Comments on: Tropical Fruit in the City

By: Meghan (Making Love In The Kitchen

Meghan (Making Love In The Kitchen — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:13:48 +0000

That is so cool. Love tropical fruit locally grown!

By: Jenna Charlton

Jenna Charlton — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:31:38 +0000

The Stop isn’t selling any of the greenhouse fruit. The trees originally came from Humber Nurseries. Now that they have produced fruit, The Stop is experimenting with planting the seeds and growing their own seedlings. They are primarily using them for demonstration.
Is that what you were asking?

By: Kerri Parker

Kerri Parker — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:25:17 +0000

Are Plants bought from here as well ( namely the Pink Grapefruit trees)?

By: Laura Reinsborough

Laura Reinsborough — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:07:11 +0000

What a lovely 140-character-or-less story that was shared on Twitter by @locavore. I had to share it here too:

“Great story. I have a bag of Calamondin oranges in fridge to make marmelade I picked from my dad’s downtown Toronto dining room tree.”

By: Gregory Alan Elliott

Gregory Alan Elliott — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:11:13 +0000

How lucky that Lord has a year ’round greenhouse! My greenhouse isn’t heated this year… so my Meyer Lemon tree is inside my back porch like the Davenport porch lemon trees that Laura saw. I’m going to pay Lord a visit.

By: Laura Reinsborough

Laura Reinsborough — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:26:29 +0000

I’ve heard of different ways to overwinter fruit trees in Toronto: fig trees can be buried underground, brought inside, or even warmed with heat lamps outside! While leading a Jane’s Walk in 2008, we spotted lemon trees wheeled out onto front porches along the sunny north side of Davenport. And at the launch of The Edible City, Sarah Hood talked of a subterranean banana tree that existed a few years ago, right here in our beloved city.

Anybody else know of other techniques to grow tropical fruit in Toronto?