05-03-2007, 08:45 AM
This might be one of the negative effects of pin to pin clearing, whether by a D9 or by Pele: you take away the vegetation that helps to maintain a certain microclimate and that microclimate changes.
If planting just a few of them isn't successful, you might have a better chance by planting a lot of them to re-create the humidity holding environment. Drive around your area and see what kinds of tree ferns are still growing in your area. You may want to consider something other than hapu'u pulu. 'Ama'u can handle low moisture; it grows in the drier areas of Hawai'i Volcanoes Nat'l Park. But I don't know how low in elevation it does well. Also, it's a smaller tree fern.
If planting just a few of them isn't successful, you might have a better chance by planting a lot of them to re-create the humidity holding environment. Drive around your area and see what kinds of tree ferns are still growing in your area. You may want to consider something other than hapu'u pulu. 'Ama'u can handle low moisture; it grows in the drier areas of Hawai'i Volcanoes Nat'l Park. But I don't know how low in elevation it does well. Also, it's a smaller tree fern.