tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11451639082742631852024-03-13T06:39:50.924-07:00Haskap USATracking Edible Blue Honeysuckles across the USA.Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-18923715571342326802019-03-18T17:07:00.004-07:002019-03-18T17:07:52.384-07:00Zone 7a - TN - Early bloomers blooming<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Just a picture of the two former twigs!! Borealis in Athens, TN. The Japanese varieties bloom at the end of March! And helpful hint to people in Southern States, 40 percent shade cloth in July, August helps and lots of mulch!! They typically look like they are dead in August because they turn brown and wither, but don’t pull them out!!! In October, you will see them leaf out again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">The first one to bloom was the Aurora. Then Borealis and Indigo gem. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Aurora is the one that is covered in flowers and usually has the most berries. The others are in the sun for about 8 hours per day. The sunny one is in the sun for about 11 hours per day <i>(which may explain why it blooms first)</i>. They are labeled correctly!! :-) But, I'm learning a lot since they have been a little bit different than what I've been reading. And getting them to survive the hot, humid summers has been a challenge. But, so far so good! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><i>Sandra, Athens, TN </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span>Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-89933446450287654552018-05-22T08:13:00.000-07:002019-03-18T17:02:20.314-07:00Zone 7a - TN - Early bloomers doing just finePlenty of bloom overlap on the early ones. We are in Athens, TN zone 7A. (from spring 2017 planting) Aurora bloomed first in late February followed by Borealis, which is our
most prolific producer and Sugar Mountain Blue. Since they were the only
plants with early blooms, the bees were all over them. I ended up with a
quart of berries on each of the two Borealis. And a small handful on
the Aurora.<br />
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have already harvested the berries this year. In TN the berries are
ready in early May.<br />
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Since we have a long growing season, we had two bloom times. Once in
spring when they were small twigs and once in fall. The growth that took
place in February and March of this year was amazing! So in the plants
in their second year of growth are taking off!<br />
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The one thing I wasn’t prepared for was that
honeyberries go dormant in the summer (they look dead, brown and
withered), but then leaf out when the weather cools down in Zone 7.
Honeyberries in the Deep South do better under a 40 percent shade cloth
in July/August. </div>
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I take pictures and map the growth and production on everything.
Including the berries under shade cloth and those that aren’t. And
plants that are mulched and plants that aren’t! Hoping to figure out the
best way to grow them in the south!</div>
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<i>Sandra, Athens, TN</i><br />
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Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-479018133506009502018-03-23T12:40:00.002-07:002018-03-26T08:59:21.356-07:00Zone 7b - NC - Spring growth in Apex, NC - March 5, 2018<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boreal Blizzard <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> 3/5/2018 </span>needs replacing</td></tr>
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"I received these plants in November, 2017 and potted them up over winter in 10 gallon pot in mix of: 1/3 potting mix, 1/3 daddy pete's planting mix (pine bark mulch/cow manure) and 1/3 un-composted leaf mulch, amended heavily with holly-tone a high acidity fertilizer (ed. note - honeyberries prefer a range of 5.5 - 8.5 pH) and a medium amount of diatomaceous earth. They have all bloomed and overlap periods between them being
very similar. I hand pollinated and unsure of fruit set this year. A few immature blossoms in early winter and a few more full bloom
probably starting mid Feb. and ending now in early March, receiving sun for the first half of the day and dappled shade
for the second half. They seem to be doing very well and have already put out a lot of
new growth."</div>
