Growing fruit trees inside a commercial building is possible but challenging and requires either dropping the temperature below 45°F for at least 1,000 hours annually (to trigger dormancy and bud reset) or building a controlled glass house greenhouse that can simulate seasonal temperature cycles.

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Sam Van Aiken

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fruit trees need to go dormant. Every year. They need to have... a thousand hours below 45 degrees

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Creating Multi-Grafted Fruit Trees with Sam Van Aken | The Tree of 40 Fruit (Eps 65)Orchard People
Created: 8/13/2026, 10:27:11 AM

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