Bobby,

I was watching an interview of Glen Kertz about his Vertigro PBR, and
he said that he was using symbiotic polyculture, growing blu-green and
green algae together because one produced nitrogen that fertilied the
other, and the other sucked up excess CO2, or something along those lines.

Brian


--- In oil_from_algae@yahoogroups.com, "Bobby Yates Emory"
<liberty1@...> wrote:
>
> Nick,
>
> My understanding of polycropping is that it involves planting different
> plants together - like corn, melons, and peas together. What else
did you
> plan to "plant" with the algae?
>
> The only person doing this is Mark at Ecogenics Research - algae,
cat tails,
> and fish. Is that what you meant?
>
> We don't have an established answer to harvesting, so we don't know if
> polycroping would interfere or not.
>
> I favor froth flotation (just a preference - not tested). If we can
pump
> the culture through the separator, should be no problem.
>
> What advantages are you hoping to get?
>
> Bobby
>
> On 11/24/08, nasf_reachout <nasf_reachout@...> wrote:
> >
> > In other areas of agriculture it's clear monoculture is problematic
> > rationalizing chemical use, tho streamlines the harvesting process.
> > While polycropping or companion planting is beneficial, preferable for
> > myriad reasons above and below ground, while potentially complicating
> > harvesting. are there compatible strains that don't complicate
> > harvesting, or are there tricks to getting around complications? Are
> > algae different from other plants or do they like to be grown,
> > thriving amongst the diversity they were used to, attuned to,
> > for--what, a billion or so years?
> >
> > Thanks, Nick
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
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>
> Bobby Yates Emory
>