would it perform?
Reuben Omondi
| Colleagues, I am stationed in Kisii at about 1950m a.s.l, working in an aquaculture station with ponds on unstable peat soil. The latter continually erode into the ponds resulting in great mortality for fingerlings. We also have lined ponds with unstable embankments. We have just planted vetiver along the latter with the hope that these will be stabilized. However, my question is-what would be the effect of planting the grass along the earthen ponds? Reuben Omondi -see pictures -who wants vetiver slips? |
James Owino
| Dear Reuben, Vetiver will help to stabilize the banks of the fishponds. This has been done successfully in Vietnam and Elise Pinners and Paul Truong may be able to guide you well on this. For Vetiver to work effectively the panting has to be done properly and it is necessary to share the pictures of how you did the planting with us so that you can be advised properly. I will let you know in case I get any order for the vetiver slips. Best regards James Owino The Director, Board of UndergraduateStudies (BUGS), Egerton University, P.O. Box 536, -20115,EGERTON, Kenya Tel: 051-2113577 OR 051-2217693 E-mail:bugse...@yahoo.com or bu...@egerton.ac.ke OR Department of Agricultural Engineering Coordinator, Kenya Vetiver Network (KEVN) kenyavetivernetwork.blogspot.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/kenya-vetiver-network
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PATRICK MUKORA
After taking a look at the attached pictures, the side walls will need to be shaped i.e. some of them look almost at 90% ......
Patrick
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Hi Omondi,
The choice is only Vertiver for all your issues. The slope as seen in the photo is too sharp make sloppy and the paper is too short as its supposed to be above your slope. In fact Vertiver would be on the side away from the pond.
You have to get the fishery people to come and advise you as well as having vertiver seedlings ready for planting to stabilize the soil and control erosion.
Thanks,
Victor Waireri
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Hi partners ,
After a closer view of the pictures i realised that the previous problems of runnoffs and erosion are adequattely prevented.and we can make it let us keep up to change the world.
our org still needs some more vetiver seedlings to plant along the river oluch bunks and nusery.
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Elise Pinners
Generally speaking it is good to align the pond – also if with concrete below (was it concrete I saw in your picture?).
Lines of Vetiver along concrete help: they reduce the erosion on the soil-concrete interface (where more water tends to pass along the concrete).
The altitude is a bit on the high side, so Vetiver will grow a bit slower then where Paul Kombo planted it near Voi.
And most importantly is what James said: plant it correctly! The planting distance should be no more than 12-15cm.
See attached leaflet.
Elise
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Vetiver will help to stabilize the banks of the fishponds. This has been done successfully in Vietnam and Elise Pinners and Paul Truong may be able to guide you well on this. For Vetiver to work effectively the panting has to be done properly and it is necessary to share the pictures of how you did the planting with us so that you can be advised properly. I will let you know in case I get any order for the vetiver slips. |
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Dick
Ethiopia vetiver grows at similar altitudes very well (tea and coffee
growing area) . Kisii is probably hotter and more humid.
The key things to do include: grading back the vertical banks and
planting vetiver at correct planting distances. From the images three
to four rows should be sufficient.
Once planted and well established, you could cut the leaf regularly
(every six weeks or so) for forage.
By the way it is nice to see this "group" in action, and the more that
it expands greater will be the interest and demand for the technology.
all the best to you
Dick Grimshaw
Elise Pinners
experience. KEVN in action.
By the way, just FYI, I'm with Sarah in a consortium of Kenyan companies and
we did a bid to address waste water problem in Muhoroni distillery.
That could be the first Kenya industrial waste water project with Vetiver.
Let's hope we get it.
Elise
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Dear Paul,
Wow are these from the shrimp ponds that we visited some years back? (central Vietnam?)
Or other ones done at later stage in Mekong Delta?
Elise