Rain Forest Garden
Location:
- Rain Forest Garden
- End of Banana Hale to Hideaway Camp at fallen tree;
- in front of Soil Quarry next to Cane Truck (Garden R)
Lodgings and/or Facilities in areas of Garden
This MIXED Garden has the following plants:
This MIXED Garden has the following trees:
- Gunpowder Tree
- Breadfruit
- Cacao Tree
- Orange Tree
Maintenance Activities For This Garden:
- Main Weeds: Cane Grass, Gunpowder Tree, Albizia Tree, Miconia, Koster's Curse, Fire Ants, Stink Maile, choking, creeping and climbing weeds
- Spray Soapy Water mix before working in this area
- Eradicate cane grass as close to the base as possible using a Kama and pickax out if accessible
- Use a Kama to cut the climbers and the chokers at the plant base to kill them. Remove off plants carefully.
- Remove all creeping weeds from around the whole garden beds and walkways.
- Identification and Labeling:
- Tag and label transplanted trees with bright color tree ribbon,
- Date the tree with date it was transplanted
- Update plant pages if any are added or deleted from the garden.
- Borders & Maintenance:
- Keeping the rock borders free of weeds and mosses, weed whack the area of large grasses to keep walkways and evacuation trail low and clear
- Thin out Mexican Sunflower
- Check for standing water on tarps and remove water
- Choose plants for New Garden while leaving room for Ohi'a Camper relocation
- Identify Weed heaps and use under tarps (never use cane grass stalks under tarps)
- Harvesting:
- Harvest Lilikoi daily when in season (down by Hideaway Camp)
- Harvest Breadfruit on the ground or with fruit picker daily when in season