It hits -40F occasionally here, and -30F certainly. It's even hard to find an apple that will winter over.
Someday, I want to dig a giant hole & build a glass block geothermal indoor orchard & aviary. It's a big project, so as of now it's still in the wishes & wants bucket, but I have about 150 cases of empty glass latte syrup bottles in a storage unit, to make a domed roof for it, so that's a small start.
Fudging hell thats cold how are you still alive 😂
Cant stop laughing at the ✨. 😂.
I don't know if you can graft a more temperate apple on the antonowaka and it will survive. Perhaps not but atleast you have something to work with. Also there is a weird trait about Antonowka where the apple seed is generally true to the plant aka you plant antonowka and you get a genetically smiliar apple tree.. This is generally not the case with apples so if you cant find a tree you can always buy some seeds. Hope that helps 🙂
Thanks for the info. I'll look into those. I think the ones I have are a Russian variety too, but they're so old, I really don't know.
I'm not new to this climate. It's a way of life. Most people don't stick around very long... but there's nothing quite like the gratitude of a warm meal, a hot shower & a blanket on February day after nearly freezing to death to perform menial tasks. It makes for a stronger individual, both mentally and physically.
Perhaps it's the same one... Either way you are going to need either Russian or Canadian plants a lot of the time.
Sounds pretty appealing when you live in the most densely populated part of Europe which the government keeps cramming with more people just to keep the fake economy figures going.
However I shall now think of you as The Ice Queen, Dawn of Freezelandia ✨🧊
I wonder if Antonovka apple would survive that. Pretty sure Paul Wheaton has similar sort of temps to you and he's up high so it's probably similar climate maybe if you look at his wofati greenhouse it might work for you.
Ok they can survive -49F even though people mainly use them as a cold rootstock apparently they do make for a decent apple too.
