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Planting Coconuts on a Lava Field

Kim

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This new video documents a recent planting of 800 coconuts on a lava field. You may find it interesting. (9.08 minutes)

 

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Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Steve Mac Grand Master

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That was a lot of work, How many are likely to survive?

Cheers Steve

It is not dead, it is just senescence.

   

 

 

GottmitAlex Grand Master

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Without the lava, all 800.

 

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Kailua_Krish Veteran

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Just now, GottmitAlex said:

Without the lava, all 800.

 

Some dry up an die. I went to the new black sand beach at pohoiki recently and from what I saw there maybe 80% survival?

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-Krishna

Kailua, Oahu HI. Near the beach but dry!

Still have a garden in Zone 9a Inland North Central Florida (Ocala)

Kim Grand Master

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I would agree, 80% possibly? Maybe that is a tad optimistic? These are by far not the first cocos to be planted at Kalapana. People have been planting palms since the field cooled 30 or so years ago. Many died. A good number survive. It is a dry location, not much precipitation. Harsh sun and wind conditions. Yet several from the older plantings are finally gaining a bit of height -- slightly overhead? It takes time to recreate the paradise that was before that eruption!

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Kalpana circa 1952. Photo credit: Kamaaina56

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Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Awesome! Everybody always has a good time at Uncle Robert's.

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