STEEP Food Forest: Plant OFF Contour? / Syntropic Agroforestry

[@anilsoman3757]

This type of geography and climate is very close to what I have in my property in Southern India ... Very helpful material as I wanted to improve my plantation to a real agro-forestry system... All these insights will help me while I experiment in my property. Thank you very much Byron for this special one! Much appreciate your efforts to spread agroforestry as much as you can 💌

[@smueller12244]

Love it, sounds amazing in there with the bird symphony

[@defipepe]

Awesome to see systems on steep slopes❤

[@byrongrows]

Absolutely right

[@EcoInstant]

​@@byrongrows I have been working steep slopes as well, in the Colombian Andes; love seeing this!

[@BenTaiNz]

​@EcoInstant where abouts in Colombia? I just brought a coffee farm on a steep slope near Medellin that I want to convert into food forest if either of you want to come help out. I'm also from NZ @byron.in.new.zealand Loved the video. Good discussion about steep slopes.

[@EcoInstant]

@@BenTaiNz I'm in the North of Tolima! Our farm was nearly a coffee monoculture when we began, I would send/bring you some cuttings we are very similar ecosystem. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoSviGOihbWbeck

[@SOCBenjy]

Amazing brothers!!! Love ya guys!!! Just planning the same in portugal joe Semi arid. Steep slopes

[@annetteericsson266]

Would be nice to see some videos that are not tropical as that does not work here in the Ozarks. Would like to see some videos for our region. Poor rocky soil cooler winters hot summers zone 8

[@Kevin-Cruz]

Beautiful system!

[@byrongrows]

Right?! Stoked to have the opportunity to be there in person

[@Alvaro4034]

I may have not understand. Was the recovering native rainforest cut down to plant a variety of native and non-native species?

[@meandillar69]

My thoughts also

[@exodusfamilybelize]

What grows after intense logging or slash and burn is low value emergent trees that unfortunately have huge fire risks. They are speeding up the process and planting food for animals and humans and if it’s done right it holds more moisture which reduces the fire risk

[@porvenirdesign]

This is very very far from native rainforest. This particular site is the edge of an old Melina timber plantation. At least in Costa Rica, the idea of native mature rainforest is nearly impossible to find. We are almost always dealing with degraded land or abandoned agricultural land.

[@meandillar69]

@@porvenirdesign thanks for the info

[@broomers3]

What is cleared to plant the farm? Syntropic is for restoring and regenerating too. I am uncomfortable with the clearance when there is so much land already cleared and needing regenerating.

[@exodusfamilybelize]

The thing is the existing jungle is non productive and in my experience a huge fire risk. It also had little food for humans or animals there. And little commercial value for lumber. While it would be better to leave some emergent trees to protect the young trees they are putting in a system that will feed people, animals and provide an income.

[@porvenirdesign]

In this site, this is the edge of an old timber plantation. The amount of area in protection in this project is huge, but clearly land that is recovering to a healthy ecosystem always needs to be done with caution.

[@dungeonmaster6292]

nobody cares about your comfort or lack thereof.

[@ic6332]

great video, couldn"t catch the name of the biomass tree that is the champion of the farm that he mentioned near the end, what was that?

[@li-os]

it's the Nacedero (Trichanthera gigantea) 🌱

[@ic6332]

@@li-os thank you!

[@EcoInstant]

es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichanthera_gigantea

[@Darkfyre755]

While im sure uphill facing rows is easier for maintenance, i think its probably a terrible method to use outside of a rainforest climate. We get most of our rain in about 4-5 months while the rest of the year is quite dry. Storing water in the soil is always my number one priority here, even if it makes maintenance a bit harder. Considering context is important for this kind of statement

[@KarinaCustodio]

Nice

[@petercullen5889]

Any info on what the fern tree a that hes using for bio mass? Wouldnt mind implementing some.

[@porvenirdesign]

Shizolobium parahybum

[@petercullen5889]

​@@porvenirdesign awesome, thankyou!

[@John-hu9bo]

12m between emergents. Never seen such wide spacings, interesting

[@byrongrows]

Yeah I’d imagine you’d wanna over plant to give yourself options. 12m emergent spacing might be the aim for when it’s a climax system

[@John-hu9bo]

@@byrongrows so how are they producing enough biomass? I didn't understand this one plant he mentioned

[@MarviRafaelMontecillo]

hello byron and scott. ive been doing Syntropic farming for a few years now, but havent done projects in slopes. Been thinking a lot about this since this will be in our next project, but any thoughts on erosion during heavy rains?

[@porvenirdesign]

Hey, yes this is so important. If you are going to go up and down the slope you need to be super diligent about keeping the soil covered at all times. You also need to understand the context well. For example, is there a lot of runoff above the site or not much. We have only chose to go and down slopes on projects where the risk of heavy erosion is low due to the site context.

[@PermacultureStorytelling]

Is it me, or are there missing info ? Where is this exactly ? Climate, scope of project... ? We can infer at some point that it's Brazil, but really not clear...

[@xiscanicolas6009]

Humid tropics! But location is almost always missing in any videos canal!

[@byrongrows]

Check the description

[@PermacultureStorytelling]

@@byrongrows cool. I see the description now. It didn't sound like a brazilian accent to me, plus parts of Brazil are in the other hemisphere, so not the same seasons right now. always very informative to watch, keep on keeping on, brother

[@andrewk2338]

one big reason why I don’t like the jungle is the clouds of insects, aggressive maskites and midges that bite very painfully

[@dungeonmaster6292]

it's the people that come from the jungle that bother me

[@jchandler3336]

When and where in FL?

[@byrongrows]

Very soon. I’ll announce details on my IG so keep an eye out there

[@FloridamanForager]

@@byrongrowsfully stoked

[@CidrickBlairDedicatoria2023]

New subscriber here 😊❤..

[@laddieokelley6095]

In your line of work you need to research how to make yourself unattractive to mosquitos. I am a magnet.

[@byrongrows]

They love me here

[@EcoInstant]

Nacedero is a real champion, we call it Madre de Agua in Colombia. Trichanthera Gigantea for anyone looking for it. es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichanthera_gigantea

[@WouterDeWitte-i6o]

Thanks!!!