i was reading around after i asked this question, and it seems to me that the stalks carry a huge portion of the sugar for a time, and then store it in the roots, and that the more efficient way to collect it is to cut the stalks like sorghum and the plant (which is basically a weed) can re-sprout for one or two more cuttings yielding between 250 and 350 gal/acre per cutting. it isnt really a better supply, it is just a way to take advantage of the extremely short growing time to its best potential. and then after the fuel harvest is over, you can thin out the root stock so you dont have to worry about being overrun by these huge plants (they are perennial, and it takes quite a bit to kill them, volunteers are the norm). does anyone know where i can find some of these things? i want to try growing a couple.
On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 11:16 -0700, Kirk McLoren wrote: > Roots. > They store as inulin. > > Kirk > > Jason & Katie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > when referring to the harvest of jerusalem artichoke heads do > you mean > the tuber roots or the flowers? because 1200 gallons an acre > is pretty > damn good by my book. an acre is the size of my parents front > yard, and > they dont use that much of it.... > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives > (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
