12-05-2012, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Sachita
This was just a cold frame. During the winter I can only grow winter greens. Theres actually quite a lot you can grow. If the temp drops below 20 degrees, which rarely happens here I may put a few barn heaters just to keep the chill at bay, but during the day I have to open the doors on each end or it can get pretty warm in there.
Yes, I'm from Florida so I grew and sold lots. I think that organic avocados is a good investment. In CA you have less moisture so your citrus and avocados are more dense, taste different.
My BIG greenhouse there is an older video below. (that is my voice btw)I had quite a hit one year and lost quite a few tropical fruit trees but I'm working on the greenhouse over the winter and looking to create more aquaponics and hydroponics. Because its so costly to cover it with the solar poly we want to use next (Solexx for anyone in the know) we are carefully looking into affordable ways to fully operate this huge ass greenhouse.
But I do know quite a bit about growing tropical fruit trees in containers if anyone needs helps. I am especially knowledgeable at growing citrus. In the video you'll also see true curry leaf which is very sought after for cooking, however now its been proven to have huge health benefits. I will definitely be bumping that project up. I started growing and selling goji berry plants and did awesome this last season.
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Awesome. It would be wonderful if people could learn from you and start growing in a cold frame in colder climates.
I love tropical fruits it would be amazing to grow them well. We have mixed results in Nor Cal even though I am in a hot dry climate there. Irrigation is a challenge so we never get the results that you all would get in FL.
Wow curry leaf sounds like a smart thing to grow.
I am definitely going to keep you posted on the Avocado farming project. That is a future-cast but it makes sense, the land in the central valley is cheap as hell, farmers have bailed out and the demand for the crop is crazy. Almond farmers in the same region cant grow them fast enough and are shipping to the middle east. There are a few crops that are insanely sought after and in this economy it makes sense to look at that imo. There ar a few varieties of Avocado that I like that take 7 years to mature.
Your FL Avocaodo's are awesome too, creamier. You are right, different taste.
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