ROD

[bgiles]

I can live with a few dead ohias but now I can"t plan on where to put new koa, breadfruit, puakinikini you know. Not interested in what NOT to do, like wash my 4WD after ripping through the jungle--doesn't happen. Interested in any proactive thing to do before I live in a bare forest, other than just planting something else. I like ohias.

[Olohana 1790]

If your in an area that can grow a Koa, then grow more Ohia!!!!
...any place a Koa can grow is prime for Ohia to grow very fast because of the nitrogen fixing bacteria nodules on the Koa roots... Ohia is a fast growing hardwood, especially for endemic trees... super easy too, just find a mossy log or rock with keiki Ohia on it and transfer them to were you want them... most can reach 10' tall in 3-5 yrs... even cuttings do this, I have many yellows started form cuttings on my property all are under 10 yrs old and they all are between 5' and 12' tall...

Ohia is not going extinct lol... its an extremely extremely polymorphic species.. thus its name... Metrosideros polymorpha ... meaning 'iron heartwood many forms'

youll see perfectly healthy Ohia types mixed in w/ dead trees everywhere, those are the subspecies types that will live on in the future...
Ohia used to be classified as many related species but there is no ryme reason at times, so they took all those species and regrouped them back into one species.... Metrosideros polymorpha

fwiw Ohia had 'rust' 15 yrs back, now you never see the rust on Ohia... it grew out of it... rust is gone now..

aloha

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proactive???? plant all native trees that should be in your area... that part is very easy...

I dont know where you live, but you can easily plant 15-20 dif endemic/indigenous plants in coastal areas, as well as 15-20 dif endemic plants in wet upper Puna areas...

ie Akia, Pukiawe, Hala, Loulu, Kookoolau, Kou, Akoko, Koaia, Wiliwili, Ohai, Naupaka, Mao, Mao Hau Hele, Akiohala, Kokio, Ilima, Uhaloa,
Papala, Kopiko, Maile, Olapa, Holei, Haha, Hame, Ohelo, Kolea, Koa, Mamane, Mt. Naupaka, Kanawao, Hoawa, Akala, Iliahi, Olona, Mamaki, Opuhe, Ieie, Naio, Lama, Hapuu, Amaumau, etc. etc.

[kalianna]

Where is a good place to buy native trees?

[bgiles]

Thanks! Pretty much my solution, but not only do trees cost $ but anti-pig measures do as well. If they don't like the plant they like the amended soil it is planted in. Some sources note the correlation between pigs and ROD. Thanks for the list! Macuu often has something I'm looking for. Looking for a Molokai loulu palm, the blue variety among others...but you can't have too many koa either.