permaculture

["keller" <ak.and.ak@on-line.de>]

Hi,

I think this plant should not be introduced anywhere. On lake Victoria it
just caused havoc. Don't use it, if you don't already have it.

Andreas
----- Original Message -----
From: John Schinnerer <eco_living@yahoo.com>
To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Water Hyacinth


> Aloha,
>
> > > Don't recommend introducing water hyacinth - can completely
> > overtake the
> > > surface and difficult to eradicate - floating water plants are
> > rampant
> > > and difficult to control -
>
> I have seen an aquaculture setup (at Malu 'Aina, malu-aina.org) in
> Hawai'i where catfish in the tanks eat the hyacinth roots and thereby
> manage/control them for the most part.  Rest of hyacinth excess is used
> as mulch/fertilizer on citrus trees and so on.
>
>
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