Does anyone know the soil requirements and cold tolerance on a Keppel? I am planning on getting one, but I am not sure if they can tolerate my soil unedited.
I live in the Redlands in Miami. My land has less than foot of natural soil before hitting a solid layer of limestone rock. All my planting is done by breaking and crushing the rock with a backhoe and then back filling with the soil and ground up rock. As a result my soil is quite alkaline no matter what I do.
Also normally temperatures in the 30's are a rare occurrence in South Florida, but we are going on 3 years straight of light frosts. All the Soursops in neighborhood have been killed off by the cold and there were a lot of big ones.
Does anyone know if a Keppel can handle alkaline soil short dips into the 30's?