Re: [Biofuel] veg oil crop info

[Tony Marzolino]

Hello Ken,
  Thanks for the post and link.  Can you please expand on the pumpkins as a 
bio-fuel source?  Are other vegetables of like kind in the same category as 
possible candidates (i.e. squash, etc.)?
   
  Thanks 
  Tony Marzolino

Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
On Jan 15, 2008, at 5:08 AM, Thomas Kelly wrote:



 Which crop for the NE USA?
 Cornell University Extension grew rapeseed on an
 experimental plot in Poughkeepsie, NY. (NE USA).
 Although they successfully grew, dried the plant and
 pressed oil, I was told that there is resistance to growing
 rapeseed in the NE USA because it is typically dried in
 windrows for 1 to 2 weeks...The seeds are also
 apparently small...


Other problems with rape are that the seedcake can be
toxic to some animals, and many high-producing varieties
are hybrids, which keeps the farmer in thrall to the big
breeders (Monsanto, ADM, etc).

Sunflower and safflower are good yield per acre, and both
are available in open pollinated varieties. Pumpkins can be
good, and you can use the pumpkin for food!

Check out

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/dukeindex.html

for a lot of good info on energy crops, including many oilseeds.

-K

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Re: [Biofuel] veg oil crop info

[Ken Provost]

On Jan 17, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Tony Marzolino wrote:

 Can you please expand on the
 pumpkins as a bio-fuel source?  Are other vegetables
 of like kind in the same category as possible candidates
 (i.e. squash, etc.)?



I've never HEARD of squash oil, like I have pumpkinseed
oil, but I suppose it's possible. Do a Google search on
oilseed crops and see

Certain varieties of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) have been
developed specifically for high oil content in the seeds,
and it's very healthy oil -- shame, actually, to waste it
on an engine :-)

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[Biofuel] veg oil crop info

[kelly coleman]

hello all would like some info on what would be the best oil producing crop to 
plant in  the norteastern united states  and uses for residual biomass food 
for livestock etc,,,  have approx 12 plantable acres  of good fertile soil to 
plant on,,,   an also what would be the expected yield per acre of oil i am 
collecting used oil now for my biofuelwould like any info on the subject
 ty   kelly coleman
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