Thankyou Kirk, that helps. I think I'll leave it as it is.
All best Keith >from seed to seed in 4 months is a bit quick. People I knew in Ca >planted inMarch- April harvested oct -nov >The plant can be induced to seed by lengthening the night. One >fellow I knew (a bucket planter) put them in the garage for the >weekend (no light) and that got their chemistry flowering. He then >moved them outdoors and even though it was June or July he was >producing colas. >The biomass is there and the seed. I have seen a trunk 4 inches in >dia. Plant was 20 feet tall. Not crowded and fertilized though. >Ah - the good old days ;) > >I believe the answer is yes. but not 4 months. I dont authoritively >know because I never knew a grower looking to produce seed. >Truly a GOD given plant for the healing of the nations. >The oil is one of the few veggie sources of Omega 3 >The fiber is stronger than flax. >The plant is uv resistant - another interesting factoid. > >Kirk > >Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hello all > >It says at our website: "An acre of hemp yields 10 tons of biomass in >four months, enough to make 1,000 gallons of methanol fuel (by >pyrolytic distillation), with about 300 lb of oil from the seed >(about the same as soy)." > >That's under "Invisible farming" in this section: "How much fuel can >we grow? How much land will it take?" >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html#howmuch > >The 1,000 gallons came from Kirk, in a comment on the usual question, >"Could we replace all our oil with bio-fuels?" Kirk said "1000 >gallons methanol per acre with hemp if using pyrolytic distillation." >I think that's right. > >My doubt is whether it can produce both the biomass and 300 lb of oil >from the seed, or whether it's either/or. > >Anybody know? > >Thanks! > >All best > >Keith _______________________________________________ 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/
