After clearcutting the forest, the forest litter was burned and the plantations planted within one year
The same owner used similar management practices on each plantation. Thirty thousand pineapple plants (Bromilacea ananas comelsus var quentii) per hectare were grown for three to four years after which time the plants became unproductive and were chipped and incorporated into the surface soil. Each plant was given 80 g fertilizer per year