Jatropha Curcas Seeds
Our Superior high yielding Jatropha Curcas seeds will:
- Reach first harvest within 6 months with full production in their 5th year
- Have a life-span of 60 years, while producing seed for up to 50 years
- Be freshly harvested and professionally packed & shipped
- Exceed guaranteed 90% germination rate
- Produce fruit with high oil content (60%) - with proper management
- Have selected genetics from plants that have produced over 10 Tonnes of Oil per Hectare, per Year. (10 - 15kgs per tree at maturity)
Seed production of our high yielding Jatropha Curcas seeds
With correct management, soil and plant nutrition along with adequate moisture our seeds will
achieve the following yields planted at 2,500 plants/Ha
- Year 1 - 3kg/tree
- Year 2 - 6kg/tree
- Year 3 - 9kg/tree
- Year 4 - 10-12kg/tree
- Year 5 - 10-15kg/tree
Jatropha Curcas Seed Pricelist
| Quantity | Area (Hectares) | Price USD$ |
| 10kg sample | 4 | $700 inc. DHL |
| 25kg sample | 10 | $850 inc. DHL |
| 1,000kg | 400 | $2,000 FOB |
| 5,000kg | 2,000 | $9,000 FOB |
| 10,000kg | 4,000 | $17,500 FOB |
| 20,000kg | 8,000 | $30,000 FOB |
| 25,000kg | 10,000 | $31,250 FOB |
Above plant area is based on:
- Our minumum 90% germination rate
- Planting 2,500 trees per hectare (2 X 2 metre spacing)
- 1kg of our seed contains a minimum 1,100 seeds
You can order online sample quantities of up to 25,000 Jatropha Curcas seeds.
Jatropha Curcas Propogation and Cultivation
The advantage of Jatropha Curcas seeds over Jatropha curcas cuttings
Jatropha Curcas grows readily from seeds or cuttings. However trees propagated from cuttings have a shorter productive lifespan and lower drought/disease resistance than plants propagated from seed.
Also, Jatropha Curcas trees produced from cuttings do not produce true taproots. Instead, they produce pseudo-taproots (surface roots) that may penetrate much less than half the depth of soil as taproots produced on trees grown from seed.
Note: This year's cold weather in China completely killed all Jatropha Curcas plants propogated from cuttings. Only those that were propogated from seeds with a true tap root survived the frost.
Achieving Outstanding Jatropha Curcas production
Jatropoha Curcas plants inoculated with MYCORRHIZAE will likely survive stressful conditions and give higher yields since the Funghi increases the volume of roots hence increasing drought tolerance of plants by facilitating the transport of moisture to and within the root system. The uptake of other nutrients essential for plant growth is also facilitated by mycorrhizae, and it has the ability to convert normally unavailable forms of Phosphorous to forms available for plant uptake.
Jatropha Plantation Carbon Credits
The addition of Mycohhizae fungi to the Jatropha plant assists the absorbtion of carbon into the soil and thereby assists in qualifing a Jatropha plantation for Carbon Credits.
Selecting Optimum Location For A Jatropha Plantation
CLIMATE
Ideal temperature range is 20-40 degrees C, however temperatures down to 10 degrees and up to 50 degrees are acceptable.
We do not recommend planting in areas with a history of frost.
Ideal rainfall is over 1,000-1500 mm/yr however 600-3,000mm/yr is acceptable.
Ideal dry months not exceed 4 months but up to 7months without rain is acceptable.
LAND
Ideally large expanse of land with minimum interruption by creeks/rivers/gorges/mountains. Some interruption is acceptable
TOPOGRAPHY
Ideally gently sloping terrain. However level to undulating is acceptable.
ALTITUDE
Ideal Altitude is 50-300m above sea level. however 10-600m is acceptable.
SOIL TYPE
Soil PH 6-9
Very well drained sandy loam is ideal. Very sandy to heavier soils are acceptable. good drainage is essential.
Land cannot have water pooling for more than four days or the plants can die.
WIND
Ideally a location with protection from heavy winds, some wind is acceptable but if it is excessive it can have a detrimental effect on pollination by pollinators such as insects and bees.
ACCESS
Ideal location will have close access to a good port for importing fertiliser and exporting oil, however good land with quality road access to port is acceptable.
Port access is less important if Jatropha oil is used locally for biodiesel or Power generation.
WATER SUPPLY
Adequate supply of water for power generation/ processing plant/drinking
EMPLOYMENT
Job creation will be in the order of 2,000 people for 10,000Ha of Plantation. Proximity to Labour, water, power and transport is necessary.
FINAL INSPECTION
Obviously inspection will be necessary for final assessment and acceptability.
Please Note: Due to current worldwide demand for establishment of plantations for sustainable renewable energy we are seeing supply of high quality seed diminish very quickly.
