04-21-2010, 04:29 AM
I had a case of reading to quickly on the first post, except for the part on WHERE you are.
Bare rock planting is sooo much different than planting where there is some to a lot of soil.... and it also really matters how you start by what is on your land.... some of the giant albezia's in Puna, including many in HPP really do define how you will proceed (although some are against using bulldozers, the only marginally affordable way to deal with some of the monster trees is with a fairly large dozer...)
Some of our friends in lower HPP have mostly lava flows, and do much of their planting in pukas & crack lines in the flow, just fill with cinder soil & plant. other friends in Puna have multi feet thick soil. most is somewhere in-between.... even adjacent lots can have completely different situation. Even in HPP, some lots have an amazing number of large dumped items, mostly autos, other lots that we have helped clear end up having had rock walls installed years prior (could not tell until we started clearing the vegetation back, one even had a small house that had been completely overgrown by vegetation.... and the owner had no idea it was there!
To make a good recommendation, what type of vegetation are you looking at clearing, what is the base ground like, what all is on your lot, what is the rec. hole size for the plants you looking at, and is this mainly perimeter plantings. All of these will help, most people look at least at renting a jack hammer or core driller, some need the power of a dozer, either for holes or for taking out the junk trees & junk.... also the dozer may be a necessity for a drive & such.... If you haven't been on a walk about on your lot (some who move here haven't), there may be some here that can do that...
Bare rock planting is sooo much different than planting where there is some to a lot of soil.... and it also really matters how you start by what is on your land.... some of the giant albezia's in Puna, including many in HPP really do define how you will proceed (although some are against using bulldozers, the only marginally affordable way to deal with some of the monster trees is with a fairly large dozer...)
Some of our friends in lower HPP have mostly lava flows, and do much of their planting in pukas & crack lines in the flow, just fill with cinder soil & plant. other friends in Puna have multi feet thick soil. most is somewhere in-between.... even adjacent lots can have completely different situation. Even in HPP, some lots have an amazing number of large dumped items, mostly autos, other lots that we have helped clear end up having had rock walls installed years prior (could not tell until we started clearing the vegetation back, one even had a small house that had been completely overgrown by vegetation.... and the owner had no idea it was there!
To make a good recommendation, what type of vegetation are you looking at clearing, what is the base ground like, what all is on your lot, what is the rec. hole size for the plants you looking at, and is this mainly perimeter plantings. All of these will help, most people look at least at renting a jack hammer or core driller, some need the power of a dozer, either for holes or for taking out the junk trees & junk.... also the dozer may be a necessity for a drive & such.... If you haven't been on a walk about on your lot (some who move here haven't), there may be some here that can do that...