Tap Root of a Kenaf Plant

This is the Tap Root of a Kenaf Plant that I pulled
out of the ground 11/21/16.  The Kenaf Plant was
dying from the cold temps of St Louis the past few
days.  Two days of the temperatures below 33 Deg F
at night is all it took.

Kenaf Plants are also called Indian Hemp by some people.

These photos were also highlighted at the Hemp 
Environmental Forum and the Kenaf Community.

Tap Root System of Kenaf Plant from the Kenaf Test Plants

Additional Kenaf Growing Notes

• The seeds were planted for this plant in midsummer 2016.
• The plants were only hand watered twice due to dry conditions and it wasn't a weren't necessity.  I was just playing it on the safe side. After watering them one day it rained that night so I wasted water-aarrgh.
• This particular Kenaf Plant was over 10 feet Tall at harvest time.
• Normal Size Bic Lighter was used for scaling purposes

Kenaf Seeds from Scottys Kenaf Test Plants

• Remarkable plant that started out as a seed about the same size as a pencil lead.

Ag Invention Kenaf Test Plant Growth Update

Kenaf Test Plant Growth Update October 1, 2016, 

Happily Report the Kenaf Test Plants are between 8 and 10 feet tall!   The average stem diameter I estimate at around 1 inch.  

Perfect Example of why Kenaf is a Biomass Clean Energy Champion!  

1 1/4 in stem diameter Kenaf 

115 inch tall Kenaf Plants 

115 inch Tall Kenaf Plants

 Here is a way to gauge height of an object that is close to a home with plastic siding.  Count the Lap Joints.

Construction Tip: Normal Lap on Plastic Siding is 4 in.

Update Lignin Removal Test Plants Photo

Growing Kenaf Test Plant Images from first planting Jan 2016 till Sept 2016

Two Sets of Test Plants are growing.  1 set started indoors, 2nd set planted in backyard garden.

As of Sept 18 the second set of plants is within 2 feet of acquiring the height the 1st set has reached.

This is a perfect example of Kenaf ability to produce clean energy from the plant biomass.

Kenaf Plants started indoors Mid Jan 2016

2 feet tall kenaf plants transplanted to pots and moved outdoors Spring 2016

Kenaf Plant Flower

2nd set of Kenaf Plants planted directly in backyard Garden 

Kenaf Seed pods and seeds from 1st plants

Sept 18 2016 1st and 2nd Kenaf Plant Height comparison.

Here is a lesson I learned from this experiment: Don't plant anything under a roof edge that doesn't have a gutter to collect the water and keep it from downing and drowning the plant below. 

MOhemp Energy Startup Decision Time

Planned Kenaf Tests for 1st Round of Kenaf Plants

Scotty ‏@StLHandyMan 39 minutes ago

#Startup Question on sharing information on test results: Decision Time: to make the info public or private? How much should be shared?

Kenaf Test Plant Documentation

Timeline 1st Batch Kenaf Test Plants:

1. started from seed
2. Germination
3. Moved Outdoors
4. 1st Transplanting
5. Flowers Developed

1. All Above Previously Published 

1. {Decision Time will this be public or private information. If you go public: 1) how far or how much information should or 2) will be shared?  What if any should be kept private?}

1. Harvesting
1. Height above ground
2. Height with Root System
3. Weight of Total Plant
4. Weight of Root System with 4 inch Stem Cut {Ave Farm Equip Cut Bar Height}
5. Weight of Stem, Branches, etc before dissection
1. Weight of Individual parts Wet and Dry

Description	Weight Wet	Weight Dry
Fibers
Core
Lignin
Bast
Leaves
Branches

1.   Fibers
2.   Core
3.   Lignin
4. Bast
2. Liquefied Lignin Data

2. Lignin Burn Temperature Testing

	Before Temp	After Temp
? will it burn in liquid form?
When applied to Charcoal
Notebook Paper
wood shavings

3. Lignin Testing Dry State:

2. Fiber Data
1. Length
2. Size
3. Strength
3. Core Data
1. Length
2. Size
3. Strength?

Kenaf Plant Timeline Pictures

 Sacrificial Kenaf Plants for the MOhemp Energy Inventions

Kenaf Plant Photos Seed to Present-

Kenaf Stem is over 1 inch in Diameter

2 weeks prior to this photo a windstorm blew the Kenaf plants over breaking 2 branches - somehow the leaves have stayed green on the broken stem as not all the branches outer cover was severed

Kenaf Plants Towering over a 6 foot tall standard wood fence

2nd batch of invention test kenaf plants growing in garden plot less than 2 weeks old

Kenaf Seedlings less than 1 week after seeding.

close to 1 inch diameter Kenaf Stem

Kenaf Plant Height to top of planter 92 inches

92 inch kenaf plant height

Windstorm blew over the Kenaf Plants- only 2 branches were broke on 1 of the plants see earlier photo

Kenaf Root System growing out of the planter

Little Green Thumbs helping with Kenaf plants 6 foot tall wood fence background

Kenaf Flower

Not too long ago I planted the Kenaf Plant Seeds for the Hemp Inventions!