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seathingie
08-08-2011, 04:45 PM
Hi all!

We moved from Pacific Grove, California to Davenport, California. Davenport is a very small "town" 10 miles north of Santa Cruz. It is on the coast and is a really beautiful place! The population is a mix of artists, surfers, Mexican people associated with the farms, ocean people, etc. It is a great place to live.

We are right across the road from the ocean up on a high sandstone bluff. We don't get the BLAST of salt from the ocean here thankfully! Our place is a rustic little loft with a large paved enclosed courtyard. I am turning it into a little tropical oasis with black bamboo, bird of paradises, staghorn ferns, orchids, etc.
Notice I did not list my bananas there! Well, that is because I put one outside and the leaves got burnt. :-(

I guess I need to acclimate the bananas to the full sun outdoors. IF I decide to grow them there. Any ideas about how to acclimate them?

Our indoor space is great for plants: two skylights, concrete floor and high ceilings rising up to about a 20 foot peak. I would LOVE to see a banana towering up there! How about a banana Christmas tree?!

BTW, I have just two bananas: an unidentified one but which I think is a Red Abyssinian and a Super Dwarf Cavendish. Three more bananas are on their way. I would LOVE to have a pet Ae Ae!

I am still trying to determine my climate zone here...it is 14 in Santa Cruz.

sunfish
08-08-2011, 09:57 PM
Hi all!

We moved from Pacific Grove, California to Davenport, California. Davenport is a very small "town" 10 miles north of Santa Cruz. It is on the coast and is a really beautiful place! The population is a mix of artists, surfers, Mexican people associated with the farms, ocean people, etc. It is a great place to live.

We are right across the road from the ocean up on a high sandstone bluff. We don't get the BLAST of salt from the ocean here thankfully! Our place is a rustic little loft with a large paved enclosed courtyard. I am turning it into a little tropical oasis with black bamboo, bird of paradises, staghorn ferns, orchids, etc.
Notice I did not list my bananas there! Well, that is because I put one outside and the leaves got burnt. :-(

I guess I need to acclimate the bananas to the full sun outdoors. IF I decide to grow them there. Any ideas about how to acclimate them?

Our indoor space is great for plants: two skylights, concrete floor and high ceilings rising up to about a 20 foot peak. I would LOVE to see a banana towering up there! How about a banana Christmas tree?!

BTW, I have just two bananas: an unidentified one but which I think is a Red Abyssinian and a Super Dwarf Cavendish. Three more bananas are on their way. I would LOVE to have a pet Ae Ae!

I am still trying to determine my climate zone here...it is 14 in Santa Cruz.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arborday.org%2Ftreeinfo%2Fzonelookup.cfm&rct=j&q=hardiness%20zone%20by%20zip%20code&ei=K6FATuThBKXRiAKV54ClBQ&usg=AFQjCNHLl6y0UE_56QAVvlOFbcyO17oHqQ&cad=rja

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.surfcitygrowers.com%2Fclimatezones.php&rct=j&q=sunset%20climate%20zone%20by%20zip%20code&ei=L6JATs3wFazdiAKJuvycBQ&usg=AFQjCNE-TPP9g92Vipbe4yYkO05JiYH1sQ&cad=rja

bananimal
08-08-2011, 11:41 PM
USDA zone for Santa Cruz is 8B when I checked. Colder than where I am in 9B. Where is zone 14 --- Death Valley?

seathingie
08-09-2011, 02:49 AM
We're actually Sunset zone 16.

cherokee_greg
08-09-2011, 11:46 AM
I was in Santa Cruz yesterday. It was so nice. Allot cooler than Fresno. I went to the boardwalk and had so much fun. Rode all the rides. Cant wait to go back.

sunfish
08-09-2011, 12:27 PM
USDA zone for Santa Cruz is 8B when I checked. Colder than where I am in 9B. Where is zone 14 --- Death Valley?

Zone 14 is sunset climate zone