Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

[pbmaise]

Gypsy it is hard to reach, however I know of a grove North of Puna Beach Palisades isolated by a lava flow.

They certainly seem to have no problem surveying the lavaflow every 1/2 hour. But I doubt CD would help answer questions. HVO on the other hand will check the area around the flow Friday.

The fact you now have fire ants and dead Ohia trees may not be coincidence.

I found yet another State website saying they can kill trees

Fire Ants can also destroy seedling corn,
soybeans, and other crops. These insects
feed on buds or fruits of many plants and
may remove bands of bark from young
trees, often killing them.


I recommend reporting your findings to

http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/species...-fire-ant/

[TomK]

"Does anyone notice the very strange and unnatural cloud formations and swaths of chemical particulate that are in the sky so often over the Big Island?"

I am forcing myself to take a deep breath here and remain calm, so will simply ask this: What unnatural cloud formations have there been, and what particulates are you talking about?

[pbmaise]

TomK
Yes it does take immense patience with conspiracy theorists.

[TomK]

pbmaise - you mentioned an off-line response to me. Just to let you know I haven't received one. If you used punaweb email, be aware it is not reliable.

[pbmaise]

Gypsy
There are 56 types of ants in Hawaii.

Thatch ants create long curvy lines.

http://www.antweb.org/hawaii.jsp

I had lines in my lawn very much like you describe when I lived in Minnesota. Moles or voles caused them. Not sure if they are in Hawaii.

Carpenter bees bore right into Ohia. I have seen them in Ohia posts in Leilani. I was told they don't attack living trees.

Carpenter moths attack living trees.

Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth? As an adult eats leafy vegetables.

[Guest]

P.Maise, thanks for the ant info. Well it is possible but not probable. We have fire ants around the yard, very few though. 15 years ago we had the large biting fire ant until I spread andro around, did not see many since. Now on my (bait)peanut butter pop cycle sticks, we found the little tiny fire ant I would see in coconut trees. Thankfully we don't have many, our kids are never bothered or bitten in the yard.
These Ohia trees dying range in all sizes and ages, they are dying down in kapoho on the lava fields. They are dying in the thick wet jungles up in nanawale, and leilani. They die in soil or rock, they are all dead, dying, or next. Have not found any signs of fire ants around any of these dead ohia's. Some of the dead ohia's have had bore Beatles but Mr. Friday claims they move in after the tree is dead and have not been known to kill ohia larger than 8 inches in diameter. Most of the dead trees in and around leilani and the highway seem to carry this black mold or fungus. Again though this seems to move on the dead trees like a host after they are lifeless, also never been known to kill Ohia. This mold or fungus seems to be missing from the lower and dryer trees below geothermal.
What I found a bit interesting so far is the way the fungus or virus spreads? See the first dying trees we noticed followed our regular trade wind pattern, geothermal to Sanford's cinders in Opihikao, and upper seaview. Then a year maybe year in a half later we started seeing it heading down towards poihiki and kapoho, just after a three week period of variable to no winds. My wife is pretty convinced the spores or effects may move with the wind. The trees act like they are being choked out(lack of air) or poisoned, due to the way they are alive and beautiful one week and dead with their leaves still changing the next. Anyway the rain is moving in and the tank can use it, good evening.

[pbmaise]

Gypsy

Today I read the 1972 USDA report of wide spread sudden deaths of thousands of acres of Ohia and other trees caused by shoe-string root rot

Google

Decline Of Ohia Lehua Forests In Hawaii - USDA
Forest Service


The report very much sounds like what you describe.

Check photos of what it looks like.


Bootstrap fungus is caused by honey mushrooms
( Armillaria mellea), which are parasitic on live wood and
send out long root like structures called rhizomorphs
between the wood of a tree and its bark. When fresh
these rhizomorphs are cream colored but darken to
brown or black as they age. The fungus is also called
armillaria root rot or shoestring root rot. It causes a white
pulpy rot in the wood and kills many species of both soft
and hardwood trees.

https://nhgardensolutions.wordpress.com/tag/blusestain/

It could be a different fungus too.


See
http://m.hawaiitribune-herald.com/sectio...ously.html

That article from 2012 says probably not only shoe-string rot.


Open questions

Is it shoestring root rot?
A different fungus?
An invasive pest.
Why at this time?
Did something make them more susceptible?

Looking at that report is scary. I would think by now a lot more people would be asking questions.

Further, what to do with all the standing dead timber before it is of zero value and forest fire hazard.

[Guest]

Sweet potato yams are the culprit of the fungus, why did it mutate to kill the ohia, maybe the kava also? Maybe I am wrong but its the best we have so far.
P.S. trying to not blame geothermal for you trolls, probably a combination of factors to make the ohia's fall victim to this fungus.

[Midnight Rambler]

The fungus attacks many different plants - the article mentions sweet potato and taro, which are about as closely related to each other as either is to ohia. It may be that it had not had the right conditions to jump to ohia before, or it may be a different strain that was recently introduced. Many fungi appear similar enough to be called a single species but slight genetic differences mean they attack different hosts, or affect those they attack differently.

For example, the strain of "ohia rust" that was introduced on infected eucalyptus a few years ago causes mild disease in ohia (it can kill small seedlings, but not adult trees), but is lethal to rose apple. There are other strains of the same fungus that are lethal to other trees in the same family.

[Opihikaobob]

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Originally posted by n/a

Not many people understand the nature of the global geoengineering program...yes "chemtrails." And here in Hawaii, since people do not actually see the planes spraying the chemtrails visually, they dont think they exist here. However, the skies are often filled with chemical particulate blowing over the islands from offshore. Does anyone notice the very strange and unnatural cloud formations and swaths of chemical particulate that are in the sky so often over the Big Island? If one studies the geoengineering program, with all the chemicals they are blowing into the skies, one would have to wonder if this could be a factor in the increase of respiratory challenges and the die off of the ohia trees?

Neil Cohen

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Agreed , Geo-engineering is real and has gone global. Anyone who does even a little research will find copious amounts of info on Geo-engineering, so named chemtrails, or aerosols as the military mind prefers to call them . IMHO , this is part of a larger problem that humanity faces, and its basis is a spiritual one.
Don't let the naysayers get you down, their are many here that are on the same page as we are , but would rather not be public about it.
Best wishes to you N/A.