I’m an old horticulturist in Rome ga Watch out for warm nights. 1-2 nights warmer or equal to days will shut down vegetable crops and mess w fruit crops. Past 3 years in town…days were 75 but couple nights got to 80F and everything stopped growing. Tomatoes okra squash corn eggplant all just sat still and immature fruit rotted. Plants did not die but quit growing…ppl would not notice for couple weeks but I saw immediately. Look for old Hort technique called plant DIF. Way to control growth before hormones. No earthworms in entire county for 3 years after noticeable 5yr decline in health No fly larvae in trash cans for many summers. It’s happening now Best of luck to you
Microclimates will stabilize temperature. What is probably happenkng is that the dirt is holding onto so much thermal mass that it is absorbing all the sun rays at day but only releasing them at night (in housing this is called passive solar). What could fix that is some insulation for the ground in the form of mulch to slow down the temperature absorption by the ground. Plants can detect ground temperature but they are not affected by air temperature
Tree cover also provides shade and keeps the ground from absorbing excess thermal mass. His agroforestry system will be completely okay against the effect, and if it is indeed affected, the fix is easy for him
Thanks for the good info! By the way in the description it says "airplane beds" instead of "airprune beds". I'm German wanting to start an agroforestry system with my Brazilian wife in Brazil. As you sure have experienced, syntropic agriculture is far more dispersed in Brazil as Permaculture. I'm interested in both but my roots are more in the Permaculture system. In the end I will probably do a mixture of both worlds. We tried Babaco in Ecuador and loved it. I don't know though if I will be able to get cuttings in Brazil...
@@John-hu9bo We are still looking for some land in South Bahia, in my opinion one of the most beautiful regions in Brazil with old growth forests close to beautiful beaches
Byron, are you using bought potting soil or mixing it by yourself? I'm getting deep into reg ag and courses in soil biology , Johnson Su composts etc and wondering if you are using potting soils with fertilisers, because of the detrimental effects on the biology, especially mykorrhiza Greetings!
Thanks, Byron! This is a key need for starting & expanding Syntropic Agroforestry!
Awesome info Byron!
Brilliant video thank you
Agreed!
I’m an old horticulturist in Rome ga
Watch out for warm nights. 1-2 nights warmer or equal to days will shut down vegetable crops and mess w fruit crops.
Past 3 years in town…days were 75 but couple nights got to 80F and everything stopped growing. Tomatoes okra squash corn eggplant all just sat still and immature fruit rotted. Plants did not die but quit growing…ppl would not notice for couple weeks but I saw immediately.
Look for old Hort technique called plant DIF. Way to control growth before hormones.
No earthworms in entire county for 3 years after noticeable 5yr decline in health
No fly larvae in trash cans for many summers.
It’s happening now
Best of luck to you
because of global warming?
Microclimates will stabilize temperature. What is probably happenkng is that the dirt is holding onto so much thermal mass that it is absorbing all the sun rays at day but only releasing them at night (in housing this is called passive solar). What could fix that is some insulation for the ground in the form of mulch to slow down the temperature absorption by the ground. Plants can detect ground temperature but they are not affected by air temperature
Tree cover also provides shade and keeps the ground from absorbing excess thermal mass. His agroforestry system will be completely okay against the effect, and if it is indeed affected, the fix is easy for him
Even with shade cloth for the tomatoes many of the tomatoes don't set fruit until the weather cools off here in central Arkansas.
@@p0tmuffin69 I’m a horticulturist not a climate scientist. Just local observations
Just the babaco cutting advice we were seeking: many thanks.
Thank you so much for sharing this ❤
Have you tried using pineapple sage as a biomass producer?
Great info!
Thanks for the good info! By the way in the description it says "airplane beds" instead of "airprune beds". I'm German wanting to start an agroforestry system with my Brazilian wife in Brazil. As you sure have experienced, syntropic agriculture is far more dispersed in Brazil as Permaculture. I'm interested in both but my roots are more in the Permaculture system. In the end I will probably do a mixture of both worlds. We tried Babaco in Ecuador and loved it. I don't know though if I will be able to get cuttings in Brazil...
Awesome Matthias! I'm from Germany too heading to Mexico, looking to do Syntropic Ag. Where are you in Brazil?
@@John-hu9bo We are still looking for some land in South Bahia, in my opinion one of the most beautiful regions in Brazil with old growth forests close to beautiful beaches
@@matthiasbrunger1179 awesome. Maybe close to Ernst's farm 😉
@@John-hu9bo yeah, indeed. But we are looking for something closer to the coast
thanks! looking forward to the next :) very motivating !
Great video.
What have you found has been the ideal depth of the air prune beds / what size timber do you prefer?
Byron, are you using bought potting soil or mixing it by yourself? I'm getting deep into reg ag and courses in soil biology , Johnson Su composts etc and wondering if you are using potting soils with fertilisers, because of the detrimental effects on the biology, especially mykorrhiza
Greetings!
hi fromthailand nice food forest
nice tips!!! thx bro
Have you tried using Oregano to hold back the grasses?
Whats the latin name of tree lucerne?
Cytisus proliferus
Apricots and avacados are not true to seed. As in citrus, grafting is the only way.