03-14-2010, 09:24 AM
Hi Mark,
Well, here the issue as I see it and why a dozer is a lot worse than lava.
Lava burns out all the light generated invasive seeds in the ground. Dozing doesn't. Dozing just opens them up and lets them go nuts.
The forest is pretty resistant to invasives if it's healthy, but it's roads, trails, pig paths, midnight grow ops and all the rest that opens it up and allows the invasives to get a foothold. People doze because it's easier than hand clearing. No doubt it is. The problem is that there's no way you can effective replant as fast as you doze, and bam, you'll have a mess of micronia and guava. You can doze indeed to save labor, but unless you replant every bit as fast, you'll have a disaster. The evidence is clear and everywhere. The best technique is to go slowly, surely and surgically, and it assures success.
http://sensiblesimplicity.lefora.com/
Well, here the issue as I see it and why a dozer is a lot worse than lava.
Lava burns out all the light generated invasive seeds in the ground. Dozing doesn't. Dozing just opens them up and lets them go nuts.
The forest is pretty resistant to invasives if it's healthy, but it's roads, trails, pig paths, midnight grow ops and all the rest that opens it up and allows the invasives to get a foothold. People doze because it's easier than hand clearing. No doubt it is. The problem is that there's no way you can effective replant as fast as you doze, and bam, you'll have a mess of micronia and guava. You can doze indeed to save labor, but unless you replant every bit as fast, you'll have a disaster. The evidence is clear and everywhere. The best technique is to go slowly, surely and surgically, and it assures success.
http://sensiblesimplicity.lefora.com/