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breenalipally

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Honeyberries
« on: March 10, 2022, 07:06:09 »
I need some advice on honeyberries please. I bought 2 plants, Boreal Beauty and Borial Blizzard as I know they are not self fertile. One is now starting to flower and the other has no sign of buds and I have now found a chart that says pollination between these  varieties is 'poor' but the varieties that say 'good' only seem to be available in the USA. Has anyone got a honeyberry variety that is starting to flower now and likewise one that has no buds yet, what variety are they and where did you buy then please?

breenalipally

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Re: Honeyberries
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2022, 20:31:38 »
Update: I called James Mcintire, where I bought the plants and they were very helpful and are sending me a Boreal Beast, it's not on their website yet but according to my chart they should all get good cross pollination.

Obelixx

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Re: Honeyberries
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2022, 09:33:29 »
Good.  I googled this plant and found just one supplier in my region selling only one variety but they suggest buying at least two to improve fruit production.

21€ a plant plus an hour each way to fetch them so I'll wait a while.
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Re: Honeyberries
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2022, 19:06:35 »
I tried to grow these for about four years but gave up.  I never managed to pick a single berry.  I had two but they seemed to flower ridiculously early. Too early for any insects to be about.  Sorry to sound pessimistic. I hope your efforts are successful!
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