I know nothing about growing kava but I wonder if Isa or some other type of tudei would be more resilient to the temps out west. Have you ever tried growing these types?I definitely would like to run a big experiment and try to grow several different cultivars in California and look for ones that are blatantly more resilient...and continue cloning only the ones that are the most hearty. — So far, my 1.5 yr old plant is the only survivor from my first batch of many others...so perhaps the fact that this one survived is a sign that it is slightly more genetically suited for survival here.
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