moving to na alehu

[Hazen]

eek those things are Brazillian pepper! Man, didn't know we had those here. I did a some ecosytem rehabilitation in Florida and tore out lot of those. They tend to drop about a million seeds every time you look at em funny, cutting em down is akin to getting rid of starfish by chopping them up and throwing them back in the ocean, just more starfish. I HATE to say it but, the most effective technique there was multiple and timed round-up treatments. You gotta get every generation of seeds, thorough burning works, but i'm not sure how advisable tht is out your way. Just stay on top of them and learn to spot and kill seedlings. I would look up Hawaii gov info on advised techniques.

good luck and congratulations!