04-28-2021, 06:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-28-2021, 11:44 PM by My 2 cents.)
So your banyan is devouring an ohia and you still want to feed it more? Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Banyan vs. waiwi....banyan will ultimately win the war. Banyan will grow taller and thus shade out and strangle with it's tentacles anything under it. Waiwi will spread from it's fruit, banyan will spread from it's root, so if left unchecked they will compete in this manner until they take over your entire property.
Banyan will provide more shade and provide a place for your treehouse or swing. Perhaps other uses that I'm not aware of.
Waiwi - The obvious is the delicious fruit that can be eaten fresh or made into preserves or wine or other things. The wood can be very useful around the farm for many things and when burned it has a nice non-oily smoke.
One of the worst things about the banyan is that it will send it's root very long distances to find the fertilizer in your gardens and fruit trees.
If it's a choice, I'd go with the waiwi.
ETA: If you do decide to cut the banyans down, be very careful. They are difficult to judge when and where they will fall because you never know which part of the trunk (or trunks) will be the "key". The bigger they get, the bigger this hazard becomes.
Banyan vs. waiwi....banyan will ultimately win the war. Banyan will grow taller and thus shade out and strangle with it's tentacles anything under it. Waiwi will spread from it's fruit, banyan will spread from it's root, so if left unchecked they will compete in this manner until they take over your entire property.
Banyan will provide more shade and provide a place for your treehouse or swing. Perhaps other uses that I'm not aware of.
Waiwi - The obvious is the delicious fruit that can be eaten fresh or made into preserves or wine or other things. The wood can be very useful around the farm for many things and when burned it has a nice non-oily smoke.
One of the worst things about the banyan is that it will send it's root very long distances to find the fertilizer in your gardens and fruit trees.
If it's a choice, I'd go with the waiwi.
ETA: If you do decide to cut the banyans down, be very careful. They are difficult to judge when and where they will fall because you never know which part of the trunk (or trunks) will be the "key". The bigger they get, the bigger this hazard becomes.