Palmdale and Lancaster? Looking to Buy Land-Is it safe? (Los Angeles: live, military)

[sewsewwhat]

Originally Posted by apple92680

Hispanic "person of color", if you wlll. Born in Los Angeles but I've lived in the Antelope Valley the better part of my life (50+ years). So, I'd like to say I'm pretty well versed on how things are here.

I tend to say things how I see them.

Thanks. I appreciate the input. I'm sure if we were in person it wouldn't have felt as dismissive.

[NORTY FLATZ]

What, a person that wants "rural, but 10 mins from a city," to grow dope. What could possibly go wrong?

[Csonka]

Originally Posted by sewsewwhat

It IS regular farming. Like I want fruit trees, a medicinal herb garden, veggies, and chickens (but that's only if I am willing to commit to longer than 3-4 mos a year there because chickens need attention). Hydroponic food grows faster than in soil and since I've done it here I wanted more space to build an actual greenhouse (high tunnel)...hence the desire for agricultural land.

I also missed the pot grow operation too and I'm the OP. It's weird to me that hydroponic gardening is so associated to weed, but I get it. It's all over Cali I guess. Lol. It's different on the East coast.

Hydroponics in Los Angeles = pot growing as commonly understood

No need to take offense

The hydroponic stores in Los Angeles were the precursors to the pot stores.

That said, you won't need hydroponics to grow what you want to grow. You just plant things in the soil.

You will find that citrus grows readily out here just in the soil. Yes, you also need irrigation, but many times after plants are established they just keep growing.

As for other plants, I can't say for sure but I know this; you will see a ton of yards in with people do their own small farming -- out in the open. You sometimes see greenhouses

Good luck !!!!

[NORTY FLATZ]

OP might wanna grow opium or peyote or ibo, not marijuana...

Clearly wants to be hidden, away from the watchful eye of DEA...

[apple92680]

Originally Posted by Csonka

Hydroponics in Los Angeles = pot growing as commonly understood

No need to take offense

The hydroponic stores in Los Angeles were the precursors to the pot stores.

That said, you won't need hydroponics to grow what you want to grow. You just plant things in the soil.

You will find that citrus grows readily out here just in the soil. Yes, you also need irrigation, but many times after plants are established they just keep growing.

As for other plants, I can't say for sure but I know this; you will see a ton of yards in with people do their own small farming -- out in the open. You sometimes see greenhouses

Good luck !!!!

Citrus doesn't grow in the AV. It's too far above sea level and the air gets too cold and dry in winter.

Fruit trees such as peaches, plumbs, apricots, cherries and some figs do well. No citrus or avocados though.

If OP desires California, they may want to look into a Central Valley town where the climate is milder.

[Csonka]

Originally Posted by apple92680

Citrus doesn't grow in the AV. It's too far above sea level and the air gets too cold and dry in winter.

Fruit trees such as peaches, plumbs, apricots, cherries and some figs do well. No citrus or avocados though.

If OP desires California, they may want to look into a Central Valley town where the climate is milder.

True, but there are still many homes that have their own lemon and orange trees. Once established, they grow well. You may need to cultivate them a little more to get them going. And drape them in winter.

[HB2HSV]

Originally Posted by Csonka

True, but there are still many homes that have their own lemon and orange trees. Once established, they grow well. You may need to cultivate them a little more to get them going. And drape them in winter.

You can grow them in containers and bring them inside during the winter. It does get below freezing here.

[volosong]

Originally Posted by Csonka

True, but there are still many homes that have their own lemon and orange trees. Once established, they grow well. You may need to cultivate them a little more to get them going. And drape them in winter.

When you look at old topographic maps, there were some orchards south of Elizabeth Lake Road and also the area between Goddy Hill Road out to Munz Canyon Road. Some of the skeleton trees are still there south of ELR and they sure look like citrus of some type. But yeah, too cold in the winter.

[Csonka]

Originally Posted by HB2HSV

You can grow them in containers and bring them inside during the winter. It does get below freezing here.

But only for a few weeks tho?

Maybe a month?

Taking about the flat lands not in the hills

[apple92680]

Originally Posted by Csonka

But only for a few weeks tho?

Maybe a month?

Taking about the flat lands not in the hills

It's actually colder in the flatter parts of the Antelope Valley during the winter. I live in the foothills of the Sierra Pelona mountain range, just below Leona Valley. It will be 10 degrees warmer here than 10 mies away on the valley floor in Lancaster.

Strange, but true.