New products and webshop clean up
After the launch in 2019, the online store has grown organically, and now it needs to be cleaned up. Along … Read more
NORDSKOKK 2023
We are continuing the work of breeding new day-neutral varieties of sunchokes for cultivation closer to the polar regions, and … Read more
Tricking garlic to set seeds
The garlic has become “lazy” after thousands of years of vegetative propagation via cloves and top sets. But we can … Read more
CULTON – An info source for the world’s useful species
After three years of development, Bi-O are pleased to launch the CULTON Foundation, a non-profit Norwegian-registered foundation that will develop … Read more
Blackcurrants for all taste buds
Blackcurrants are a wonderful food source. The International Blackcurrant Assosiation writes: “They are part of the select group of superfruits … Read more
Purchase set tubers, top onions and bulbs in the fall!
The spring sale of sunchoke, chorogi and onion plants of tree onion is now over for this year. Fresh material … Read more
The history of tally sticks and the word stock
If you split a wooden stick lengthwise, you get two parts that fit perfectly with each other, and it will … Read more
Bi-O part of Transition Network
Bi-O started in 2013 with a vision to establish transition projects, and have now rebooted that process. In the main … Read more
Crossing for new sunchokes
Here are the results of many years of work with crossing sunchoke varieties to achieve varieties with day neutrality and … Read more
Testing new Sunchoke varieties at Lavangsnes Wunderkammer
Sunchokes (also called Jerusalem artichoke) seldomly develops mature seeds in Norway. A few years ago Stephen Barstow therefore contacted Paolo … Read more
Variety preservation of Vossakvann
Here is a report from our work with two of three known remaining lines of Vossakvann. First seed batch from … Read more
Autumn just as important as spring in the garden
We recommend everyone to plant the sunchokes and the chorogi in September, no later than mid-October, so it can begin … Read more