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kbladet
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Posted: Fri Oct 28th, 2005 01:29 pm |
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| I am intested in planting teak trees above Hilo - volcanic soil - rain forest. Is it possible and how do I get started. Thank you. kbladet@emily.net
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Luchy
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Posted: Fri Oct 28th, 2005 04:33 pm |
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Do you mean Hilo (Hawaii)? First of all, I will like to know some details? If you don't mind? Is your elevation arround 38 feet (11.5m) from sea level, Am I right? How deep are those soils? Which was the use of the land before you decided to do a Teak reforestation?
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kbladet
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Posted: Fri Oct 28th, 2005 10:01 pm |
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| Yes, it's north of Hilo, Hawaii, elevation 1000', at the base of a huge volcanoe. Right now it's overgrown with tropical plants such as banana, avacodo and koa trees, flowers, palms, ferns - it's very thick and lush. I thought that since it's on 1000 year old volcanic soil, gets lots of rain, has never been humanly planted with anything, and has a year round growing season, it might grow teak trees rapidly. It's thick with plants right now that only mother nature has planted. So, would this be right for teak trees? Thanks. kbladet@emily.net
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Luchy
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Posted: Sat Oct 29th, 2005 01:25 am |
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Ok, now I have a better idea of your conditions, and since teak requires deep and good soils, and seasonal rainfall, yes you could grow teak over there. Now you need to find out about the soil chemestry conditions, because low content of (Ca), (Mg), and (P) will limit the plant growth, as well the high content of (Fe) and (Al). This species is sentive to (P) and a deficiency of it will produce low radical biomass amount that will affect plant health. This species grows in full sunlight, so keep this in mind if you have other plants growing arround. The next thing will be the seedlings, and it is really important stuff, and you must used certified seeds (over Costa Rica or Honduras you could buy it). Those can be sexual or asexual seedlings.... Hope it helps you, a little! Good luck.
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Fred Morgan
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Posted: Sat Oct 29th, 2005 05:41 pm |
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I do believe I read somewhere that Teak is grown in Hawaii. One thing I might add is that Teak prefers to have a 3 month dry season as well. If you have rain all the time, like we do around Limón, then it can create an inferior wood - too soft.
One of the best things to do is find yourself a forestry engineer - since Hawaii is part of the USA - you should be able to contact the US Forestry Department and perhaps get some very good information.
One thing to be aware of is that teak requires a LOT of care in the first three years - (Right Lucía!). We just spent time pruning 1 year old trees, it is a lot of work. Of course Lucía might remind me that it wasn't we - but THEY did it. I was in the office. 
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