08-08-2010, 04:41 PM
I'm not sure what the elevation of Fern Forest is, but where we live it's 2100, we have ice cream bananas, apple bananas and williams bananas and all ripen fully and are ono, no problems at out elevation, both our neighbors have bananas as well and none of us do anything special, I mulch the trees a few times a year but that's about it, that's the beauty of having soil up here. I would suggest if possible renting for a few months in either of the areas you're interested and then making a determination of your own. We all love and live where we are for different reasons. I love that I never have to water..ever..never have to run the ac,don't actually have an ac, although in the winter we have a woodstove because we can dip into the upper 50's at night. But in the heat of summer I travel to town, and rejoice when I get up the hill to perfect temps.