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Originally Posted by Coastwind
Hi Everyone,
I was wondering if anyone local to Santa Cruz has a favorite type that fruits well.
Thanks!
Kelcey
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Which section of Santa Cruz are you in? The climate varies greatly depending on your location. The flat lands and the ridges of the hills of Santa Cruz get little frost and depending on where you are, lots of fog. The valleys around town though can get really cold in winter and won't get enough heat to fruit bananas. People have fruited bananas in Santa Cruz, it just isn't easy due to lack of heat, you'll need a nice hot wall to grow it against.
I have Blue Java / Ice Cream and it grows well but is really tall and hard to protect from the few annual freezing nights. Shorter bananas are easier to protect. I've seen Cardaba for sale around here, haven't fruited mine yet.
Misi Luki, Dwarf Namwah and Viente Cohol have all been recommended for our area as possibly good producers.