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Fruits and Vegetables like to grow in San Diego because San Diego has a lot of sunlight, water, soil and air. These are the 4 main things plants need to grow.

Sun
Air
Soil
Water

San Diego gets a lot of sunshine all year long.

It is sunny 70% of the year
That means San Diego has 255 days of sunshine out of 365 days a year!


Plants love the sun, and grow very well when they get a lot of sunshine.

 

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