BANANA & EUCALYPTUS AS POWERFUL ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCERS | FOOD FOREST | ALLEY CROPPING | AGROFOREST
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2020
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It would be nice to have a video that takes us through the development of one plot over the years. Like how it looked when you planted it until how it looks today.
I just planted tall banana between my tree rows too. Reading your mind :)
We're in synthony, bro =)
I am from India.
Nice! We'd love to do some agroforestry in India! =D
big-man
all those bananas reminded me when I used feed our cows ,pigs , they love the stuff.
I'd love a video on how you actually break down the bananas and eucalyptus when you chop them. Everyone talks about eucalyptus for biomass but nobody talks about how much to chop it etc when you chop and drop it
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Excellent video. Very informative closing gaps thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Wonderful mix of plants!
Nice farm with wonderful ground cover with mulch.
Are you growing eucalyptus from seed too? Does any eucalyptus variety works in this systems? Great content! Thanks so much!
We here use seedling as we want to systematically plant them in the system.. the seedling can come both from clone or seed.
There are over 600 types of eucalyptus.. I cant speak for all..lol. But generally yes.. there are some that grow quicker and others that produce better quality wood, its up to you. Generally they are all vigorous and work well for the purpose of producing organic matter. Some have more perfume than others and these could eventually repel insects but most are just fine!
Wonderful!
Hugs from Brasil!
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you guys are doing some damn good work. thanks for the inspirations
I use banana trees as service trees. When and how do you cut them?
This: ua-cam.com/video/gVxo5I8RKOg/v-deo.html
If theres any doubt left, leave a question in the comments section of that video
Fantastic content. Thanks for sharing 😊😊😊
Dear Genaro, Thank you so much for creating and posting all these videos, they are very helpful.
Question, can I prune a Acácia Mangium the same way as Eucalyptus? Will It grow new shoots like the Eucalyptus does? Thank you for your advice.
Muito bom esses vídeos em inglês mostrando o trabalho que tá sendo feito aqui no Brasil em Agrofloresta.
Sucesso pra vocês !
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Great vids bro! Thank you. Keep em coming. Just wondering where are you? What’s your climate and soil type?
We are in Brasilia Brazil, Savana type climate.. 70% sand in acidic soils.
Please name this variety of pappaya.
MY FRIEND, THIS IS A 6TH GENERATION OF PAPAYA FROM OUR FARM.. THE GREAT, GREAT.... GRAND-MOTHER WAS BORN IN 2012 AND I WE DO NOT KNOW OF ITS ORIGIN AS A BIRD FLEW IT IN!
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I gues the copped eucalyptus smels very nice
Thanks for your videos! What would be some good consortiums to use around low-chill (Anna) apple seedlings or around pomegranate seedlings? I’m in subtropical Guatemala.
Hi! You can definitely plant lots of vegetables and herbs around them, and also stuff like confer and jack beans, which will provide a green coverage of the soil AND produce organic matter to feed it.
Thank-you thank-you
From Which country you are belongs dear bro.
BRAZIL.. WE HAVE MET LOTS OF FRIENDS IN INDIA THROUGH OUR CHANNEL!!! WHAT A GREAT COUNTRY.
@@AgroforestryAcademy In INDIA farmer focus on integrated farming system. So please make some video about best agro-forestry system according to you.
Have you guys tried introducing micro organisms into the mulch? They work wonders by expediting the decomposition process and creating a very diverse group of microbes used to fix macro as well as micro nutrients!
Not directly, but indirectly through our animals' dung, haha! But yes, adding microorganisms is great
Do you produce your own banan pups or do you buy them? My farm is in a dry tropical climate and you don´t find much banana in my region, so I have a few and taking the pups and replanting. But I am planning on buying from a region that has a similar climate.
Another question. Do you wait for the rains to prune. I see in this video that you are pruning during the drought. Doesn´t pruning in the beginning of the dry season set back the system? Thanks
We plant in both ways but I do prefer in planting our own pups as long as you are sure that the originating banana plant is disease free.. But in larger scale it's far easier and cheaper to purchase the clones.. check out these videos on how to go about in both cases..
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As we come to the end of the rain season you will find that we have accumulated a lot of organic matter and this material is best used to cover the soil during the drought so that we ensure to keep moist on the ground.
Do you use bamboo in your agroforestry project In Colombia, guadua (the type of bamboo most used here) which is a very big bamboo used for building and many other things is very useful in the farm. How can I incorporate the guadua in my project? Thanks
Hi, we don't usually use bamboo, because it can be a pretty messy crop, although it does produces amazing quantities of organic matter. So I wouldn't use it as a service crop, but designing a system for bamboo as a main cash crop is definitely something worth doing.
You can have rows of guadua spaced apart wide enough so that you can add coffee in between them, but then you need to make sure you manage the guadua properly, as it spreads around quite a lot, doesn't it? It can quickly take over the whole are if it's not thinned out. But we'd love to see that project in development.
Think of the guadua as your row of trees. And you could even consider adding some emergent layer of really tall noble wood trees, such as mahogany or such (something that would outgrow the guadua in height.
Thanks, a very good idea
@@AgroforestryAcademy Guada is clumping bamboo, they are big clumps, but well designed and well managed, it is a pretty simple crop to look after and can welcome many other lives. the coffee and emergent layer is a good idea. Is there any exemple of bamboo used in syntropic systems ?
Bamboo is good to bring back silicon into the soil, used in plant cells, makes them stronger and less prone to pathogens. Plus, i believe bamboo is a material which demand will grow rapidly. Would be good to plant bamboo for shoots too, they often can serve multiple purpose.
Are those line behind you electric fence? For deer?
If I undertood, the banana don´t like to prune your leaves? Why?
they need 10/16 leaves ( 10 minimum and 16 very good amount ) and as long as there is green its performing photosynthesis. The more the better.
@@AgroforestryAcademy tks, so the old leaves protect itself and then news do photosyntese?
And I like so much your Chanel and use for learn english too.
Halo, could you please advise on a food forest system, I'm based in the Mediterranean climate in Croatia? Would you plant bananas and other tropicals, or just concentrate on the native species, like fig and pomegranate?
I'm a complete amateur and city person yet I hope to get this answered for just general knowledge reasons. You plant fruit trees like avocado, right? Well, here where I live, you see them everywhere in backyards or on the roads and those are huge and extremely high (similar to mango and bread fruit). However, as a commercial grower, wouldn't you want your fruits to sit lower for easier harvesting? Do you guys end up cutting the top branches so that newer. lower, ones grow (and thus lower hanging fruit)? Thanks in advance!!!
I wonder if nopal can be planted and used as feed for the animals !!!
Is rainbow eucalyptus ok too??
Hi I have Eucalyptus trees for 10 acres. I would like to plant any fruits or vegetables in between trees. What is the best approach..
Hey guys, I have a question for you. How can I propagate Eucalyptus efficiently?
Hey Gabriel, we speak about that in the Q&A that we did last Saturday.. check it out!
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why do you have no low strata plants? ground covers will help break down the organic matter a lot quicker.
If I understood well, there was a vegetables strata but it hasn't been renewed for lack of time and labor. The idea forward is to plant grass instead as a low maintenance feed reserve for the horses.
Why you guys don't try to grow kudzu?
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Where in Brazil is your farm?
Hey.. in Brasília.
Everyone tells me you can't grow things next to Eucalyptus because of the allelopathic compounds...but you don't seem to struggle with it at all. What gives?!!
Same question here but since there Are hundreds of varieties of eucalyptus, I suppose these tropical ones are different than the few allelopathic varieties popular in mideterranean climate ?