Beautiful videos and module, when I went to brazil to learn about syntropic agriculture I was mesmerised and I felt so honoured to learn this information you provide in these modules
Hey Genaro and Felipe, thank you so much for making all the agroforestry videos. I really appreciate the effort you both put into it. And i learn a lot through your channel. Can you help me with the planting distances of different fruit trees? For instance, in this video of the soursop (guanabana), citrus, mahogany, eucalyptus, and the native tree? Would you recommend standard planting distances or in agroforestry you prefer to plant closer together? I know this depends on context aswell; some trees might not stay over a long period and could be thinned out. Thank you so much in advance, take care
Hey Joep! For fruit trees we always recommend conventional spacing, especially if you plan on doing a commercial agroforestry. Of course sometimes you cannot use the conventional spacing for all of the fruit trees in your system, and that's why we elect a main crop. If your main crop is citrus for example, you'll do conventional spacing for citrus, and then you'll add other plants that belong to other strata (such as soursop and eucalyptus) in a density that will provide just enough shade for the citrus. For timber trees, which are usually very responsive to pruning, we can usually get away with denser populations, exactly because we can prune them every 6 months or so, maintaining a reasonably small canopy. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for your video! May I ask if you could tell us more about the consortium of trees, why did you choose to put these specific trees next to each other? What does it depend on other than strata?
It's a combination of the trees adaptability to the environment conditions (climate, type of soil, fertility), the strata it occupies and the kind of products we want to produce. As long as they don't occupy the same space and you respect the stratum occupations percentages, they can be close to each other.
@@AgroforestryAcademy Thanks for your reply :) I meant is there a symbiotic relationship between these specific trees that you chose? And is there a reference you recommend for symbiotic relationships between trees?
People claim it does, but after working with eucalyptus in agroforestry for 10 years, and learning from people who’ve been doing it for 20, we’re still to see the negative effects of eucalyptus in the system. Just male sure to keep it pruned! =)