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<i>Lane, Apex, NC</i><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-80183597019634652482017-03-30T09:18:00.000-07:002017-03-30T09:18:50.427-07:00Zone 6a - KS - Spring growth in Kansas<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Both Aurora and Borealis greened up nicely last year and I had 3 berries
on Aurora, and 1 on Borealis. Last summer my son landed on Borealis
crushing it - it didn't put on new growth after that and hasn't come
back this year. Aurora has lots of new greenery this spring.</div>
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<i>Arielle, Wichita, KS</i></div>
<br />Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-31550277000402531352017-03-17T15:11:00.000-07:002017-03-17T15:11:32.753-07:00Zone 7b - GA - Drought dries up haskap<div style="text-align: left;">
Last Summer was long and we had a 3 month drought from July
'til September, and the haskap bushes just faded away, no matter
how often I watered. All the Georgia plants survived around them, so I
just think it was just too hot for too long. Obviously Stockbridge, GA
is NOT a good place to grow them. I appreciate
being your testing station, and I am sorry I failed :-(.</div>
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(Ed. note: Borealis and Honey Bee were planted in June of 2012 Stockbridge is just south of Atlanta)</div>
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<i>Carol, Stockbridge, GA</i></div>
Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-71305875347048722842017-03-06T13:50:00.001-08:002017-03-10T12:34:03.467-08:00Zone 9b - CA - Trialing haskap in southern California<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aurora fruit set, self pollinated, March 4, 2017</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aurora plant 2-year-old from tissue culture propagation</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Honey Bee blossoms forming, </i><i>March 4, 2017</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">I love the way these little
plants look, very pleasing green to their foliage accented with the
yellow flowers. I'm really happy so far!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">I will be up-potting these as
they grow, as this is my first time growing haskaps I didn't really know
what to expect with growth rates/vigor. My idea was to see what
conditions they would tolerate throughout the growing season, and move
them in and out of dappled shape when necessary. If I start to see them
struggling with the SoCal summer, I will still be able to move them
around accordingly. I will definitely be keeping them watered well
through the heat. I was able to keep some currants alive over last
summer, so I have high hopes.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">We live in the foothills of a mountain
range east of Santa Ana, CA, but have a pretty unique micro climate to the Southern Ca
area. During winter, the canyon blocks a lot of direct sun since
it is lower in the sky, which actually keeps the temp 5 degrees
cooler than most of our surrounding areas. It's actually pretty
nice to grow here, because we probably average 500 chill hours
or so, but also get the benefits of early spring temps. Around
this time of year the sun starts hitting us for much longer
periods of the day and in the summer we get normal full sun. But
yeah, officially we are zone 9b ish.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Boreal Blizzard year-old from tissue culture</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Solo(TM) 2-year-old from tissue culture</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">Plants were received bare root in late October, 2017. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">Plants were potted, watered, and left outside in shade
over winter. No direct sunlight until Jan., a couple hours a
day increasing direct sun as the sun becomes higher in the sky.</span></div>
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Potting soil used was a varying mix of:</div>
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1) bagged, organic soil from big box store (Kellogg) </div>
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2) vermiculite </div>
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3) coco coir/peat </div>
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4) composted chicken bedding/manure from our coop </div>
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5) rabbit manure</div>
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Southern California had a rainy winter, so soil was almost
always moist. Temps never got down colder than 30-35 deg F at night.
Started seeing growth on Aurora in late Jan and blossoms in early Feb.
