Good morning Usha Di, Thank you for all these info on water hyacinth. I would like to add that though are much publicized as weeds, to some animals they are useful too, a perfect hiding place for waterbirds, water monitor, and maybe a breeding / nesting ground to some, including mosquitoes.
Regards, surajit On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 5:02 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > Yes, Surajit... > This is the water hyacinth that is as beautiful as it is tiresome weedy > growth... choking the waterways of the world... including India... roots > give a safe heaven to all and sundry creatures including the mosquitoes > larvae ... and makes waterways non-navigable and sweet water slow-moving > rivers into stale water. > > Now a days at least in Bengal they have found use as a green fodder for > cows .. a misguided effort since low quality milk is produced that in turn > creates increased in- digestibility in people who drink it.... hope they > have abandoned the idea BUT will never know since advent of the > co-operative dairy culture all milk is mixed up and Nobody is responsible > for good or bad milk.... > > SECONDLY ... dried Kachuri-pana plants are processed to yield fibres of > sorts to make paper and decorative "Natural" coverings for book binding and > gift boxes... and lampshades... insects love them and so I dont think > this is going to last too long since the novelty would wear off and sales > will plummet... this initial effort is grassroots based and hence low tech > with glue that is used is rice starch based and the insects may also be > attracted to that element... > > unless some high tech solution is found .. some continuities have taken to > drying the plants and burning, using the ash to add to soil.. but this > would turn out to be mistake when it would be found that very high toxic > levels of heavy metals are concentrated in them.... > > Poor water hyacinth plant... what bad Karma produced it.... > > Usha di... > > > --
