More Summer CHOP & DROP! + Edible Privacy Hedge Update (Syntropic Agroforestry)

[@SaritasGarden33412]

Great video Kevin! I am curious about your plan for the fenceline after removing the mexican sunflower. What are you thinking of planting there next? Thanks for sharing the propagation tip I didn’t know that 👍.

[@Kevin-Cruz]

I might try some lemongrass but I'm leaning towards leaving it mostly empty and using the space for access. Having clean and accessible fence lines make life much easier.

[@Adnancorner]

You should try lemon grass instead of Mexican sunflower. The chopped material last fairly long. I live in Dubai and its hot and humid here even its a desert. if you have irrigation the plants grow real fast and bugs eat every leaf that fall under the plants. The lemongrass we had did really good and did not need a lot of chopping and dropping. It also helped in turning the sandy soil into brown fluffy soil, mind you we have saline sand here. for chop and drop lemon grass, napier grass should be the plant for your situation. If it falls into the neighbors you should definitely give a though about the plants I suggested. Thanks

[@Kevin-Cruz]

Yes Lemongrass is an amazing plant, it might be the perfect plant for that section of the fence. My only issue with lemongrass is that it gets shaded out easily and doesn't grow well in dense systems like mine. I specifically like working with Mexican Sunflower because of how tall it grows. It does an amazing job pushing up in order to find sunlight in dense situations, Lemongrass can't do that.

[@humanbeingnotahumandoing1]

Thank you for the video kevin, it's amazing that you are pushing yourself after work to use the milder weather conditions 🙏. I wanted to ask about the nappier grass: Do you know if this grass would be able to survive in a place with around 550mm of rain per year (southwest iberian península) CSA climate Hardiness Zone 10a (-1.1- 1.7 °C)

[@Kevin-Cruz]

I think Napier Grass will be able to handle those conditions. Might be slow to start but once it gets going it will most likely grow great. My suggestion is to explore your area and find wild clumping grasses that you can dig out or take cuttings from. You know for certain those grasses will grow good since they are already growing in your conditions.

[@humanbeingnotahumandoing1]

@@Kevin-Cruz thank you for the answe that's a very nice suggestion, have a great one :)