ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā kīhāpai kī e loaʻa i nā ʻōpuʻu kumulāʻau ti a me nā lau, a me ka hoʻohana ʻanamīkini paʻi kīʻo ia ka ulu ʻana o nā kumulāʻau kī.He ʻano ʻano ka lāʻau kī, ʻo ia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "top advantage".Ke loaʻa kahi kī kī ma ka piko o ka lālā kī, lawe nui ʻia nā meaʻai i loko o ka lāʻau kī i luna, e hōʻoia mua i ka ulu a me ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻōpuʻu luna, a ma ka manawa like, ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao. ua pāpā ʻia.ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻemi ʻia ka nui o nā ʻōpuʻu kumu kī a ʻaʻole kiʻekiʻe ka hua.I mea e hoʻopau ai i ka mana kiʻekiʻe o nā kumulāʻau kī, hoʻohana pinepine ka poʻe mahiʻai kī i ke ʻoki ʻana, hoʻohanamea paʻi kīe ʻoki i nā ʻaoʻao luna a hoʻoulu i ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao a me nā lālā.ʻO ka maʻamau, koi ʻia ʻekolu a ʻehā paha ʻokiʻoki mai ka wā kanu a hiki i ka wā makua no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka lālā o ka lāʻau ti.Ma hope o ke komo ʻana o ka lāʻau ti i ka wā ʻohi kūhelu, pono e ʻoki māmā ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki a i ʻole kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoki ʻia 2 a 3 mau kenimika o nā lālā a me nā lau ma ka lei o ka lāʻau, a ʻoki ʻia ka lāʻau ti. palahalaha e hana i ka arc a i ole palahalaha ohi ili.E kōkua kēia i nā kumulāʻau kī e ulu like a ʻoi aku ka like, me ka hua kiʻekiʻe a me ka maikaʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, e maʻalahi no ka ʻohi lima a me ka mīkini.

Ma hope o nā makahiki o ka ʻohi ʻana, loaʻa i ka lāʻau kī he papa o nā lālā maikaʻi ma ka ʻili o ka lei aliʻi, e hana pinepine ana i "nā lālā māuʻu moa" me ka hiki ke hoʻoulu ʻia.I kēia manawa, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kahiʻoki kīe oki i 3 a 5 knm o na lala maikai a me na lau ma ka leialii.Ma kēia ʻano, i ka wā e ulu ai ka ʻōpuʻu aʻe o nā ʻōpuʻu hou, hiki iā lākou ke ulu i nā pua momona a me nā lau.