Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!
This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.
It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:
- Something interesting that happened to you
- Something humourous that happened to you
- Something frustrating that happened to you
- A quick question
- A request for recommendations
- Pictures of your pet
- A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
- Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)
So how’s it going?
Omg interesting!!! I wonder if that means theoretically they can grow cacao too? Local chocolate!
You can grow a few viable bananas for personal supply at least as far south as the Coromandel but I was thinking things like this plantation.
I’m pretty sure my Dad got the idea for growing bananas from someone he knew successfully growing them in Taranaki, but it does seem pretty tricky that far south. I was also the one who eventually had to dig the plant out, would not recommend.
That plantation you linked looks awesome!
Though I’ll try not to think too hard about why you might be able to grow tropical fruit in NZ now when you couldn’t before. I’m guessing over time we will see this possible further and further south.
Definitely. It’s been really shocking seeing all the changes to frost lines etc over time.
Your dad sounds cool.