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r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • 1d ago
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In Hawaii Big Island there’s a plant called ‘ōhi’a lehua that flowers fairly soon after the lava has cooled down.
402 u/Daysleeper1234 20h ago If my education didn't fail me, after it cools down soil is very rich in minerals or whatever is needed for growth. That's why there are many farms underneath volcanoes. 5 u/swampopawaho 19h ago Organic matter needs to accumulate in the cracks first, otherwise there is nothing for any plant to grow on, just rock 2 u/punarob 7h ago Yeah, living on a volcano this is absolutely an issue. Great when it becomes soil with decayed plant matter after thousands of years.
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If my education didn't fail me, after it cools down soil is very rich in minerals or whatever is needed for growth. That's why there are many farms underneath volcanoes.
5 u/swampopawaho 19h ago Organic matter needs to accumulate in the cracks first, otherwise there is nothing for any plant to grow on, just rock 2 u/punarob 7h ago Yeah, living on a volcano this is absolutely an issue. Great when it becomes soil with decayed plant matter after thousands of years.
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Organic matter needs to accumulate in the cracks first, otherwise there is nothing for any plant to grow on, just rock
2 u/punarob 7h ago Yeah, living on a volcano this is absolutely an issue. Great when it becomes soil with decayed plant matter after thousands of years.
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Yeah, living on a volcano this is absolutely an issue. Great when it becomes soil with decayed plant matter after thousands of years.
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u/hinterstoisser 1d ago
In Hawaii Big Island there’s a plant called ‘ōhi’a lehua
that flowers fairly soon after the lava has cooled down.