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[permaculture] Siberia: Farmers experimenting with exotic fruit growing
- From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
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- Subject: [permaculture] Siberia: Farmers experimenting with exotic fruit growing
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 22:09:55 -0500
Siberia: Farmers experimenting with exotic fruit growing
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/149372/Siberia-Farmers-experimenting-with-exotic-fruit-growing
Siberia: Farmers experimenting with exotic fruit growing
The Krasnoyarsk Krai is Russia’s second largest federal subject, located in
Siberia; the Krai experiences huge variations in temperatures and short,
hot summers are characteristic. In the Kurgansky region of the Krai,
farmers have started to grow exotic fruits in their greenhouses. Mandarins,
lemons, pomegranates and bananas are being grown year-round.
One family, the Zaripovs, have tested more than a dozen exotic seedlings
which they ordered from the internet. According to Olga Zaripov, an amateur
grower: “The maintenance is as usual- weeding, watering, fertilizing. They
are growing as they should.”
The Zapirov family prefer not to buy fruit from the store; today the
gardeners have a collection of about 40 kinds of fruit trees including
mandarin, lemon, pomegranate and fig. They recently bought a Persian lime
seedling from Tahiti. The plant is just starting to get used to the
climate. It is considered easy to care for the variety, the main thing is
to maintain the desired temperature. Arseny Zapirov explains, “The most
important thing is to warm the roots. I have a system of pipes under the
beds which are heated by a stove.”
The family plan to add blood oranges to their collection next year. The
Persian limes and bananas should ripen in December and the family count on
sampling their exotic fruits for the New year. Their efforts are testimony
to the potential of growing exotic fruits in central Russia.
- [permaculture] Siberia: Farmers experimenting with exotic fruit growing, Lawrence London, 11/20/2015
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