Eradication Strawberry Guava (leaf gall)

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Originally posted by Carey

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Damon, I know that you have stated you are interested in voluteering... How about this? (BTW miconia is nothing like waiawi, single stalk & herbicide intolerant.... guavas are ready & able to spring forth multiple layers of suckers & behave like shrubs, almost relishing cutbacks...) If you really truly feel this is the best way to eradicate the strawberry guava, are you willing to prove it in a good sized test plot???...

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If you consider 10 acres a good sized test plot...then yes... done and kept the guava at control.

Before I left for Oahu more then a decade ago... Helped clear 10 acres of the family farm by chainsaws and hard sweat. This is above Pahoa High School in the very thick fields of the guava.

This was not easy... and I didn't get paid. Took almost 3 months of hard work. Was done because I had too... [B)] Part of being in the "family".

Hey, if the pay is right... and the money is good... I would love to do this as a job... Get out there in the jungle and chainsaw up my frustrations all day.

Volunteering for this project should not be an option. Funds should be made available for this to work as a 16 hour a day project 7 days a week job. Yes it's hard work... big deal.

I know 30 people right now that would love to work for $25.00 an hour working on a state or federally funded project.

Now back to the story about the 10 acres here in Puna that was hand cleared more then a decade ago.

With monthly upkeep, the 10 acres is still free of the Strawberry Guavas... Well except for the few trees we keep around to snack on and feed the pigs.

It can be done, if the funds are there.

Heck - I know a kid who got paid $10.00 an hour cleaning Port-a-potties and there basins.

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