To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] fall/winter fruit for cool greenhouse?
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:49:05 -0600
I would try dwarf bananas, figs, guavas, feijoa, meyer's lemons, other
hardy citrus.... I had those going for years, inside my house in the
winter, they would do a lot better in a greenhouse situation such as
that.
~mIEKAL
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:40 PM, V. Michael Bove Jr.
<vmb@teakettlefarm.com> wrote:
> We have a little bit of space in our cool (40F night, 75F day in
> winter) greenhouse, and I was thinking it might be fun to find a
> shrubby plant that ripens its fruit in winter (assume short days and
> high humidity). Any favorite suggestions for something that can be
> maintained about 3' in height and won't have major disease problems in
> somewhat damp conditions?
> Michael Bove
> Teakettle Farm, Z6 (MA/RI border)
>