Guest guest Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Hi I am trying to find out the ratio of raw material to its yield of essential oils. I am getting very contradictory information, such as one site mentions 10,000 pounds of rose petals yields one pound of essetial oil, while in another site it is mention 100 kilos yield half a litre. I would be v. grateful if i can get information on lavender, rose, t.tree eucalyptus and geranium. thanks a lot Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Hi Jay: When I was considering planting about 2 acres of lavender here at the farm, I like you find such a wide range of claims on how much oil one can expect. I am a small grower, 7,000 lavender plants of mixed cultivars. I will share with you what I found from this years harvest and distilling in hopes that will help you some. Do remember that as Butch stated that there are so many factors with determine the oil yield. In Hereford, Texas it is very hot, low humidity, and our field is row watered, I have lots of weeds that must be hand hoed, and I can't predict the rain. Harvest is done, when the lavender is almost completely bloomed out. It is distilled with in a day or two of cutting usually. I use an 85Gal Steam Distiller. No Pressure with this distiller, just steam passing up and thru the biomass. Grosso- 50# Fresh 23oz oil & 5 gal hydrosol Provence - 50# Fresh 10oz oil & 5 gal hydrosol Munstead - 12# Fresh 4oz oil & 2 gal hydrosol Royal Velvet - 20# Fresh 7oz oil & 2 gal hydrosol Hidcote - 15# Fresh 3oz oil & 4 gal hydrosol Grosso for me gives off much more oil always. You get copious amounts of hydrosol, but we only keep the premium hydrosol. Hope this helps you some. And I hope you are planting lavender! Take Care Cindy www.windmillsoaps.com www.apothecarylavender.com Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1302 - Release 2/27/2008 4:34 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 thanks to all of you who replied to my query on essential oil yield. it was v. informative and helpful. tc bless u Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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