Syntropic Agroforestry | 1 Year Update

[@michaelhudson4171]

My pineaples grow fine in shade but dont produce well there. Ive learned to just put them on both sides of any long paths I travel daily, like where I cary drinking eater from the spring, and sniff out the ripe ones before critters find them, which smell potently when hit by the sun. i miss many, but tend to pull 3 or 4 every day or two, whenever Im on my way to do something else. papaya and soursops are similar. You really have to check them daily. So using zone one paths helps to not miss ripe fruits.

[@OffGridHawaii]

The ones doing well for us “in the shade” is a very light shade and we have gotten very nice fruit. The sun is very powerful here though. Love the idea of the “zone 1” walking paths, where you can easily see things that are ripe. We have lined our driveway and paths with things like tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, papaya, pineapple, etc. works great 👍

[@Offgrid_Neighbors808]

Whaaaaaat thanks for the shoutout! Awesome video 🎉 You guys are pros

[@danielnaberhaus5337]

Collab please 🙂

[@ryanbaker3607]

Thank you for sharing this with us! What an awesome peek into an amazing adventure. All the best 🙏🏻♥️

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks Ryan! Hope you can visit some day!!

[@russellsmith8609]

Thanks for another informative video. And it is nice to see your family out in the grove, cheers.

[@teamcautiouslyextreme8072]

Very cool you guys! So glad you are able to find time to make content. One thing I have found is I do not have enough mulch crops. Does Gliricidia propogate from just sticking cuttings in the ground? And do you have any that you can sell or donate?

[@teamcautiouslyextreme8072]

I meant Crotalari 😮

[@OffGridHawaii]

Crotalaria is propagated by seed easily. I do have some and can usually get them anytime of year. Email us and we can get you some

[@teamcautiouslyextreme8072]

I guess I'm looking for both 🤔

[@melissamurphy3776]

Aloha!!! So stoked you guys are back shooting videos! We've missed you two 🤙

[@noxtwilight_]

Great video, wish you guys would make at least once a month there is so much to cover. Making soil and mulch without buying anything is what I personally need to know about so this experiment is great. More details on how you set up the worm casting and anything else you use would be greatly appreciated. Details details details!!! Thanks so much 🤙

[@OffGridHawaii]

Great questions and these are topics we do plan to cover in future videos :) so stay tuned! What’s your soil like at your location?

[@vanessahardy2632]

Y’all are so awesome! Thx for publishing this! 💙

[@thomastice9209]

Aloha Michael and Pauline, thanks for all of the great advice as always:) glad to see that all is well on the wet side :P

[@OffGridHawaii]

Been very wet lately. Thanks for commenting Tom! hope you are well too!

[@kellyhartman7667]

Aloha. I would be interested in seeing how you use the harvest to make money and/or to feed your family. Cooking prep would be interesting. Thank you.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Great idea! We do want to make some videos featuring recipes with the stuff we grow

[@mena2138]

Video made with love

[@Bob-w2b8j]

Has greening made it to Hawii yet? Here in Florida they don't even recommend planting citrus at the backyard scale. The only species that is supposed to be "tolerant" (not resistant) to greening is the sugar belle, but it seems like people are having mixed results with that

[@OffGridHawaii]

No not that I know of. I hope we don’t get it here.

[@rudekperezacupuncturist]

I liked the update, now curious about fertilizer results.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks! Any guess on which one will do the best?

[@rudekperezacupuncturist]

@@OffGridHawaii not sure, some are more bacterial or fungal amendments and some more nitrogen. Interesting to know what YOUR plants need.

[@ainabearfarm8075]

Looks great guys! Thank you for sharing 🤙

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks for watching!

[@mykloe]

Hello! Was wondering if you guys have or had brown beetle issues and what you do to remedy. Thanks!!

[@OffGridHawaii]

I’m not sure what beetle you mean, does it have another name??

[@florcalizo-vencer9138]

Wow! My daughter would love to plant those sugar cane .

[@dirtyjarhikes]

Love it!! 🌿🫶🏼

[@chriskeaton603]

Have you done a soil test?

[@OffGridHawaii]

No, but it is something I’d be interested in doing.

[@RasmusStr]

Try trimming your weak trees a bit too. This way you get a better root to crown ratio. greetings from Germany🌱

[@OffGridHawaii]

Thanks for the tip!

[@danielnaberhaus5337]

How did you plant the croalaria, just spreading seeds on bare soil? Did you cover after planting? Did you buy the seeds?

[@OffGridHawaii]

We had seeds saved from other crotolaria we have growing on the property and just spread them directly onto the ground and covered them with soil. 🤙🏾

[@danielnaberhaus5337]

I was told tree tomato wants full sun and lots of fertilizer.

[@OffGridHawaii]

Sounds about right. Also the crotalaria was planted about 4-5 ft apart from each other with about 20 seeds in each hole.

[@donnalay1025]

Where you have the syntropic ag garden, was that land previously ripped?

[@OffGridHawaii]

Yeah that part of the land was also ripped over 30 years ago. Thanks for the question! 🤙🏾🌺

[@timswafford5047]

Loved it

[@gihonmonks]

yo big up yo self today big eye offgrid fam onelove

[@Neo.chilll]

Is it expensive to buy a land for fruit forest in BI ?

[@OffGridHawaii]

You can check on aloha living dot com to see what sellers are asking. Keep in mind though it can be costly to improve raw land here.

[@karavi2000]

I guess your Citrus plant needs Calcium.. try some gypsum or egg shell extract (from Korean Natural Farming)..

[@helmutklauer2337]

I carry my sickle in a tape measure holder on my belt.

[@OffGridHawaii]

🤔

[@TheIslandHomestead]

I have a sugar cane press! Maybe we could do a colab?

[@OffGridHawaii]

That’s awesome! Can you email us and we can discuss? [e-mail]

[@TheIslandHomestead]

@@OffGridHawaii Done!