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Old October 31, 2015   #6
Zone9b
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Originally Posted by Ricky Shaw View Post
Eye-opening the difficulties in regions I'd thought to be climate perfect for growing things. Perfect weather and then you get things like nematodes and pollen clumping, or like fruit flies so bad in Hawaii you can hardly grow full size tomatoes.
Plus, add to that soil which is primarily sand and the heat, growing vegetables in Central Florida can be a bit challenging. Most give up on the soil and grow is some sort of container. Many do quite well with soil-less growing media in self watering containers.
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