09-13-2008, 04:41 PM
I'm also interested in wood gassification. At the same time I have been mulling over what would be best to plant along the ripped edges of my driveway. This forms the property boundary as well and I would like to have some sort of privacy hedge. Too late to leave the waiwi there plus I would prefer to have something less invasive.
Cassuarina Cunninghamiana, or River She-oak, is one of the least invasive of the cassuarinas. You can get them from the forestry department. It is some of the worlds best firewood and will grow almost anywhere, which is why it is a borderline weed. I thought I was on to something with Gliricidia, which is used for fuel, animal fodder, and living fences, but was told it would be too cold in Eden Roc. I read that Koa doesn't like to be crowded in hedges and it likes deep soil, which I ain't got. I don't really know that much about Podocarpus except that it looks good and I see it everywhere. Good wood? Don't know.
Anyway I've seen cassuarina trimmed like a hedge so it would serve that function. It tends to supress the growth of other plants underneath it either chemically or by the build-up of a heavy mat of needles. I have heard of using these needles for fuel. They could be dried and used for fuel in a gassifier. Any idea whether this would work?
Cassuarina Cunninghamiana, or River She-oak, is one of the least invasive of the cassuarinas. You can get them from the forestry department. It is some of the worlds best firewood and will grow almost anywhere, which is why it is a borderline weed. I thought I was on to something with Gliricidia, which is used for fuel, animal fodder, and living fences, but was told it would be too cold in Eden Roc. I read that Koa doesn't like to be crowded in hedges and it likes deep soil, which I ain't got. I don't really know that much about Podocarpus except that it looks good and I see it everywhere. Good wood? Don't know.
Anyway I've seen cassuarina trimmed like a hedge so it would serve that function. It tends to supress the growth of other plants underneath it either chemically or by the build-up of a heavy mat of needles. I have heard of using these needles for fuel. They could be dried and used for fuel in a gassifier. Any idea whether this would work?