11-02-2015, 12:26 PM
We had land up the hill from you at 2,800 feet. Understanding that's a big difference from 2,200 feet but we had problems getting the stuff we wanted to grow to produce anything. We currently are at 850 feet and everything that grew at 2,800 feet grow 10x faster at 850. Our 2,800 land included bananas when we bought it (of unknown age, but looked very mature) and it took nearly 3 years for them to make bananas, and they were small and spindly. They made maybe a keiki per year tops. Our citrus grew unbelievably slow. If you go the higher altitude route, make sure that the things that need sun don't get shaded. I don't know of any coconut palms that fruit that high, but others here might. All of our coconut palms at 850 feet make coconuts but there are many varieties that seldom fruit any higher than just above sea level.