Re: [MBZ] Jatropha Sesds

2009-03-17 Thread dave walton
cedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of dave walton > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:29 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jatropha Sesds > > Growing conditions favorable to every know food crop in the US will kill > Jatr

Re: [MBZ] Jatropha Sesds

2009-03-17 Thread Tom Hargrave
29 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jatropha Sesds Growing conditions favorable to every know food crop in the US will kill Jatropha. It thrives on too much sun, too little water, and nutrient-free soil. There is probably some barely edible strain of wheat that can grow in Afric

Re: [MBZ] Jatropha Sesds

2009-03-17 Thread dave walton
rence. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > -Original Message- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of LarryT > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:19 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion

Re: [MBZ] Jatropha Sesds

2009-03-17 Thread Tom Hargrave
-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of LarryT Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:19 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Jatropha Sesds Was flipping thru boring magazines in a doctors waiting room when a article caught my attention - seems a tree/bush grows beans that can be turned into pretty

Re: [MBZ] Jatropha Sesds

2009-03-17 Thread dave walton
The reason it is not a food crop is because it is toxic to humans. The people in India selling seeds say it takes 5 years to come to maturity. -Dave Walton On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 6:18 PM, LarryT wrote: > Was flipping thru boring magazines in a doctors waiting room when a article > caught my at

[MBZ] Jatropha Sesds

2009-03-17 Thread LarryT
Was flipping thru boring magazines in a doctors waiting room when a article caught my attention - seems a tree/bush grows beans that can be turned into pretty high quality diesel fuel. They said a guy in Fla had planted several hundred (thousand?) acres in the stuff as an investment and he had