(I didn't pay too close attention to time frames at the point) </div>
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Honey Bee just started showing flowers. Still some Aurora flowers out too, although Aurora looks to be almost done.<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-19178668163891276652017-03-03T08:28:00.001-08:002017-03-03T08:29:57.315-08:00Zone 6b - TN - Spring haskap blossoms - irrigation and mulch critical for surviving drought<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mulch and drip line irrigation saved haskap from the heat and drought of 2016</i></td></tr>
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I have not lost a single
honeyberry plant, <i>(ed. note: out of 64 early blooming varieties Aurora/Borealis/Tundra/Indigo Gem/Berry Smart Blue/Honey Bee planted in late October 2014)</i> although last year the extended drought we
experienced here in East Tennessee was a significant. It was my
irrigation system which saved all my plants from severe damage. That
said, the heat we experience here in ET is such that the honeyberries
seem to retract into themselves going into summer and not produce
further growth. <i>(ed. note: typical of the plant even in more northern zones, but in the north they may experience a small flush of growth or even a few blossoms in the fall after receiving moisture)</i> Right now the early plants are already blooming because
of the unusually warm weather we have been having this year!! Nothing
should be budding or blooming now but I have several fruiting types that
are budding and/or blooming; we will have further episodes of cold
which will probably kill the now appearing blooms/buds???? <i>(ed. note: haskap blossoms withstand down to 20F/-7C)</i> This is
record-breaking heat in both Summer and Winter! </div>
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have LOTS of birds here and they love my plants!!! Until the
honeyberries begin to make in greater amounts I probably will not get
very many!! </div>
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Best regards and thanks for the great plants!!</div>
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<i>Robert, Corryton, East Tennessee</i></div>
<br />Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-66497478237204519672016-07-07T17:51:00.001-07:002016-07-07T17:51:49.794-07:00Zone 5b - Aurora Haskap makes an impression<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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WOW! I bird netted this year and let them reach their max potential and I have to say I've been picking the last 2 weeks and I'm super impressed
with production size and taste. (Planted spring 2015 and 2016)<br />
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<i>Brian K, Cape Porpoise, ME</i></div>
Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-19107693863245350622016-05-24T10:28:00.000-07:002016-05-24T10:37:24.202-07:00Zone 5a - IA - Happy for Haskap Berries!<div>
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Last year I planted a really small Indigo Gem, a
similarly small Aurora, and a quite larger bare root Borealis. THAT YEAR
(last summer) both the little potted Aurora and the Indigo Gem put on a
few berries (in the single digit amounts) and I reluctantly let them
remain just to have a little taste. But I mean - come on now..., plant
that summer and see a fruit that summer!?!?! </div>
This year
these two have a little more fruit set. The Indigo Gem made enough (see
picture) for me to toss a good handful down to see what it was all
about while leaving some for Fonda and the kids to try as well. Aurora
isn't quite ripe, and Borealis I think only has 2-3 berries that I can
see. </div>
So the little plants have been get'n er done! </div>
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I really like the Indigo Gem flavor, and am glad you recommend I try it out. </div>
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I may get this Western Iowa crowd to growing Honeyberries before it's over!</div>
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<i>(Editor's note: Borealis typically is slower to produce fruit and produces a lighter yield than Aurora or Indigo Gem, but also hides its fruit underneath dense foliage. Remember to let berries ripen for 3 weeks after they turn purple on the outside)</i></div>
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Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-71011367009066120772016-04-24T04:43:00.000-07:002016-04-29T11:22:09.768-07:00Zone 5b - Aurora haskap berries on bush<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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4/23/2016: We have multiple berries on both Aurora plants! (planted in 2015) The Honeybee
is now in bloom, but this didn't happen until Sunday. So, I strongly
doubt it affected the developing berries on the Auroras. The Borealis
still has not yet bloomed. We live in a very rural area & I know of no other honeyberries beyond our own in the area so Aurora may be self pollinating. We planted 2 Indigo Gem this spring which will blossom earlier.</div>
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<i>Jeannette, Frankfort, OH </i></div>
Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-24841827148871574342016-04-14T07:04:00.000-07:002016-04-14T07:26:15.482-07:00Zone 6a - PA - Haskap survive frost<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blossoms survive 20F</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unopened blossoms next to maturing berries</td></tr>
