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Breadfruit range doesn't seem particularly suited for "the lower 48". According to this map, it's growing range is hugging the Equator. http://www.esri.com/news
by pacala 12y ago
Breadfruit range doesn't seem particularly suited for "the lower 48". According to this map, it's growing range is hugging the Equator. http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/summer12articles/will-breadfruit-solve-the-world-hunger-crisis.html http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/summer12articles/will-bread...
- creshal 12y agoAnd apparently coincides with what little tropic forests are left?
- scythe 12y agoSome areas desperately in need of trees -- the Sahel in particular -- are marked "suitable". The fact that breadfruit represents a substantially less grass-and-shrub-like paradigm than traditional agriculture makes the environmental impact of said agriculture potentially smaller.
- coldpie 12y agoYeah. We're looking for a fruit tree to grow in our back yard in St Paul (44 degrees North), and this article got me a bit excited for something unique. But according to some sources I found, this plant's limits are roughly 17 degrees either side of the equator. On the other hand, I know of a very successful peach tree in Milwaukee, so maybe it'll do "well enough" even if it's not ideal conditions.