11-25-2021, 09:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-25-2021, 09:26 PM by Olohana 1790.)
If your in an area that can grow a Koa, then grow more Ohia!!!!
...any place a Koa can grow is prime for Ohia to grow very fast because of the nitrogen fixing bacteria nodules on the Koa roots... Ohia is a fast growing hardwood, especially for endemic trees... super easy too, just find a mossy log or rock with keiki Ohia on it and transfer them to were you want them... most can reach 10' tall in 3-5 yrs... even cuttings do this, I have many yellows started form cuttings on my property all are under 10 yrs old and they all are between 5' and 12' tall...
Ohia is not going extinct lol... its an extremely extremely polymorphic species.. thus its name... Metrosideros polymorpha ... meaning 'iron heartwood many forms'
youll see perfectly healthy Ohia types mixed in w/ dead trees everywhere, those are the subspecies types that will live on in the future...
Ohia used to be classified as many related species but there is no ryme reason at times, so they took all those species and regrouped them back into one species.... Metrosideros polymorpha
fwiw Ohia had 'rust' 15 yrs back, now you never see the rust on Ohia... it grew out of it... rust is gone now..
aloha
proactive???? plant all native trees that should be in your area... that part is very easy...
I dont know where you live, but you can easily plant 15-20 dif endemic/indigenous plants in coastal areas, as well as 15-20 dif endemic plants in wet upper Puna areas...
ie Akia, Pukiawe, Hala, Loulu, Kookoolau, Kou, Akoko, Koaia, Wiliwili, Ohai, Naupaka, Mao, Mao Hau Hele, Akiohala, Kokio, Ilima, Uhaloa,
Papala, Kopiko, Maile, Olapa, Holei, Haha, Hame, Ohelo, Kolea, Koa, Mamane, Mt. Naupaka, Kanawao, Hoawa, Akala, Iliahi, Olona, Mamaki, Opuhe, Ieie, Naio, Lama, Hapuu, Amaumau, etc. etc.
...any place a Koa can grow is prime for Ohia to grow very fast because of the nitrogen fixing bacteria nodules on the Koa roots... Ohia is a fast growing hardwood, especially for endemic trees... super easy too, just find a mossy log or rock with keiki Ohia on it and transfer them to were you want them... most can reach 10' tall in 3-5 yrs... even cuttings do this, I have many yellows started form cuttings on my property all are under 10 yrs old and they all are between 5' and 12' tall...
Ohia is not going extinct lol... its an extremely extremely polymorphic species.. thus its name... Metrosideros polymorpha ... meaning 'iron heartwood many forms'
youll see perfectly healthy Ohia types mixed in w/ dead trees everywhere, those are the subspecies types that will live on in the future...
Ohia used to be classified as many related species but there is no ryme reason at times, so they took all those species and regrouped them back into one species.... Metrosideros polymorpha
fwiw Ohia had 'rust' 15 yrs back, now you never see the rust on Ohia... it grew out of it... rust is gone now..
aloha
proactive???? plant all native trees that should be in your area... that part is very easy...
I dont know where you live, but you can easily plant 15-20 dif endemic/indigenous plants in coastal areas, as well as 15-20 dif endemic plants in wet upper Puna areas...
ie Akia, Pukiawe, Hala, Loulu, Kookoolau, Kou, Akoko, Koaia, Wiliwili, Ohai, Naupaka, Mao, Mao Hau Hele, Akiohala, Kokio, Ilima, Uhaloa,
Papala, Kopiko, Maile, Olapa, Holei, Haha, Hame, Ohelo, Kolea, Koa, Mamane, Mt. Naupaka, Kanawao, Hoawa, Akala, Iliahi, Olona, Mamaki, Opuhe, Ieie, Naio, Lama, Hapuu, Amaumau, etc. etc.