1. All plants will be grown on raised benches, weed cloth-covered ground, plastic covered ground, or cement slab in a certified nursery. 2. Seeds and or cuttings for plants will come from dryland habitats from the islands of Maui, Lanaʻi and Molokaʻi or will be supplied by the KIRC from a Kahoʻolawe seed source. 3. Kahoʻolawe seed provided by the KIRC to the Contractor shall not be grown out as seed stock for additional seed supply in any nursery without explicit permission from the KIRC. This is to prevent cross pollination of small but unique gene pools of native species on Kahoʻolawe with the same species from other sites. 4. Plant containers will be 1.5 X 5.5 inch dibble tubes with a minimum cell volume of 6.5 cubic inches. (Example: Steuwe & Sons SC7 “Cone-tainers”). 5. Plants will be grown in a sterile medium. Plants will be free of nematodes. 6. A commercial Mychorrhizae product will be added at the nursery for appropriate species. 7. All plants must be “hardened off” in the nursery one month before delivery by gradually exposing them to full sun, natural wind and a reduced watering regime. 8. Height requirements and or plant length for out plantings will be at least 1 inch and not more than 12 inches for all plants. 9. Root structure development will be well established, but without being root bound within containers. 10.Plants will show overall vigor in leaf, stem and root structure.
