Not sure on species. but its a Butia. Got seeds from a friends cluster of trees. I doubt they know the species as they didn't plant them. There is one person I could ask about if he knows what species they. I'll try to reach out

Cutnut Barringtonia edulis

Yeah and there's a lot of nuances to consider! Age of plants, if they're direct seeded, if they were in a nursery, intensity of shade, succession level, overhead shade, season, etc. Obviously all shade isn't equal, and all plants don't require the same shade. So its a bit of a figure it out as you go. I like to work with light shade over most of my delicate plants these days. Ingas shade pretty intense when planted in mass

The durians in that row are grafts from a friends seedling. Its two different genetics. She took the fruit from the trees grew out the seeds then approach grafted the mama genetic on them. So hopefully they will be as close as possible to the mother genetic. We plan on keeping the durians 30', 10 meters, tall. So yes we will be heavily managing and pruning them!

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie nice! would love to buy some from you when they produce. last few times we were on the island we can't find any fresh durians (may & nov of this year)

​@@kyniemxotxa98haha I'm sure it will be 5 years before they produce. Still quite young. Send me a message next time you're around. Theres some places to look specifically for them. But we don't have typical seasons here. So its usually a bit hit and miss

we have a handful of things. mostly bananas at the moment. some peanut butter fruits and blue vexator, Myrciaria vexator, off the top of my head. what are you looking for specifically?

but is it dense enough? haha! glad to have connected. ive subscribed to your channel. excited to watch as im from socal and havent seen anyone doing agroforestry out there yet

we also have a hot climate and we love shade, but we also need to cut down the shade regularly. a wise person once told me "the system isn't for you, itʻs for the trees". even if i like shade, i know the plants need their disturbance to flourish. we follow syntropic agroforestry practices. in these methodologies its all about pruning to cycle nutrients and invigorate the system. the more we cut things the faster they grow. we do a heavy pruning to all of our plants pretty much every 6 months from planting. they regrow and shade everything again quickly!

Hawaiʻi. the biggest pest that enjoys them here is the queensland longhorn beetle. it literally kills the trees. sure the ants like to hang out on them, not super intense like ive heard in some places, but it doesnt seem like whatever they are farming is that big of a problem. i wouldn't say ive noticed a larger infection of white fly or aphids on that species specifically. tithonia is seasonally covered in white fly though

theyre called tripod orchard ladders. we have two kinds, the bigger ladder is 12ʻ, or 4 meters, and the other is 6 foot or 2 meters. Hasegawa is the brand of the larger one, its super lightweight and has a telescoping third leg, super useful. one person can easily move it around. pretty expensive though. the shorter ladder is tallman brand. its great for the shorter stuff. its a fine weight. but definitely consider weight when youre making your decisions

thanks so much for subscribing and for the kind words! we feel its finally time to push out education from our site!

youre absolutely right! yeah the pitch fork is a game changer with mulch!

Who makes the holster? The one with 2 pockets? I currently use a Felco holster with a big pocket for pruners and then a small pocket I put a small sickle in. Is there a saw out there better than Felco?

@@LeviWelch-wh5hp Felco Leather Holster (F 911) is the one we use. id love to see where youre putting your sickle. we typically tuck them into our belts or just throw them on the ground when not in use. not ideal, but i could never figure out a sickle holster. we use silky saws. we use the pocketboy for our belts and sugoi for climbing, bananas and bigger cuts. ive heard zubat is good, but i havent tired it myself. silky is incredible!!

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie wow, the F-911 holster looks like a game changer! I've never seen it before and I thought I had all the Felco products memorized....I currently use the "F-910+" holster, it only holds a small sickle. I use Hubbard's Leather Conditioner and then bake the leather with the sickle in it. This conforms the leather to the sickle. I also put in a sharpening stick in the little pouch along with the sickle. This helps lock it in place. Yeah, I still haven't found an ideal way to carry around a large sickle but then again I don't much care for larger sickles....

@@LeviWelch-wh5hp very nice! the double holster is really nice. im actually pondering moving away from the folding handsaw and move towards non folding. i havent decided what id like to keep in my other pocket, maybe just a knife for eating in the field not sure yet

thanks so much! there's plenty of ways to jump start the systems. in some of my client projects we brought in mulch and mushroom compost. sometimes it worth it to inoculate the zone with fertility then lean into processes! i really like large clump grasses to produce my mulch. in this area we dont have that easy grass mulch so we need to work a little harder to cover the ground. but its also important to prune the trees and reset the zone often. best of luck on your journey! it takes time and efforts but once you finally get it dialed in the system itself takes on the hard work and we just need to intervene at the proper moments.

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie Thank you. Yeah, we're working on it slowly, when my back and weather permits. I realize it won't be overnight but I've already seen encouraging growth and life in a short span.

@@FurFeathersandFlowers that's enough to stay motivated! keep at it!

Did you get my message about Mombasa seed?

yeah I need a few lbs. so Iʻm going to bring in the 17lb then hopefully distribute it to the community

thanks! i figured its helpful to show all the sides of these kinds of systems. the mismanagement is important to recognize and overcome. its not always straight lines and straightforward management! The super skinny leaves cassava i got from Sean in HPP and he said it is a yellow variety. Havent eaten it yet. the purple one is a seedling from a friend and it seems more forest tolerant. but we havent tried eating so no idea on quality. hopefully not bitter!

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie I'm growing out some of Ginger John's variety that he sends to Sweet Cane. Sweet, and super vigorous. I have a 1/2 lb of Mombasa seed I just got, if you want it. Like the seed I got from Ko'olau, not a great germination rate, so I start in flats, then pot them up to separate cell trays before transplanting...

