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There has been a lot of interest in Breadfruit as a slow carb crop. A friend mentioned that demand exceeds current supply.
by musesum 10y ago
There has been a lot of interest in Breadfruit as a slow carb crop. A friend mentioned that demand exceeds current supply.
- linksnapzz 10y agoAs I understand it, breadfruit trees produce seasonally, so that when they ripen, you've got a ton of breadfruit to deal with, and figure out how to preserve/freeze etc. And then, for the rest of the year, you have no breadfruit. I thought that was the barrier to its viability as a commercial crop. Anyway, I'm glad I got to see the fields of cane growing out of the bright red dirt on either side of the highway from Kahului to Wailea. I even made a wrong turn and ended up in the parking lot of that sugar plant-it was about the most industrial thing I saw on Maui.
- musesum 10y agoHmmm, that's the first I've heard about limited season, maybe for a particular variety? There are so many kinds. Searching "breadfruit growing season" yields: https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/breadfruit.html https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/breadfruit.html I forwarded the OP to my friend from Global Manna. His opinion about the effects of cane on the Island biome were less fond.