10-04-2023, 03:38 AM
We are in the process of building a home in lower HPP. We decided to rip the lot which is turning out to be kinda problematic. Anyway, so far we put in a gravel driveway, house pad and septic. We now want to fill in the back part of the acre with cinder so we can get out there to mow or weed whack as the jungle is growing back to 12 feet as I'm writing. We want to plant a small orchard in the back and will have a dozen holes dug when we have the equipment there spreading the cinder. My question is about the difference between using red versus black cinder for this job. I watched some youtube on horticulture in Puna and the farmer said that red cinder should only be used for walkways and driveways not where you will be farming as the red cinder has too high of a PH and too much iron. However, black cinder in quite a bit more expensive than red. Can someone out there inform me on this matter. Thanks