Dear all,
I'm sorry if this question has been asked before, but is there a guide somewhere on how to responsibly harvest acacia confusa root bark? i.e. without causing an unsustainable impact or more damage than needed to the tree.
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I've harvested acacia here in Hawaii many times and extracted from Phyllodes And root bark. The only time I've seen one of them die from taking bark is when somebody takes a significant amount of trunk bark or cuts too many roots off the trees. I've never gotten a good extraction out of the leaves so I tend to go for root bark instead. To cause the least amount of damage I usually just cake one or two roots off the tree while avoiding the larger main roots since they are too hard to pull up anyway. I'll just use a Sawzall to make a clean-cut and pull the whole root up and bury the wound. Most of the trees I've harvested from in the past ten years are still alive and happy just don't abuse them and take too much cause just a few roots have yielded almost 30 grams which is all you will really need for every long time.
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Thank you, I had no idea the phyllodes could be used. I will try this next time and post yields. That should be easier to extract from than root bark, no? (easier to grind, easier to acid boil, etc.)
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KloudQ7 wrote:I've harvested acacia here in Hawaii many times and extracted from Phyllodes And root bark. The only time I've seen one of them die from taking bark is when somebody takes a significant amount of trunk bark or cuts too many roots off the trees. I've never gotten a good extraction out of the leaves so I tend to go for root bark instead. To cause the least amount of damage I usually just cake one or two roots off the tree while avoiding the larger main roots since they are too hard to pull up anyway. I'll just use a Sawzall to make a clean-cut and pull the whole root up and bury the wound. Most of the trees I've harvested from in the past ten years are still alive and happy just don't abuse them and take too much cause just a few roots have yielded almost 30 grams which is all you will really need for every long time. Interesting. I have only harvested root bark from two trees so far, but have not gone back to check on them. I do wonder how they're doing.
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