Fast growing plant for biogas or biomass?

Christophe · by **Christophe** » 07/05/07, 13:12

We have in our garden a plant that has grown about 2 m in a month!

We have no idea what it could be as a plant but you can imagine that I quickly made the report with this plant and its use as energy biomass! : Cheesy:

I'm going to take a picture to see if kk1 knows this plant and discuss what we could possibly do with it

toto65 · by **toto65** » 07/05/07, 13:21

miscanthus giganteus?
http://www.novethic.fr/novethic/site/ar ... ?id=102117
otherwise a variety of bamboo

Christophe · by **Christophe** » 07/05/07, 13:30

Yes it looks like bamboo ... but in addition "soft" and apparently the stems are hollow like bamboo.

The advantage is that it grows perfectly under our lattitudes. Not necessarily the case of bamboos ...

ps: it's not the miscantus but we don't really see the ... the photo arrives

Christophe · by **Christophe** » 07/05/07, 15:52

Here are the pictures (sorry for the quality

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So some details:

a) A little over 1 month ago, there was "NOTHING" ... just the "base"

b) at the level of the scale on the 1st image we see a gutter and a 1,2m garden fence which stops below the horizontal gutter

Exceed · by **Exceed** » 07/05/07, 18:22

Hi Chistophe,

I suspected it but I was waiting for the photos for confirmation.
It is the Japanese knotweed, a plant classified as a pest because it is very invasive .... it is generally found along streams where it suffocates other species ... I cannot t to say more ...

A + Serge.

Christophe · by **Christophe** » 07/05/07, 18:31

Nice thank you for the info

Indeed there is a stream that borders the garden (but on the other side compared to this plant) so a fairly wet area ...

If it is a pest jpe then cut it and make tests without regret?

Exceed · by **Exceed** » 07/05/07, 18:38

Take a look .... there is more info:

Japanese knotweed or Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is a perennial herb in the family Polygonaceae that occurs in ditches along rivers. In Europe and America, it is one of the main invasive species. It is also included in the list of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature of the 100 species of most concern

Source http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renou%C3%A9e_du_Japon

Christophe · by **Christophe** » 07/05/07, 18:41

Exceed wrote:It is also included in the list of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature of the 100 species of most concern

Don't worry, I'll take care of the little invader

Exceed · by **Exceed** » 07/05/07, 18:51

Be careful with this bastard .... it is really very harmful and see impossible to get rid of it ... do some research on the net and you will quickly understand what you are dealing with ....
Otherwise in culture, if you receive permission, I think it must be interesting .... it grows mega fast and it does not die or very difficult. I do not think that the value of the plant is very interesting in terms of mass / volume / energy yield ... To see!

Good luck.

Christophe · by **Christophe** » 07/05/07, 19:57

Well, I don't think there are any big risks:

1) The house had not been maintained since around 2002 ... and it has not really proliferated!

2) My different biogas tests will be right for its growth appetite

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