04-29-2015, 07:43 AM
A ripped lot in Hawaiian Acres would be all rock when done so yes you must add soil. A thorough job of ripping would still leave grapefruit and larger sized rock everywhere. A thorough job of ripping is also inconsistent with leaving lots of trees. Many trees will die if the land nearby is ripped since the roots are getting crushed. Sometimes you can rip all around a large tree and it will live and sometimes it will die. Unfortunately the native trees are most likely to be Ohia and they are particularly sensitive to nearby bulldozer activity, while the most common invasive tree is the strawberry guava and it sometimes re-roots after being ripped out and dumped in a pile.