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Clonal High Yield Pongamia
Pongamia is a notoriously difficult tree to clone, however after years of hard work and millions of investment with ILRG, and Plant Biotech, we have produced high-yielding clonally propagated trees you can rely on to produce a predictable results.
Plantation Consultancy
Whether you want to replace your fuel usage with bio-fuels or you want to regenerate mining land, we can help you design a project to suit your needs. We can help you decided the plantation size / row spacing / irrigation requirements, etc, to help you create profitable plantations. Learn from our many years of experience, both our mistakes and our victories.
Why Grow Pongamia?
Of all the agricultural bio-fuels out there, pongamia has the massive advantage of being a legume, meaning it produces it’s own nitrogen. This means not only will pongamia grow in poor quality soils, it will improve the soil.
- Native to Australia and is not an invasive weed threat
- Climatically suited to Northern Australia (prefers environment of 25-40 degrees)
- Legume (fixes nitrogen)
- Drought tolerant
- Produces Food & Fuel at the same time – the crushing byproduct ( meal) if treated can be used as a protein supplement for cattle
- Sequesters Carbon (tree growth & Fuel substitution)
- Can be mechanically harvested*
- Direct use of oil in modified engine
- Can be converted into high quality BioDiesel or 2nd Generation biofuels
- Cost effective broad acre solution
- 200x200km planted out with Pongamia (Millettia) could replace all of Australia’s liquid fuel needs
- Generally4-5 years until first yield, 8 years until
- suitable for interrow cropping during first 3 years of growth
- Livestock grazing from about year 3-5 depending on growth rate and livestock chosen
Our high yield pongamia grows, once mature, can produce up to 10,000L of oil per hectare.
