06-09-2015, 03:59 AM
Dakine, thank you for the link and good read this morning.
Nice to know leilani estates is ground zero for this ohia wilt, instead of the Puna geothermal plant. J.B. Friday was the man who came out here a few years back, he was very professional and seemed very concerned. I wish Dlnr would have shown the same kind of response a couple years earlier, we may have known more about the disease by now? The Ohia tree death rate around my place was very disturbing several years back, the Dlnr and states response was even more disturbing as time went by. Kevin the mayors assistant at the time was nice enough to call me back once to assure me that geothermal was not the culprit. I believe kevin was the one who asked J.B to come out and finally take a look around our place. Responses did change very quickly once the rumours were out about Punas geothermal possibly killing the Ohia?. I had asked a few times if it was possible geothermal was doing some kind of cleaning or scrubbing of waste products somewhere close to cause the outbreak?
When J.B was walking our property I asked him specifically if he thought the disease could have started right here or nearby? Because the first signs we saw of this disease was between geothermal and us on the helco power line road that runs up from geothermal. He said " oh no" ohia trees have been dying for centuries for various reasons. This ohia die-back did act different than the past recorded or studied die-backs for it had several immediately noticeable differences. Something I have noticed over the years is this disease spreads much quicker for a few weeks just after strong windy periods. One of the worst spreading came just after the hurricane winds. I have seen similar wilts on yams, tomatoes, taro, kava, and the auwe blaskrasberries after high winds. Those plants are much easier to cut and rid than the 100 year old dead ohia.
Nice to know leilani estates is ground zero for this ohia wilt, instead of the Puna geothermal plant. J.B. Friday was the man who came out here a few years back, he was very professional and seemed very concerned. I wish Dlnr would have shown the same kind of response a couple years earlier, we may have known more about the disease by now? The Ohia tree death rate around my place was very disturbing several years back, the Dlnr and states response was even more disturbing as time went by. Kevin the mayors assistant at the time was nice enough to call me back once to assure me that geothermal was not the culprit. I believe kevin was the one who asked J.B to come out and finally take a look around our place. Responses did change very quickly once the rumours were out about Punas geothermal possibly killing the Ohia?. I had asked a few times if it was possible geothermal was doing some kind of cleaning or scrubbing of waste products somewhere close to cause the outbreak?
When J.B was walking our property I asked him specifically if he thought the disease could have started right here or nearby? Because the first signs we saw of this disease was between geothermal and us on the helco power line road that runs up from geothermal. He said " oh no" ohia trees have been dying for centuries for various reasons. This ohia die-back did act different than the past recorded or studied die-backs for it had several immediately noticeable differences. Something I have noticed over the years is this disease spreads much quicker for a few weeks just after strong windy periods. One of the worst spreading came just after the hurricane winds. I have seen similar wilts on yams, tomatoes, taro, kava, and the auwe blaskrasberries after high winds. Those plants are much easier to cut and rid than the 100 year old dead ohia.