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  • From: Jerry Lehman <jwlehmantree@gmail.com>
  • To: mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] [NAFEX] What the crazy lady in zone 3 is trying to grow.
  • Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 07:32:43 -0400

On 3/29/2017 12:13 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:
Can't be too crazy of an idea. I heard of a zone 3 fellow who grows a peach in an underground silo. He removes the cover during the growing season and puts it back on for the dormant season.
That is a novel idea but I don't believe entirely new. Some years back and I recall on a NAFEX annual meeting while visiting Canada we saw long cinder block buildings with walls about 10 foot high and movable clear plastic tops. They were growing Actinidia deliciosa, kiwi fruit you see in grocery stores. In the enclosure they would break dormancy and bloom. As I recall they had bees internally for pollination. Then as the outdoor temperatures raised which were acceptable to the kiwi the tops were slid back. This was research to see if it could be done economically to compete with California kiwi industry.

Near Altamont, Illinois there was a member of the Illinois nut growers (deceased maybe 15 years) who had a long lean to greenhouse along the south side of his barn. This greenhouse was maybe 100 foot long 20 foot wide and 15 foot high. In this he planted kaki persimmons in the ground which afforded him ample winter protection and successfully fruited kakis.

Jerry






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