Major erosion problem do you have any spare seeds?
Hi,
I have major erosion issue and need at least 1000 tree seed/seedlings.
I am chasing:
Leucaena Leucocephala
Albizia Lophantha
Albizia lebbek (sirus tree)
Acacia Saligna
Casurina Equisetifotia
Leucaena Shannoni
Weeping willow - salix baylonica
Cricket bat willow - salaxalba coerulea
Populus alba (white poplar)
populus nigra
Or any other cuttings or seeds that can help stabilize soil and fight erosion. Happy to pay for postage.
Please PM me if you can help. Thanks in advance.
If you have an erosion problem the above seeds won't help you. The trees will take a long time to grow and hold down the soil. You need to include things like Lupine, and Pampas Grass to start holding the soil while the trees take root.Originally Posted by 4G's
You need some perennials with a mixture of root types.
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Leucaena and Albizia seed will be maturing soon. There's some Leucaena up the road from my house, not sure of the type.
Have you considered vetiver? Vetiver Soil Erosion Control. Vetiver Plant Suppliers.Or you could get slips off someone if they are offering. You may need thousands though.Dr. Paul Truong
Principal Consultant VETICON CONSULTING Pty Ltd.
Contact: Email p.truong@veticon.com.au
International Tel: +617 3378 3174
Fax: +617 3378 3187
Australian Tel: (07) 3378 3174 and
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Postal: 23 KIMBA Street, Chapel Hill 4069,
Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
No, I hadn't heard about the veticon erosion solution. Thanks for letting me know. I will look into it.
Regarding the Leucaena and Albizia, yes please. I am happy to wait and pay for postage.
What do you mean about slips? What are they?
If you have willow locally you should be able to propagate from cuttings in water, or even just put them straight into the ground if you have irrigation.
Slips are a type of propagation method for vetiver.
For example, and I did this on Monday, you dig into a chunk of vetiver, then tear it apart with your hands, and end up with single pieces of grass with some roots attached. That's a slip. Then you pot it up.
I did 60 and that took long enough. If you look into vetiver propagation, there seems to be other ways to do it which don't involve physical labour. If you had 2 people working at it, lots of pots and potting mix, you could probably crank out several hundred a day if you had enough propagation material.
The clump and the slips. Edit: The clump is about, guessing, a 1/10, maybe a 1/15th of the clump it came from.
Last edited by S.O.P; 01-02-2012 at 11:17 AM.
Thanks S.O.P.
Anyone know where I can get a clump of Vetiver from - in brisbane?
I know I can buy seedlings from Dr Paul -but I need quite alot of these...
I have many large erosion issues.
There is one coming downhill from my neighbour. The drop is about 10m - runs about 50m long and is about 3m wide....
and there are more....
Any additional info/advice for free/cheap solutions - will be muchly appreciated.
Well, I could recommend the individual I got these from. Quite a lovely fellow that lives in Narangba. I've exchanged things so I can take things from his garden though he would probably offer his excess in respect of permaculture principles.
I've damaged one of his clumps, and have 60 slips. I would offer some of mine but you would be better off grabbing a large chunk, rushing it home and splitting there or onsite if you bring potting mix.
With your problems, especially the large ones, what does an expert say? Even a Google expert? Will the plants be established in time? Seems like a lot of water must be moving through there.
It's not for me to offer his grass to you, check out www.biochar.net and contact him with an exchange of goods or services.
5 day growth from the clump pictured above:
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