kasa_balavu
Yaqona Dina
The Kava Wizard with his Mahakea staff.
Awesome, that helps a lot. Thank you. Clever idea with the moss@Kavashua see also this album by Adil (Paradise Kava)
Well I have to say that we were chewing some lateral roots that day. we all had numb tongue.I am pretty sure I would never get it to market. Chop some lateral roots, chew some lateral roots....next thing you know I am just sitting on the ground next to my stump wondering why I want to do so much work. Maybe time for a nap in the warm Hawaiian sun.
I started planting kava over 27 years ago, with no intention to make a kava business any time soon and now years later I started my business and have a bunch of kava of all ages. I like to let some grow big because they just look good and it makes a lot of baby kava plants with all the cuttings we made. Aloha.So why did you let that plant stay in the ground for so long? Did you just find it somewhere growing in the wild?
Yes this is one of the kava varieties that will produce more of the hair like roots than larger roots.Hmm, the lateral roots on that look kind of...hairy? Are those similar to the "hairy" Hanakapi Ai roots?
I personally like the older kava, it does seem to be better to me. We will all see when I get it processed and have it up on my website.I guess it does take a village to harvest a kava. @Gourmet Hawaiian Kava, let us know if that 15 year old Mahakea is better than your 3-5 year old Mahakea because some people say that the age of the kava makes it more potent. But it's not wine after all, it's kava. Let me know.
The link that @kasa_balavu posted should answer your questions but if not then let me know and I will talk more about it. Aloha.Chris can you elaborate on the process of getting the cuttings to root? Like how long before they are suitable for planting? Any hormone necessary to start roots and do the plants only root from a node or can they sprout roots anywhere along the stock? I'm kind of a garden geek and I love plant propagation so this post is very interesting. Thanks
Yes I will be selling it, it will take 5 pounds of this fresh wet root to make 1 pound of dry medium grind kava.Chris,
Do you plan to sell this separate from your normal 3-5 year Mahakea? How many pounds of dried medium ground do you think you can get out of that guy?
I totally agree @ThePiper. I wonder how many pounds of medium kava he gets out of a root wad like that. Seemed like an aweful lot of chopping and digging for that bad boy.Thats one more purchase i will be making if stock permits
Really love to see these posts/photos. Adds to the overall ghk kava experience to know all the processes. Fascinating!