Greeting,
All,
I once tracked down
a Lab-Lab supplier in 1994,
Schuster Farms, in San Juan, Texas,
who
specializes in wildlife and domestic forage seeds. They once sold Tecomate, a
perennial
corn,
but a recent letter said they had sold the Tecomante Trade Mark Label. Anyhow,
the
Lab-Lab
price is now quoted at $3 per pound. The letter says they “do intensive
research on wildlife
habitat
and nutrition mgmt, from native and natural browse to food plot forage seeds.”
Furthermore,
they
say they have an open book policy on info dissemination. 1 800 332-4054, schusterfarms@aol.com.,
www.schusterfarms.com.
The
brochure says, “Lablab is an annual, warm season forage legume similar in
appearance to cowpeas.
Lablab
is the most drought tolerant plant avail. for annual food plots and more
productive late in the growing
season
than any other forage available.
Young growing leaves exceed 30% protein and have a 2:1 calcium
to
phosphorus
ratio, perfect for growing huge antlers during the peak period of antler
growth.”
Another
interesting plant: “Siratro Aztec is a perennial tropical legume as long as
temperatures are above
25
degrees. Siratro is heavily
browsed by deer and quail relish the seed crop.” $10 per
pound.
And
still: “Leucaena is a deep rooted leguminous shrub that contains 20-25%
protein and is utilized by a variety of
wildlife
and
cattle. $10 per
pound.
If any
are good, maybe we could get a group discount
???
Mike Skinner
Texas
panhandle.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Scott
Pittman [mailto:pci@permaculture-inst.org]
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 1:01
PM
To:
permaculture
Subject: Re:
Lab-Lab
At
05:35 PM 10/27/00 -0200, you wrote:
Hello Mike!
When I planted
soybeans, I lived in a tropical mountain region, near the
Tropic of
Capricorn but at 1,000m. altitude. Summers were quite hot,
but
we had three or four frosts in winter.
The lab lab which is used
here is local, and I confess that I donīt know
its Scientific name--
it is not sold in the stores but only traded through
neighbors.
.
Marsha
Scientific name is Lablab purpureus,
also Lablab niger both edible and native of tropical Africa. There are a
lot of cultivars.
Scott
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