Truths and myths about energy willow

MYTHS:

- Quick profit
- Best earnings on cuttings
- Every cutting is good – the cheapest is best
- Energy willow always grows everywhere
- Profitable cultivation on small acreage – obtaining own fuel
- Maintenance-free plantation

TRUTHS:

- Stable and safe, but not fast business. The incomes occur after 3 years from the beginning of growing
- Energy willow can grow in almost any conditions, but this needs knowledge and experience in the establishment of plantations, you have to take different biomass increments into account
- The correct establishment of a plantation and taking care in the first year is 80% of the success
- There are no selective herbicides to control weeds in energy willow, therefore only the supervision of advisers with long-term experience in growing the plant ensures the effective protection of the plantation
- The plantation brings a fixed, certain income for more than 20 years, no investments are required as from the 2^nd year after its establishment
- Business, which is as calm as possible