08-06-2010, 02:21 PM
Have to throw my 2 cents in at 2100-2200 ft in Mt. View. Everything grows wonderfully here. I have over 20 different clumps of bananas around our property with 3 differnt kinds. Bananas do EXTREMELY well up here. I have a meyer lemon that is so loaded with lemons the branches are sagging, both my neighbors have tangerine trees that are loaded. I think for a gardening lifestyle there is no where better than here except perhaps maybe Waimea. The only thing I have come across that won't fruit up here is coconuts, so I've heard..haven't tried it. In addition I have growing happily a Dorsett Apple tree, try growing that any where else in Hawaii..mulberry tree, 2 lime trees, peach tree, lilikoi, sugar cane, cinnamon, clove, and Poha berries grow like weeds. We lived in Hawaiian Paradise park before moving up here to Peck Rd. Would never go back to the lower elevations. My veg. garden is doing great now too 2 kinds of tomatoes, lettuce, green beans, sweet potato. Again..just my 2 cents. If it was me, I would go for maybe an acre or so lot in the Kulani rd or Ihope rd area, good deep soil. Fern Forest I have heard is a bit more rocky, I'm on Peck Road and have never had to bring in soil, we have plenty.