When the master's principle didn't fit our ground: termites, sandy loam, and 320 mango trees South Indian farm. We applied a textbook permaculture mulching principle, leave pruned material at the base of each tree to feed the root zone. Local lineage is G. Nammalvar (often called India's Fukuoka). 7 months on sandy loam: the branches didn't decompose. They became termite habitat. By March the termites had climbed the bark of all 320 mature mango trees. Treated with a traditional South Indian slurry of slaked lime + cow dung + neem oil applied 2-3 ft up the trunk. The post is partly about the failure mode and partly about what Nammalvar actually taught (test every principle on your specific soil) versus what gets quoted from him (specific composting protocols).…