Dear Avudria,
Thank you very much for the additional information on mapple trees that has
given me a better insight on the charactersitics of the tree.
I was to meet Jimmy Adriko who has received the seeds but due to unforeseen
circumstances we were unable to meet. I am currently out of the country and as
soon as I return home the meeting will definately happen. We probably will try
the species on pilot basis and asess its characteristics and performance in
westnile before it is opened up to others.
otherwise thanks for being innovative and mindful about the deforestation in
westnile.
Best regards
Joel Arumadri
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:20:43 -0500
From: javud...@gmail.com
To: westnilenet@kym.net
Subject: [WestNileNet] Trying Mapple trees
Thanks Arumadri for your response.
Perhaps my description of mapple trees was scary for no good reason. These
trees provide very good shade in homes or city. Many have been planted along
streets and around buildings. Mature trees have seeds with wings, and therefore
naturally dispersed by wind. The seeds fly a perimeter of approximately 10
meters from the parent tree. Mapples trees are grown for firewood, timber, and
some farmers tap the sap for making mapple syrup & candies.
Wherever, there is dump ground, soil, the seeds germinate easily, sometimes in
gutters on roofs. They generate forestry easily, that's why I was
procastinating the concept of trying them in West Nile. I am not sure if the
young trees will survive our drought, but they tend to survive winter. This
is purely experimental. I have collected some notes on these trees.
Farmers in Canada and USA preserve small strips of the forest between the
cultivated land. Looks very beautiful from the air and by road sides as one
drives through the country sides. Unfortunately, I do not have pictures but
thought, if these trees can grow in Africa, this could be one way of solving
Africa's deforestation problems.
I saw the disaster of the water "hicynth", which is ornamental creeping plant,
, which people grown inside homes in the West. I saw it on Lake Victoria on my
way to Kamapala from the airport.
Avudria
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