12-14-2020, 10:01 PM
without a fence it will always be an uphill battle.
best thing to do is plant large seeded quick growing fruit trees to replace ohia. you can literally just throw the seeds around the base of the dead ohia trees if youre trying a low input approach. or grow out the non native 'weed' trees and cut them down twice or three times a year and utilize their biomass around your young trees. the trees that i find grow well with minimal efforts are: avocado, jackfruit, kukui, inga, and mountain apple. throw around 100s of seeds, or fruits with seeds for extra nutrients (make sure no fire ants in your propagation material) only so many will make it to sapling stage. mamaki and kokio hibiscus are good additions as well. once you get a small canopy going then you can replant natives if thats your desire. ohe, akia, alaheʻe, kolea, kopiko, lama, papala, mamaki, loulu, hoawa, sandalwood, hame, hapuu, hala all grow nicely once there is light canopy. a lot of the natives are slow growing delicate plants who desire some shade
best thing to do is plant large seeded quick growing fruit trees to replace ohia. you can literally just throw the seeds around the base of the dead ohia trees if youre trying a low input approach. or grow out the non native 'weed' trees and cut them down twice or three times a year and utilize their biomass around your young trees. the trees that i find grow well with minimal efforts are: avocado, jackfruit, kukui, inga, and mountain apple. throw around 100s of seeds, or fruits with seeds for extra nutrients (make sure no fire ants in your propagation material) only so many will make it to sapling stage. mamaki and kokio hibiscus are good additions as well. once you get a small canopy going then you can replant natives if thats your desire. ohe, akia, alaheʻe, kolea, kopiko, lama, papala, mamaki, loulu, hoawa, sandalwood, hame, hapuu, hala all grow nicely once there is light canopy. a lot of the natives are slow growing delicate plants who desire some shade