Aaron McCloy: On the warming climate lifting demand for tropical seedlings
The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Newstalk ZB
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The warming climate's shifting our growing conditions - and lifting demand for tropical seedlings.
Plant nursery Far North Tropicals has seen demand increase four fold every year, since it formed three years ago.
Bananas, pawpaw and pineapples are among those being sent across the country - including to typically colder regions like Invercargill
Nursery founder Aaron McCloy told Mike Hosking there's a lot of potential both for casual gardeners and commercial growers.
He says people are noticing they have less or no frost where they used to have frost - which is ideal for growing tropical plants.
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