verticity
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That might work if you could divert the entire water supply of LA to your green house lol
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kavadude
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I was reading about these recently: http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/12/fruit-walls-urban-farming.html
I think kava plants are tougher than we give them credit for, as long as you can keep it from going below 40 during winter they could do well in Florida/Texas
VictoryRider
Kava Enthusiast
American grown kava? Interesting.
Would it be analgous to fine, hand-rolled cigars made from American-grown
tobacco. Ick. (not counting Connecticut shade wrappers, yum!) Carribean grown cigar tobacco
is the best. South Pacific grown kava is the best too, correct? (Hawaii is close enough).
My point being, it's largely about the soil (and climate too to a degree [no pun intended])
Would it be analgous to fine, hand-rolled cigars made from American-grown
tobacco. Ick. (not counting Connecticut shade wrappers, yum!) Carribean grown cigar tobacco
is the best. South Pacific grown kava is the best too, correct? (Hawaii is close enough).
My point being, it's largely about the soil (and climate too to a degree [no pun intended])
VictoryRider
Kava Enthusiast
That's what I'm thinking too.
Jerome
Kava Lover
@VictoryRider But cuban seeds were taken to Nicaragua and I've had Nicaraguan cigars, they're lovely.
There was a lot of VERY cheap land around volcanoes in Nicaragua, and even cheaper in the low areas near the southern border. I bet Kava would do well there. Its tropical, volcanic soil.
There was a lot of VERY cheap land around volcanoes in Nicaragua, and even cheaper in the low areas near the southern border. I bet Kava would do well there. Its tropical, volcanic soil.
Jerome
Kava Lover
And where I live in Florida it almost never gets below 40 degrees. We have consistent, salty breezes, but REALLY crappy soil.
But if you made the right growing medium, nicely draining, well composted, using seaweed which is obviously readily available, you might be able to "artificially" produce soil of a caliber good enough to grow potent kava.
But if you made the right growing medium, nicely draining, well composted, using seaweed which is obviously readily available, you might be able to "artificially" produce soil of a caliber good enough to grow potent kava.
Pacific island kava is the best, cuz that's where it started. But, outside of respect for tradition, if kava was as popular as marijuana and we could grow it in the states, the plant would become a kavalactone producing beast. Just like what was done with the old natural dirt weed. Vanuatu is actually farther from Hawai'i than California is:
- 3,521 mi from Vanuatu to Hawai'i
- 2,467 mi from Hawai'i to California
Of course, they still have fairly similar climates/soils despite the distance. Had the Polynesians eventually made it to the mainland US and figured out how to keep kava alive, then we'd consider that kava to be just as good/legit as stuff from the islands.
- 3,521 mi from Vanuatu to Hawai'i
- 2,467 mi from Hawai'i to California
Of course, they still have fairly similar climates/soils despite the distance. Had the Polynesians eventually made it to the mainland US and figured out how to keep kava alive, then we'd consider that kava to be just as good/legit as stuff from the islands.
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Jerome
Kava Lover
Better yet...
http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sal...977509,18.793218,-156.658173_rect/8_zm/0_mmm/
Here's four acres on the Big Island. Lets pass the hat!
http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sal...977509,18.793218,-156.658173_rect/8_zm/0_mmm/
Here's four acres on the Big Island. Lets pass the hat!
Jerome
Kava Lover
What about grafting Cannabis onto a moi root stock?
Kavabis
HeadHodge
Bula To Eternity
50ShadesOfKava
Official Kava Muppet
I've contemplated the greenhouse method myself, but with a several year maturity rate, the turnaround time doesn't seem to be practical. Being as most inexpensive greenhouse material has to be replaced every 1-5 years, I find it hard from an economics point of view. That's not to say that the right soil conditions couldn't be created / maintained in similar temperature zones. I'd need to know more about propagation too. Im afraid Im too northern for it to be practical, though I might grow one in a pot... for science, aesthetics and peace of mind, provided I don't start gnawing on it periodically.
Jerome
Kava Lover
@verticity Very true! I only recently read the history behind how the US acquired Hawaii. We sure did have a thing for taking over indigenous lands by force.
Nicely hung sculpture by the way...
Ahermm, isn't that how we acquired the states?
Jerome
Kava Lover
Yup. That's what I mean. And by "we" I mean white, euro, colonists. I was born in Australia. They did it there as well.
I was born in Brazil, so I am quite familiar with the process, the Spaniards did the same thing in my country.
Jerome
Kava Lover
Ha, yeah, the Spaniards were the worst! Although... I can thank them for the DNA that made my Mexican wife so tall and leggy!