mormanman Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 As most of you know I live in Texas and I just bought 50 Balsa Tree seeds and should I grow them in a big pot or should I just grow them outside? Thanks guys.
asilentbob Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 ... Maybe you should consult a forum devoted to trees? If not google...
BPinthemorning Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 I've been looking for a forum on trees, but I have been unsuccessfully. So far the royal empress tree seeds I have planted won't sprout... Tell me if you are successful where I have failed lol...
mormanman Posted February 29, 2008 Author Posted February 29, 2008 ... Maybe you should consult a forum devoted to trees? If not google... Checked google and not really anything and like Bpinthemorning said about the tree forums.Thanks for the advise though.
crazyboy25 Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Checked google and not really anything and like Bpinthemorning said about the tree forums. Right... im sure you looked for a quite a while anyway this took me all of 30 seconds to find. Are you implying that Google just hates you or maybe I just have some mystic powers? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=of...rum&btnG=Search In case navigating through the search engine is too difficult I will give you some advice: click the first hit.
asilentbob Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 *Point made and re-inforced, thank you crazyboy25.
BPinthemorning Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Um I found tree forums, but none of them have developed sections on empress trees or balsa... Believe me I looked. It was my main project for about 2 weeks...
crazyboy25 Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Just because they don't have "developed sections on balsa trees" doesn't mean they don't know anything about them. This forum doesn't have a developed forum in organic chemistry but im sure several members here know a good deal about it.
tentacles Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 I think you would be better off planting paulownia - balsa is a jungle type of hardwood. Paulownia will also grow back when you cut it down, from the existing root systems. Let it grow for 5-6 years, cut it down, and in a year the new trunk will be huge again! It grows nearly as fast as balsa and does well in most soil types, including poor soil. It's higher density also means more charcoal. The big kicker is that there is info on growing them. Balsa trees are mainly grown in countries that speak portuguese or spanish. The weather in Ecuador is vastly different from Texas, as are the growing conditions. You could probably get balsa to grow, but would it survive winter? How much would you need to water it, fertilize it, etc?
BPinthemorning Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Plus, paulownia is considered invasive, so it cant be too hard to make it grow...
mormanman Posted March 3, 2008 Author Posted March 3, 2008 Ok, well I just bought some Paulownia too. I'll send alot to my grandma's house and she'll plant them on the 300 acres she has. It worth a try to see which one work better and which one actually work.
BPinthemorning Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 Paulownia is quicker and easier to grow, and many studies have it out preforming balsa by quite a margin.
Mumbles Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 Mind producing some of these studies for us then BPinthemorning? I for one would like to see them. If not, I'd appreciate it if you stopped spouting off unsubstantiated bullshit. Danny Creagan's test don't have it out preforming it by a significant margin, neither does von Malitz' book, nor Shimizu.
BPinthemorning Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 Ok, heres the link; http://www.wichitabuggywhip.com/fireworks/...oal_tests.html; and for the record I believe that half a second is quite a margin when you are dealing with 9.67 second maximum flight times...
GalFisk Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 You have a semicolon in your url. This one works: http://www.wichitabuggywhip.com/fireworks/...coal_tests.html
Mumbles Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 For the record, I hardly consider 5% a considerable margin.
mormanman Posted March 4, 2008 Author Posted March 4, 2008 Ash was really fast: .33 and .3 that is ridiculous. Paulownia was fast and so was Balsa. I'll mix them all. That is off topic though. I'll grow both everyone calm down. If people want some after they are done grow I'll sell them just give me a decent price and I'll post them in The Agora as a "Is in the process of growing" or "Will be here eventually." Oh yeah, BTW guys up on the top of the section (not trying to be rude or anything) I did eventually find something on google but it was nothing on how to grow it.
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