Good points about future thinking and exactly why I didn’t use eucalyptus in my food forest, but went with pecan trees for my emergent species. Also great idea to not kill your camerawoman 😃🌱💚
Thanks for the video info, going to get one of those pole saws! and get some more dragon fruit on the eucs, would love to see a photo on the finished product with the tyre set up.. or you could video making it ? Cheers farmer Jones 🙏🏼🤠
Yep that's so fir that Wil do. I think two aluminium straps (in an x shape with a hole drilled for a coach bolt might work well? Will video soon on this
Hey mate, an idea for-ya don't lop off those gums just just use a wood auger bit to drill through them, then hammer hard wood dowel through to hold up your dragon fruit at varying heights ... tree stays alive that way. PS subbed.
@@farmerjones2766 True, but my way if there's no supporting branch, you just wack one in, use a X pattern through the trunk then fencing wire to create a support ring for the dragon fruit ... this way you get the ideal support height/picking height row after row ... best of luck, too cold down here in western NSW for me to do it so I'll have to live a little through you cheers =)
Yes some viewers informed me recently. What to do? Main thing is so the dragon stems don't get damaged, so wire alone cuts Into them. Perhaps rebar bent into circles on an x ( welded then covered with 19mm poly? Open to suggestions.
Thank you for the heads-up about Arsenic on treated pines. On the same lines, I've heard but not confirmed that tyres can also come with several chemical agents that you wouldn't want in your soil. Do you know about that? Cheers
How much dry biomass (for example kilos) does a eucalyptus plant produce in this system per year if i could ask? I am thinking about it being a more or less sustainable source for energy.
That's really hard to answer but it all depends on how far you let them go. I lopped the tops down on my tallest ones and they provided a lot, even logs good enough for fires. They were 12 metres. But after that when annually pruning I can't see them producing much other than leaves and twigs
are you able to elaborate a little on how you prevent the allopathic drop from happening? you said you don't let them get that far, what does that mean? cheers mate, thanks for the updates and information!
Yes most people worry about the allopathic nature of eucalypts. When flowering to seeds dropping the tree drops oil similar to a pine tree. Removing competition for their offspring. I've notice grass sometime dying around certain species. To pollard (horizontal cut at certain height, then prune annually preventing any seed formation should retard its tendency to drop oil. Eucalyptus oil here in Australia is used as a medicine sometimes. I have cabin under some trees and the oil they drop turned to roof black. Simple by suppressing the tree via pruning should hold the tree back from trying to reproduce.
Love your videos but 2 things I find annoying and affecting your channel. The first is...I am crap at noting separately the points of interest in your videos...And spend hours to look for a topic you've addressed in a previous video, because the title is not descriptive of the content. Numbers are nice, but a title on content will be amazing. This leads me to the second point...I often need to come back on what you've said because Australian is not my native language and the sound is often terrible, inaudible. I'm feeling bad to whinge about those issues, but really please, see they are a tribute to the interest I have in them. I am extremely grateful for your content and time plus effort you must provide to our benefit. Hence, I'm on a very tight budget, but as an investment in my own knowledge 😉😛I'm willing to contribute to a proper microphone and fluffy cover!!! 🤞👌👍🙏🙏🤷♂️
Hi Daniel yes your right the audio is terrible especially when windy. I have thought often about getting a mike and really need to follow that up. If you click the more button you should see a description or a synopsis of each video. But yes point taken it's not easy to see, may have to rethink that
