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Chinese Tallow Tree biofuel?
Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:05 pm
I came across this 2008 article from the LSU Ag Center on using Chinese tallow seeds to produce biodiesel.
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Being as this is an LSU board I was wondering if anyone has any further information on this study.
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Tallow seeds contain 45-60 percent vegetable oil, about two to three times the amount found in an equivalent weight of soybeans.
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Some experts cite figures as high as 970 gallons or 23.1 barrels of oil per acre
Being as this is an LSU board I was wondering if anyone has any further information on this study.
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:11 pm to texag7
frick a chicken tree...
Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:16 pm to wickowick
There is lots of info on tallow tree usage if you do a little research.
However, they are a rapidly spreading invasive plant that should be eradicated and or strictly controlled here in US. IMHO.
However, they are a rapidly spreading invasive plant that should be eradicated and or strictly controlled here in US. IMHO.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:18 pm to Bleeding purple
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that should be eradicated and or strictly controlled
Agreed.
I was thinking you could possibly get a grant or something to remove them/collect their seeds to stop from spreading and then you also would have a feedstock for free. Would be a win/win situation.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:19 pm to Bleeding purple
They're the most fun thing ever to bushhog.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:46 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Fun as a kid to hit your buddy with one of those green pods with nasty white juice from your slingshot 
They grow like a weed. If they can harvest then great.
They grow like a weed. If they can harvest then great.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:50 pm to wickowick
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frick a chicken tree...
This cannot be said enough.
Frickin useless tree.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 7:47 pm to texag7
They burn really well
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:20 pm to texag7
Previous homeowner planted one in my front yard. I guess it was planted for the Fall colors and fast growth. I cut it down over 3 years ago and I still get seedlings popping up around my yard.
Very prolific around our rivers and large creeks. Not sure what affect it will have long term.
Very prolific around our rivers and large creeks. Not sure what affect it will have long term.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 10:16 pm to Chuker
I went around my pond with an excavator in April and cleaned many of them out. I have two huge burn piles just getting good and dry. I'll let them sit until about October and burn them.
But they are a very large providers of nectar for honeybees across the Southern US. Brought to the US by Benjamin Franklin.
But they are a very large providers of nectar for honeybees across the Southern US. Brought to the US by Benjamin Franklin.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 10:19 pm to Chuker
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Very prolific around our rivers and large creeks. Not sure what affect it will have long term.
Kill, kill, KILL!!
Kill the bastards. They are the worst frickin weed we have.
Damn You, Ben Franklin!!
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:22 am to rattlebucket
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Fun as a kid to hit your buddy with one of those green pods with nasty white juice from your slingshot
But man that white sap burns like fire if you get it in your eye. Not cool at all.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:23 am to Cowboyfan89
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Kill, kill, KILL!!
Kill the bastards. They are the worst frickin weed we have.
Damn You, Ben Franklin!!
Power line companies and I'm sure some others companies clearing land used to have some sort of pill they could literally throw and just get in the vicinity of a tallow tree and that stuff would kill those trees graveyard dead (as my father would say).
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:47 am to texag7
Yall talking about a China Ball Tree? They make the best slingshot ammo.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 9:01 am to texag7
The problem is being able to collect the seeds. You can't shake the tree like a pecan and get the seeds to fall out.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 9:09 am to Ron Cheramie
Believe it or not they smoke down a brisket with a great flavor
Posted on 7/13/17 at 9:13 am to CHEDBALLZ
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Yall talking about a China Ball Tree?
No, two different trees.
Chinaberry (China ball):
Chinese tallow:
Posted on 7/14/17 at 11:38 am to Cowboyfan89
This is what I've always called a China Ball tree, it makes little balls about the size of a quarter. Maybe I've been wrong all my life. My PawPaw had a huge one in his back yard.
Posted on 7/14/17 at 11:52 am to CHEDBALLZ
Interesting....first I've heard of anyone calling chinese tallow "china ball".
I've always heard chinaberry referred to by that name.
This is why plants drive me nuts...
I've always heard chinaberry referred to by that name.
This is why plants drive me nuts...
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