Anyone growing fruit on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska?
What works?
Wow your a ways up there @Palmer is probably the closest/likely has better insite than me! In coastal bc near alaska euro plums (ie italian, green gauge etc) apples, pears and berries seem to do well. Im quite a bit south and a bit more inland of you and cherries do great, peaches get frozen out e very few years (like this one). I would definitely try to get a mulberry going (my illinois everbearing has been the best of the odd fruits i planted…and has a long harvest period)
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your in z8 in alaska? i know the Kenai is a lot warmer than the main part of the state but didn’t realize it was that warm there. in that zone you could grow just about any mold resistant fruit. high humidity would be your most limiting factor. fungicide would have to be your best friend if you wanted any fruit.
I’ve watched quite a few of their videos—“Simply Living Alaska” just planted an orchard…i think they are somewhere near Eagle River. I think if you are near the ocean, cold won’t be your issue, just lack of heat///maybe too much cloudiness?
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It may be zone 8 but how warm do you get? I think you need things that work good in seattle or do not require heat to ripen but would want others to chime in on what that is. Probably a greenhouse with IR trapping plastic to build heat would be a decent idea. That salty ocean current may make fungal diseases not such a issue however?
I bet it is incredibly gorgeous and unique up there.
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According to this article, there is no Z8 in Alaska. Not sure where the OP is getting his info.
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The easy fruits are apples and tart cherries and of course raspberries, currants, haskaps and the like. Growers have less consistent results with sweet cherries, pears, plums, and hardy apricots. Variety choices are all under the short growing season, which doesn’t work for everything. Lots of folks working with high tunnels with many different types of fruits.
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