@@davidmackenzie1132 his cassava variety? thats interesting! im trialing out a couple of varieties right now to see who likes the rocks the best. no need for the mombasa seed. i finally ordered some yesterday. thanks for the offer though! i did ask about the pack date and it was from this year at least. but im thinking maybe it always has a bad germination rate

do you mean syntropic agroforestry? here is the best compiled resource ive come across for english speakers adam.nz/syntropy in terms of getting a plant list and planting plan, thats a bit more specific to your needs and your area. so its about learning the concept then applying it and learning in your area. or best if you can find a mentor in your area. but agroforestryx can be a beginning help

Thanks jasmine! If I remember correctly I think yall came over before we got into the back forest. Things change quickly! Its all about the density and regular maintenence to maintain enough biomass to cover your area. If you're gonna mess with the super fast growers you gotta work them regularly so you don't fall behind. Sometimes I wish things grew slower haha

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie I know what you mean! Yes you are right, it was not too long after Hakalau that we saw you guys at Julie's. Maybe time for another visit soon!

@@JasminevandenHeuvel come on by!

Thanks! We have a perimeter fence around the lot

Yeah lilikoi can be intense. Most perennial vines are difficult to manage. But its do able with a solid set up and regular management

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie yeah I prefer vines like air potato and uhi that die back periodically. Katuk also acts like a vine but isn't too aggressive.

In my opinion after year 3 yam is too aggressive. I haven't found a good way to eat it. So we just leave it as a famine food. But its all over everything right now. Air potato seems much less aggressive. Obviously there's different kinds of yams as well. We have two and they're both crazy. I think there are less aggressive ones around as well

Cush cush yam from the West Indies is easy to eat (no woody fibre) and isn't an agressive plant.

@@charlesbower2876 very cool to know! thanks!

It's been a really hard one to get. I got some from Chester in town. But I've been really searching for more diversity. There's only a couple of people with fruiting trees that I know of.

Thanks! We are about 60' elevation

At 1:10 it is neleau, Rhus sandwicensis, our native poison less sumac. And at 3:54 it is engkala, Litsea garciae, native to borneo. A strange oily fruit, a sustenance crop for us. We have issues with avocados due to lace bug pest. So I started searching for other oily fruits

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie Hi, where can I find Engkala seeds for sale? interested in growing this plant, could you sell some seeds?

@@edrivera-pc4mb it was very hard to find. i dont have a seed source at the moment. there are not many producing trees here.

Thanks! Unfortunately I don't have access to that site any longer. But hoping to upload more of our current system on KZbin soon

Where are you? I'm on big island. I don't know of any wild patches if that's what you're asking. Eventually you'll get used to the silica hairs in the guinea, it's not great but it does get better. You could also work with lyons grass, it's a pretty friendly one that produces good biomass. There's another similar species to guinea that has a blue-ish hue, I haven't quite identified it yet, but its a pretty tame one with no hairs, its not quite as vigorous as guinea though. Mombasa is a pretty interesting cultivar. hasn't flowered yet in the 6 months I've been growing it. What species of acacia are you looking for?

@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie I'm in puna. Do those other grasses have good nutritional content for animals? Can't argue that guinea grass is effective but it's annoying. I'm looking for any acacias that do well in rainy puna, going to use them for biomass. Do you think they put on biomass more or less than an albezia? Are they easier to cut than inga?

thanks so much!

thanks! we must find ways to continue to grow our endangered bananas here. we are now starting to pump out racks. its unbelievable with a few simple steps we can grow these amazing food sources that have almost been lost. just harvested another rack just now off this same cultivar :)

its a BCS 853 Diesel with the berta flail mower 30 inch. got it from earth tools in Kentucky. very good companies!

unfortunately i dont have kookoolau growing anymore. i sometimes see them at garden exchange in hilo

salak and cutnut are the main crops in that area

it came back just fine every time

i didnt intend on using a regular mower, i grow grass tall for biomass production. but theoretically yes, once the grass dries out a few days it would be possible to take a normal mower out behind

i use mexican sunflower regularly. but you need to constantly manage it

Its dcs-2500t. Its an electric model. The lightest chainsaw they make and its also top handle so it works great one handed, so you can buck up your material really easily while holding the material. I also had the gas model cs 2511t and that saw was also amazing. Can handle almost every thing I've put it through. I also have a larger stihl I almost never need. I have noticed the electric model doesn't cut quite as clean, but still works well enough. With using vegetable oil for the bar this thing is more eco friendly than the gas models.

about 7'5 feet. i would suggest 15 feet! it will make for more grass mulch and less tree maintenance

this system will be .5 acres. the rest of the homestead is an acre with mixed gardens. my older system was 4 acres!

yes i have. there's also a beach solution people recommend

yep they are gunpowder and a couple of cecropia. yeah technically weeds but they are so powerful you need to find a way to utilize them, just dont let them get too big or they are hard and scary to manage!

I feel you. My cassavas were destroyed by them too.

pigs are always a problem! we fully fenced our acre a few months ago, let the real planting begin! for banana fertilizer you can check out my website, ive got lots of details about deficiencies. tropicalselfsufficiency.com/banana-deficiencies-in-hawaii/ 2 Teaspoon Borax. 1 cup dolomite. ½ Cup Ammonium Sulfate 21-0-0. ½ Cup or Sulfate Potash 0-0-52. every 3 months. and 4lbs of nutri-rich chicken manure monthly per mat. give them lots of water as well!