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Kada's Garden Farm Specifications
The Taiwan Farm
Location: SW Taiwan, 10km from the mountains. About 22.2 degrees North latitude.
Land Size: 1 Acre
Climate type: Tropical. Dry cool winters, hot wet summers. Humid year round.
Minimum Temp: 9C
Normal Minimum Temp: 15C
Maximum Temp: 38C
Normal Maximum Temp: 35C
Dry Season: October-May, usually. Very dry.
Wet Season: May-Sept.
Min Rainfall in Dry Season: up to 6 months with no rain.
Max Rainfall in worst rains: 200+cm a day in very extreme typhoon. 50+cm a day is common in heavy rains.
Longest flooding period and depth: Usually never more than 1 week of up to 1 meter of water. More commonly around 50cm for a few days multiple in summer.
Soil Type: Heavy, almost clay. PH 7.5-8.
Depth in dry season to reach moist soil: 1m.
Natural Disasters: Earthquakes common, Typhoons June-Sept which cause floods.
Last time sprayed with Chemicals of any kind: Summer, 2005 (round up). This was the previous farmer that sprayed while the farm was rented to them.
Species grown at the farm: See side bar to the right side of the screen.
On top of our farm we also have 2 rooftop gardens of more rare/sensitive tropical plants, 3 balconies for cactus and a back yard for various annuals. This page does not yet include our farm in Canada which is 5 acres and will be started with plants in 2013.
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Plant Species @ the Farm
AGAVACEAE
ALOACEAE
ANACARDIACEAE
ANNONACEAE
APOCYNACEAE
ARECACEAE
BROMELIACEAE
CACTACEAE
CARICACEAE
CLUSIACEAE
CONVOLVULACEAE
EBENACEAE
FABACEAE
LAMIACEAE
LAURACEAE
MALPIGHIACEAE
MALVACEAE
MORACEAE
MYRTACEAE
PASSIFLORACEAE
PIPERACEAE
PUNICACEAE
RUBIACEAE
RUTACEAE
SAPINDACEAE
SAPOTACEAE
SOLANACEAE
THEACEAE
ZINZIBERACEAE
