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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: breenalipally on March 10, 2022, 07:06:09
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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?
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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.
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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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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!