I'll try to get some pics up soon. I just built 4 aeroponic systems, cost me about $20 bucks for all 4. So we'll see if aeroponics are much better then hydroponics, which is definately better than just stuffing seeds into the ground. I sure hope these things do the job, that will reduce the time...

I would like to buy or lease farm land in South Texas Thanks Dave

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I've been speaking with a local environmental company and it looks like they want me to manage a testing project of 50 acres of Jatropha Curcas. Pending results from this project, they have 6000 acres available in the Rio Grande Valley for wide scale production of Jatropha oil. Contractual meeting...

was hoping for more responses, but it still interesting to see 2 others are actually growing it. would love to know where and if winter temps have been factored in. for those of you actually growing JC. is this your first season? have anything to report like yields, bugs, harvesting techniques, do you...

anyone around in corpus christi or aransas pass, rockport or ingleside making home brew biodiesel? with any luck and VA financing, there may be a new oil source for you. I'll be growing jatropha curcas in Aransas Pass and providing oil for home brewers. it would be great to know who will be interested...

for profit or for yourself. who is growing JC? and on how much land. help out and take the poll. [Poll]

my email address is in a post just above this. update on the land search, i found 25 acres for sale @ $50,000. thats 2k per acre. i've found nothing that cheap in this area in the past 6 months. i'd love to have 25 acres, though Im trying to think of the feasibility of just me farming it. hired...

Hi, I just started a little over 200 plants from seed in College Station, Texas. They are about 8 days old and about 6-7 inches tall. I have one acre near Port Lavaca, Texas where we will be planing them, as well as another 300 that will be ready to plant in a few more weeks. That will give us 500 Jatropha...