06-06-2008, 01:38 AM
A screen house would work great.
As far a fertilizer Pam is right that would work great. Provided you get enough from the animals consistently. I have chickens and goats and they provide a good amount.
I have coffee cherries and pineapples on my plants right now so they do great here. Bananas too. Although you can be inadaded with them but I like to share with all of my neighbors.
Your biggest problem will be the bugs. I haven't been able to go organic because I have to spray for bugs[
!] but if you do a screen room that would help. I have citrus trees and something is alway trying to eat them whether it's mites or catepillers, catydids it drives me crazy trying to stop them.
As far as what you can grow here check out the local nurseries:
http://www.plantithawaii.com/ http://www.gaiayoga.org/nursery/prices_hawaii.html
Plant it hawaii always has two sales open to the public. One in November and one in May. There are other nurseries too but these are the one I go to. I am sure someone else here can drop a few names.
I also go to Rosettes nursery which is in Hawaiian Paradise Park.
I find it the best way to see what grows is visiting your local nursery.
As far a fertilizer Pam is right that would work great. Provided you get enough from the animals consistently. I have chickens and goats and they provide a good amount.
I have coffee cherries and pineapples on my plants right now so they do great here. Bananas too. Although you can be inadaded with them but I like to share with all of my neighbors.
Your biggest problem will be the bugs. I haven't been able to go organic because I have to spray for bugs[
!] but if you do a screen room that would help. I have citrus trees and something is alway trying to eat them whether it's mites or catepillers, catydids it drives me crazy trying to stop them.As far as what you can grow here check out the local nurseries:
http://www.plantithawaii.com/ http://www.gaiayoga.org/nursery/prices_hawaii.html
Plant it hawaii always has two sales open to the public. One in November and one in May. There are other nurseries too but these are the one I go to. I am sure someone else here can drop a few names.
I also go to Rosettes nursery which is in Hawaiian Paradise Park.
I find it the best way to see what grows is visiting your local nursery.