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I started getting blossoms on my honeyberries about a month ago (Cinderella, Borealis, Berry Blue, Blue Belle, Blue Velvet and Sugar Mountain).<br />
The temps got down to 20 degrees on Saturday night (4/9/16) and it did not hurt
my blossoms or any of the fruit sets (Very happy to see this!) My other fruit trees(sweet cherries) that were in full blossom
appear to have lost the fruit but if the trees (pears) with blossoms
that were not in full bloom were fine and bloomed on Monday. I think
Spring is finally in Pittsburgh!!<br />
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<i>Rusell, Pittsburgh, PA</i></div>
Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-43974760683680846902016-04-03T16:57:00.000-07:002016-04-03T16:57:06.181-07:00Zone 6a - OH - Spring Haskap Blossoms<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berry Smart Blue surrounded by 3 Borealis planted in 2012</td></tr>
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All four (3 Borealis, 1 Berry Smart Blue in middle) blooming very nicely and I have hopes for a good crop. However, we are in central Ohio where our weather is very
unpredictable. We had high winds of 60 mph all day yesterday so it was impossible to
get a cover to stay on the bushes, I just hoped for the best. The winds
finally died down early morning and then the frost, fortunately it was
not too heavy. I plan on putting bird netting over them too this year
when the berries start to ripen so I’ll have some berries for myself. </div>
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<i>Jane, Granville, OH, zone 6b</i></div>
Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-36353021675719303482016-03-02T11:46:00.001-08:002016-03-02T12:49:56.755-08:00Zone 6b - MD - plentiful haskap harvest<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
harvest was plentiful (in 2015) for both varieties (2 Borealis, 2
Berry Smart Blue, planted May 2012). The harsh summer heat pretty
well toasted the plants afterward but I look forward to their
bouncing back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Sykesville, MD</i></span></span></div>
Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-65112125872902691652015-09-24T12:08:00.000-07:002015-09-24T12:22:00.818-07:00Zone 6b - NY - Fall colors<div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440527098402_2579">
<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440527098402_3166">Zone 6b/7 summer temperatures mid 80s to high 80s. </span>Occasionally mid 90s. Very sandy soil but I water them more frequently than other shrubs. <span class="">Pollination is good. </span></div>
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Honey
Bee is the healthiest looking. It has grown taller than Borealis but
not as bushy. It actually has some new growth but most of it looks like
it wants to go dormant. Both have produced fruit that was twice the
size of Berry Blue.</div>
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Photo taken August 29, 2015 shows Borealis on the left and Honey Bee on the right, both planted 2014. Honey Bee looks very healthy while Borealis is starting to loss some color as it gets closer to dormancy. Borealis is nice and bushy. Honey Bee flowered
and produced a few fruit in mid July of the year it arrived and planted
in a pot. This year was normal with ripe fruit second week of June.<br />
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Berry Blue planted 2012. It is losing some leaves but I expect it will be fine in the spring. It seems to be approaching dormancy faster than Honey Bee. (Editor's note:<i> Russian varieties typically drop their leaves earlier than those with some Kuril Island or Japanese genetics, such as Borealis and Honey Bee).</i></div>
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Sugar Mountain planted 2014. It is doing poorly with very little growth this year. (Editor's note: <i>One plant trial does not speak for this variety as a whole - most of our Sugar Mountain Blues put on 2 feet of growth their first year, similar to Berry Blue)</i><br />
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<i>Dan, Long Island, New York, zone 6b</i></div>
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The first few years I had the plants (2 Borealis, 1 Tundra, 1 Berry Smart Blue planted 2011) in the forest and they didn't get enough sun to grow enough. Last year I had them in full sun and they grew but then during dog days died back. I wasn't sure they would survive. Then this spring they came back and flowered and the bees pollinated. But then I took off the deer fencing to use on some other plants because after the flowers went away I didn't think the pollination was successful. Then the deer ate the plants and I really gave up. I thought it was all over. But I threw over some make fast deer fencing in hopes of regrowing the plants. Then suddenly this morning I discovered the one odd plant - the bigger one - forgot to check which variety - but there was a dozen or so berries on it. I just harvested and ate them, along with my mom trying one. A strong taste to be sure and what a beautiful dark blue color. It's a powerful little berry and now I look forward to providing shade and deer fencing and to keep growing the haskaps again. It's been a rough road but despite all my errors - these plants are very miraculous! thanks.…</div>
