In the iavs book it. Mentioned that trees are not possible..only saplings? But in this project it seems they have done it?
Are you able to share the design details of this project especially in relation to the fruit trees
Thank you,
I deleted a certain persons name from your comment as he personally has abused, slandered, bullied and harassed our community consistently for over 13 years (and still does) – that’s a story for another day….
I will seek some advice regarding the Mango. I have one growing in mine because I use my sand beds to strike cuttings – but I won’t be keeping it in there. I’d say it would grow way too big, and the root system would most likely do damage…..this is perhaps why Professor Doug Gross mentioned iAVs could be used for saplings (for forest regeneration) as they would be transplanted before they develop too much.
I also have a moringa and that has a deep tap root and it is going well but not as good as it would be in the ground.
iAVs is really a food production system, what is your actual goal here? iAVs is 90% horticulture so you can rely on the wealth of information that already exists, and so, using that knowledge, growing Mango in a container is very difficult and so it would be the same with iAVs.
Then you’ve got to wait 5-8 years before you even get any mangoes!
Yes, sand is soil – well it’s starts out as ‘sterile’ but but becomes soil
Soil consists of either sand, silt, or clay – combined with air, water, microbes and organic matter that is the scientific definition of soil.
I will ask Dr. McMurtry about the circle of life, he designed it.
I would recommend to build and run an iAVs, get confident with it, and then after that build a second one to experiment with. Sharing your results back here helps everyone to grow and learn.
The entire book is dedicated to the design of that project – it consists of 9 iAVs in the same place……follow the ratio provided, stock at the rate provided, 30cm sand depth on the shallow end…….what do you need to know?
The “design” for the plants is to plant them in the sand 🙂 There’s nothing else to it except make sure they got penty of vertical support.
That comment was referring to forestry projects.
The papaya you can see on the thumbnail is papaya, a large herbaceous plant, same as the bananas……although technically, a banana is a herb/berry!
Why do you ask? Were you considering growing trees?
Firstly, thank you for such a promt reply!
I cant beleive the dedication you guys have for so little financial incentive …
To answer your question, yes i would really like to grow some tropical fruit trees..mainly Mangoes.
I know that the Circle of life project person (v. SWAMY) does that already but he uses a run to waste system…thereby defeating the purpose of integration/recirculation.
But I beleive with IAVS, the sand is the soil right? So it should be possible.
Ah..just thinking out loud.
Yes, please help and let me know any information/tips for growing trees in IAVS system.
Thanks,
Amer