Many of you may have seen a section on our websites that shows how many trees we saved not exactly knowing what that means. What this often means is removing parasitic trees from food bearing trees in order to give them a second chance of survival. The nutrients being drained from the tree often affects the fruits before they can even fully mature. This avocado was host to a fairly large, banyan tree. I had no idea that the roots had already eaten away at the entire core and was working on swallowing what was left. It may seem that the avocado tree is done for but now it actually has more of a chance of a new life than ever before. New, healthy limbs that are free from the banyan are soon to start growing from the stump. One simple solution I thought of from keeping the remaining root system of the banyan from resprouting would be by trimming the roots back as much as possible before filling the center of the tree cavity, where the remaining of the banyan roots are, with stones in hopes of naturally killing off the banyan. Happy to hear any chemical free suggestions as well. Not sure if my idea will work until I try it but it’s best to do something than nothing. The last tree that we saved from a similar fate, not only grew tons of new branches but has already flowered only 6 months after the “operation.” By next year, we hope to be back to a healthy avocado harvest. ・・・ #growninhaiti #banyan #parasite #cycle #savethetrees #avocado #tothecore #operation #lumberjacking #foodforest #foodsecurity #caretaking #haiti #ayiti https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbdPRqlBPU/?igshid=1kv28vs70f1mc
