Albizia Tree Containment

[Jay Bondesen]

Killing an Albezia tree, at least those you can walk up to, is the easy part. Soon we will have tens of thousands of seedlings coming up due to the loss of the canopy exposing them to full sun. These will be coming up in a tangled mess of fallen trees and jungle. I've talked to arborists who see that happening now. No one I've asked knows how long the seeds stay viable.
I guess we have to start somewhere but if there had been an easy solution I think it would have been tried already. Maybe there is an Albezia moth. If only whatever is killing the Ohia in Puna did the same to the Albezia trees.

Jay