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<br />Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-3279361686208363282015-05-31T14:28:00.002-07:002015-05-31T14:28:52.535-07:00Zone 3 - MN Honey Bee survivor haskap <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Honey Bee haskap appeared dead after winter, but new life appears alongside the sole egg in a ground nest. Does anyone know what kind of bird egg this is?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Bernis, Minnesota</i></span></div>
Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-83605657094900441292015-05-30T12:06:00.002-07:002015-05-30T12:11:26.233-07:00Zone 4b - South Dakota - Clay soil good for haskap, sandy soil bad<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The honeyberries planted in the Fort Thompson Community Orchard (April 2012) are thriving. We have (20 each) Tundra, Honeybee and Borealis. All are doing fine and no pollination issues. The soil is a pretty average, to a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">slightly higher clay, than most soils in our area. They seem to like it. Just three miles away, my honeyberries are planted in a much finer sandier soil. They are NOT doing well at all. There are no berries on them at all this year. They are just surviving. I am going to increase their water even more this year and see if that helps. Definitely won't be planting more honeyberries around my place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">We just picked some of the ripe ones from the Tundra and a few from the Honeybee (May 29/15). Some were ripe enough that they were falling off. Great eating. Only picked about half a gallon. The majority are a bit away yet and on the Honeybee bushes there is almost like a second crop of the berries that are still very green. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Rod Vaughn, Diamond Willow Ministries (</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666669845581px;"><i>www.d-w-m.org),</i></span></span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Ft. Thompson, SD</i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21.125px; text-align: start;">Crow Creek Community Orchard:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21.125px; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666669845581px;"><i>hunkpati.org/community-initiatives/crow-creek-community-orchard</i></span></span></div>
Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-26750369941179566482015-05-25T12:46:00.001-07:002015-05-25T14:22:24.068-07:00Zone 3b - Spring wind storm hacks haskap leaves<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Most of the Russian varieties I bought had their leaves transformed to tissue paper. 32F (0C) and 22 mph (35 km/hour) wind on May 18, 2015.<br />
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Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-69639200334000953752015-04-25T04:11:00.000-07:002015-04-25T04:17:19.107-07:00Zone 5b - Spring cleanup<br />
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While suffering from a few broken branches due to the heavy snow/ice/melt/freeze conditions in the northeast this past winter, this lineup of haskap looks ready to get growing!<br />
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I thought I needed to order a replacement for what I thought was a
dead Honey Bee haskap that I had planted last year. Last fall, my
dog whipped the young haskap with her tail and broke it at the
base. To my surprise this past week, the Honey Bee has pushed up
a new stem and is growing vigorously. It is already about 2-3
inches tall and leafing profusely. <i>Kevin, Springville, UT Elevation 4,577 ft</i>Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-64766298275435995952015-03-18T13:24:00.003-07:002015-03-18T13:26:58.587-07:00Zone 1 - Ester, AK (Fairbanks area)Report regarding last summer: "The haskaps seem to be immune to our winters, and the kids love them. I
find them lying on their backs under the bushes grazing away." <i>Steve, Ester, Alaska</i>Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-13595147431930925812014-11-23T08:52:00.001-08:002014-11-23T08:56:57.327-08:00Zone 4b-5a New Mexico Highlands<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm trying a couple of plants at 5,000 ft. Albuquerque, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8-plants at 7,500 ft. Taos. I have:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 plant left at 7,800 ft. Costilla <span style="font-size: x-small;">(-23F. No snow cover. Summer high 85-90F. Last spring frost, 2014, May 27. 13" precipitation per year)</span></span></div>
<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 plants at 8,200 ft. Amalia</span></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've not had any success with the Siberian/Russian varieties and am now trying a few Japanese varieties. Of the first two original orders I put in, about half have died and the rest are about 4-6 inches tall after a few years. I find that the sun is too much for them here. I'm moving what I have into a shaded apple orchard to see if they fare better. Also, they don't seem to tolerate drought conditions well at all. Unless you can get them some plants with 8-10" roots they are going to struggle and the sun scalded leaves just don't help. Another grower I work with in New Mexico has reported similar results with their haskap/honeyberry trials. <i>Ron, New Mexico, member of <a href="http://www.nafex.org/" target="_blank">NAFEX</a> (North American Fruit Explorers).</i></span></pre>
Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-23881992834372473192014-09-21T05:55:00.000-07:002014-09-21T05:55:24.220-07:00Zones 4 Minnesota - Survivor Haskap<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This haskap has hardly grown over the past three years (see <a href="http://haskapusa.blogspot.com/2011/06/zone-4-southern-mn-survives-record.html" target="_blank">2011 blog entry</a>). Planted in rich black dirt next to a garage and just beyond the edge of a black walnut tree, we're not sure what are the most detrimental factors that have stunted the growth. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our relatives reported that the garage wall had been covered with insects this summer and they may have eaten all the leaves, but </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by September, new shoots were thrusting forth in an effort to make a come-back. The Berry Blue honeyberry bush planted a few feet away looked the same.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We conclude that not all locations are ideal for haskap, but yes, the bushes do make a tremendous effort to stay alive. We did decide that after three years it was time to give the bushes a new home so brought them back to <a href="http://www.honeyberryusa.com/" target="_blank">The Honeyberry Farm</a>. <i>Bernis, reporting on bushes at Albert Lea, MN</i></span>Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-28405779965609508912014-06-04T05:11:00.000-07:002014-06-04T05:11:42.143-07:00Zone 5b - Maine - Borealis and Tundra Haskap update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been a very cold/late spring in Maine and many of my
thornless blackberries and even red raspberries experienced moderate to severe winter die back.... Haskaps loved it! and I also believe around 95% of the
flowers put out were pollinated thanks to mr bumble bee! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same Tundra bush June 3, 2014</td></tr>
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I was worried the interior of my plants would remain un-pollinated due to how thick they are but the bumble bees would just land on the plants and walk their way through the plants from flower to flower (average time a bumble bee would spend on each bush was well over 2 minutes) then just fly to the next haskap plant in the row, ignoring all other flowers in-between in the process. At one point I had a highway of bumble bees going up and down my haskap row.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 3, 2014 Haskap berries</td></tr>
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I have only ever pruned one Tundra while it was in growth (late April) as a personal growth experiment and found it to be extremely detrimental. Instead of spurring new shoot growth it seemed to dramatically slow the plants
growth for the rest of the year. I think pruning late fall is the way to go. <i>(Editor's note: A Polish study reports pruning is not recommended until bush is mature, after six years).</i><br />
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The first 2 years the deer really ate all 6 of them back heavily during the fall, this is why I think why the Tundra plants I have seem just as bushy as the Borealis. <i>(Editor's note: Borealis and Tundra are difficult to distinguish the first couple of years anyways, but as they mature, Tundra is significantly more open and sprawling, while Borealis forms a dense dome of branches and leaves. Deer or rabbit pruning does encourage more shoots from the roots. Whether this is recommended in the long term, we don't know, as it takes awhile for the bush to catch up to its unpruned state. Borealis seems bushy enough as it is, while maybe it is beneficial to Tundra to encourage more shoots from the roots.)</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berry Smart Blue fall 2013<br />
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Berry Smart Blue grows upwards a lot faster and blooms a
fair bit sooner then the other two leaving not much overlap but enough (2 weeks
this year only 1 last). <i>(Editor's Note: Berry Smart Blue, (aka Czech No. 17) is a Russian cultivar that pollinates with Borealis and Tundra. It has slightly smaller and tarter tubular berries, with some berry drop and leaves turn color earlier as well, but a productive and vigorous bush that fills out more solidly with maturity.)</i><br />
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<i>Brian, coastal Maine</i>Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145163908274263185.post-33883999743451280702014-05-15T10:59:00.000-07:002014-05-15T10:59:13.611-07:00Zone 4 - Minneapolis, MN <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">May 15, 2014 Haskap blossoms</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">May 15, 2014 Haskap blossoms</td></tr>
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Thanks to Joseph Wehrman: Wildcard Photographic for these fotos of haskap blossoms that he planted the end of October, 2013. Late spring all over the northern states this year, but these berries should be ripe by the end of June.Jim and Bernis Ingvaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519991640993931767noreply@blogger.com0