Hard to say but I'd guess a rather long time. There earth is a big place and there wouldn't be much else around to consume or otherwise destroy the reserves of the necessities of life.
But without wanting to distract with too many technical qualifications I was actually working on the assumption from elsewhere in this thread that the trees turned out ok.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/555181
It needn't take more than 10 minutes to play, though it might if you nail-bite about your choices. I'm curious about the LW response, although I might be underwhelmed by lack of interest.