Doug on 20 April, 2008 - 08:14.

Peter, Paul and Mary.

LEMON TREE

Will Holt- Boulder Music Corp.-BMI

When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me, "Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree." "Don't put your faith in love, my boy", my father said to me, "I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree."

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

One day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie A girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky. We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree the music of her laughter hid my father's words from me:

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

One day she left without a word. She took away the sun. And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done. She'd left me for another, it's a common tale but true. A sadder man but wiser now I sing these words to you:

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

a platinum star for you!

Submitted by Che Guevara on 20 April, 2008 - 13:26.

forgot what a sad song that is. i will only plant orange trees then!

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson

all those 'Folk" songs..

Submitted by Doug on 20 April, 2008 - 16:03.

were depressing, "Puff the Magic Dragon", "If I had a Hammer"... dude is poor if he doesn't have a hammer, pretty depressing,

I'm sure Grateful to be part of the 'Rock n Roll" generation,

thank you Chuck Berry

-Doug, I can't bear to think about that poor dragon..

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

first comes . . .

Submitted by arlington on 21 April, 2008 - 12:57.

first comes . . . depression, then anger, then revolution . . . then the IMF/WB . . . then depression, anger and revolution again. It's the circle of life for those not trapped in the matrix ; )

or

Submitted by Che Guevara on 20 April, 2008 - 16:12.

an apple tree! that was happy, right? a faithful woman? happy!

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson

one word....

Submitted by Doug on 20 April, 2008 - 23:57.

Eve

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

wow

Submitted by Che Guevara on 21 April, 2008 - 07:44.

ok, i'll sleep with one eye open! hahahahaha

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson