Do you think the climate of the Scilly Isles could support commercial citrus production? (average, temperature)
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Suburban London is full of peach, apricot, cherry and almond trees. Plums, damsons also grow easily in most of the UK, and strawberries, gooseberries, blackberries and currants grow like weeds. Grapes and passionfruit can also be grown.
Suburban London is full of peach, apricot and almond trees. Plums, damsons also grow easily in most of the UK, and strawberries, gooseberries, blackberries and currants grow like weeds. Grapes and passionfruit can also be grown.
Yeah, they grow them in perfect microclimates in their yards. UK has no apricot production grown commercially.
Interesting answers everyone. I didn't know the UK had little commercial fruit production let alone lemons. It seems that the Okanagan Valley here in BC at 49N even if it can't grow citrus, grows many more varieties of fruit commercially compared to the UK including stone fruit like peaches and apricots.
There are apricot and almond orchards in Kent and Dorset. All of those fruits listed will grow in SE England. I don't know why they aren't grown on a larger scale. I've eaten peaches from a tree in someone's back garden, they tasted the same as the ones in the supermarket.
Interesting answers everyone. I didn't know the UK had little commercial fruit production let alone lemons. It seems that the Okanagan Valley here in BC at 49N even if it can't grow citrus, grows many more varieties of fruit commercially compared to the UK including stone fruit like peaches and apricots.
I think it is a combination of sunshine and temperatures. How sunny and warm is the Okanagan Valley?
There are apricot and almond orchards in Kent and Dorset. All of those fruits listed will grow in SE England. I don't know why they aren't grown on a larger scale. I've eaten peaches from a tree in someone's back garden, they tasted the same as the ones in the supermarket.
To be commercially viable, a grower has to get a return on investment. One bad year in 2 or 3, is going to drag things down quickly.
Also UK growers would be competing against countries like France, and would need to charge a premium price, to compensate for tougher growing conditions, or else somehow manage to produce cheaper, but still quality fruit in a less suitable climate.
Almond trees (in Ukraine, they grow only in Crimea) and passion fruits don't grow here. Grapes can grow almost anywhere in Ukraine, but for commercial production they grow only in Crimea. Don't know exactly do peaches grow here, but near Zaporizhia they can grow in gardens. Apricots easily tolerate winters here and there plenty on apricot trees in Kharkiv. Apples and pears grow here really well. Also, there are walnuts, plums and cherries grown in my city. Quinces can grow here as well. Not bad for a city which have colder winters then almost anywhere (except some mountain areas) in UK?
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