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Old 05-27-2020, 02:18 AM
 
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Hi, I'm hoping to move to FB this year. I have a 10 - 15 Y.O. Washingtonia navel orange tree in a big pot near Garberville. 450 ft above sea level- in a warmer microclimate. It's lived here most of it's life with no problems. Gets about 4 hours of direct sunlight pr day. Fruits most years. I think it has a flying dragon trifoliate root stock. It's about 7 feet tall. Haven't used xmass lights or blankets anything on it for many years. I'm so hoping it might survive and bear sometimes in FB in the ground... I also have a 10 YO meyers lemon in a pot- about 4 ft high. I'd be grateful for any info.



Does anyone know of any sweet orange or lemon trees that are doing OK in the FB area? Outside of coastal- maybe 1/2 to 3 miles in? Below 450 ft elevation? I did hear of a couple bearing avocados- don't know what kind.


Know of any good peach varieties?


Also, have looked at soils in the "terraces"- up rt 20, up Simpson, up Pearl. Not the Pygmy, but the gravelly sandy stuff. Where the big pines grow. How does one garden on that? I'm used to water retentive soil. Do you guys all use raised beds for vegetables? I once tried a dug garden on sandy soil and the soil sucked down an entire truckload of horse manure in about a year- no trace of it. I think all the particles leached down below the sand. Took an enormous amount of water as well.
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Old 05-27-2020, 09:11 AM
 
Location: Sierra Nevada Land, CA
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Peach leaf curl is a huge problem near the coast. Also tomatoes and corn don’t do well. Citrus is a crap shoot. I used to live in FB

Overall between the cool foggy climate and soil the area within five miles miles of the coast is a poor area for gardening. Avoid the Pygmy Forest. You can’t drink the water

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Old 05-27-2020, 09:16 AM
 
Location: Northern California
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All I know is when I lived in the Bay Area, right in the marine layer, I couldn't get my tomatoes to grow at all. Now we are inland & get heat & sun & they are growing like crazy. We now also have an orange tree, but I think they need heat & the sun, which might not be so abundant in FB.
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Old 05-27-2020, 10:59 AM
 
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Mr5150- we have peach curl here too. It's very sad. The Pygmy kind of creeps me out- don't like it.


Evening sun- thanks
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