The so-called short-rotation woods/short-rotation planting, SRP, (=energy wood) of fast growing trees in arable or grassland areas are more and more frequently considered as an addition to biomass obtained from forests. Growing prices and demands of the construction timber industry make these energy woods a reasonable and necessary alternative!
Choose among many different varieties in this category.

Miscanthus x giganteus, also known as elephant grass or Chinese grass, can provide even about 10-20% higher harvest than poplars, when planted on good arable lands, such as grain-maize fields. Another advantage of this “Jumbo Grass” is dry harvest material (10-15%) when harvesting in April and using conventional maize choppers for harvesting. However, when combustioning, you must put a burner, such as silicon, lumping, onto this fuel, and it produces a considerably higher ash content than expected with timber.

Als eine der wenigen Extensiven Energiepflanzen, die auch auf trockenen Standorten ansprechende Erträge liefert, gilt seit einigen Jahren die Sidapflanze (Sida hermaphrodita). Das Malvengewächs erreicht eine Höhe von zirka 3 bis 4 Metern bei einem Besatz von 10 – 15.000 Pflanzen pro Hektar und kann dabei Trockenmassenerträge von zumindest 10 bis 20 Tonnen erreichen.

Along with farmers, more and more private gardeners discover energy plant Miscanthus x giganteus (also known as elephant grass or giant Chinese reed) for their garden designs.
As a natural hedgerow, for large grass beds or as solitary grass, as the enclosure of garden biotopes and ponds, or also in a flowerpod on terraces, this miscanthus-variety looks very attractively (almost as attractively as my daughter in the picture on the right). You can find more information and also ordering opportunity at: www.jumbograshecke.com