Soil Treatment TapRoot Kenaf Plant

Treating the Soil and Growing Biomass Energy Part 1

-so easy a kid can do it!

Raising and harvesting Kenaf aka-Indian Hemp; is so easy even a child can do it! The kids helped with the Test plants and were used in as Props to document the stages of growth of the Kenaf Test Plants from planting to harvest.

I also included mathematical figures of how the Kenaf plants tap-root system would aid in adding biodiversity to the soil by creating what I call: biodiversity reserve holding tank for the soil that lessens the water runoff scenarios after rain storms. Which is like having 150- 4 person hot tubs dispersed over an acre of land.

Kenaf Test Plant Tap Root System

Nov 21-2016

Lets now use the root system to demonstrate how the tap root system will assist in conditioning and adding biodiversity to the soil.

When Kenaf is planted for fiber it is generally sown at: "populations of 185,000 to 370,000 plants/ha (75,000 to 150,000 plants/acre) -Purdue University"

• 100,000 amount of plants per acre
• Volume of the Root 
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   6 inch long, 1 inch base= 56.55 cu in
• 1 acre = 43,560 sq ft / 100,000 plants = 2.34 plants per sq ft of Kenaf roots breaking up a hard pan clay type soil.

• 2.34 roots X 56.66= 132.58 cu in water pockets per square foot spread over an acre is: 5,666,000 cu in of water pockets. 

•  Which is about eight-and-a-half times as big as a Concrete Mixer Truck or its like having 150- 4 person hot tubs holding water on an acre of land.

Update Volume Estimates 3- Kenaf Plant Root System Measurements





• {I will weight the roots this week} 100,000 Total roots X weight of root = ____weight of root-mass in the soil.

This important for a few reasons:

• As the roots deteriorates it will add nutrients to the soil; while at the same time-  
• creating a water pocket or a biodiversity reserve holding tank for the soil that lessens the water runoff scenarios after rain storms.

Most Importantly, This

  "Process cycles and returns the carbon  from the air we breathe back into the Earth- 

eliminating the effects of climate change"

 

Raising and Harvesting Kenaf 

-so easy even a child can do it.  

one-half inch tall Kenaf Sprouts

July 14-2016 1/2 in Sprouts

Aug 7-2016

 One Month Plant Growth 40 inches Tall

August 20-2016 

 50 inches tall at 6 weeks

August 26-2016

Ferocious Guard Dogs and the Little Green Thumb

Sep 9-2016

 Look at how fast they grow! 

Oct 8-2016

Even on a milk crate I can't reach the top... 

Oct 8-2016

...neither can I!

great for exploring

Oct 31-2016 #Peace

One night a rain storm broke a stalk

Nov 3-2016

This Kenaf plant become the 

Little Green Thumb's 1st Kenaf Harvest

Love the Determination

Growing Kenaf to condition the soil is so easy even a kid can do it!