Berries
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xtsho
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Anyone familiar with Tayberry? It's a cross between a red raspberry and a blackberry. Named for the Tay river in Scotland. Well I happened across one at Fred Meyer and couldn't help myself. It was only $8 for a nice sized plant. Now I have to figure out where to put it. When I do I might run back and get a couple more even though I don't have any room. I might have to start growing fruits and vegetables in the front yard.
GreenHighlander
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I finally snapped a couple pictures to share. Seems like my yard and garden is months behind most of you lol
Red currant bush
Black currant bush.
And the 3 honeyberry bushes
Cheers
Red currant bush
Black currant bush.
And the 3 honeyberry bushes
Cheers
xtsho
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I've been eating strawberries for a week. This bed didn't produce as I had hoped but they were runners planted last fall. Next year should be really good. I hope. I did have some pretty good sized ones. My girl has already made a few pints of jam and I had strawberry shortcake on Memorial Day. They seemed kind of early. We didn't get hardly any rain this month so that might have made them ripen faster. I had to water a few times.
cottee
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Hello mate. Just started growin blueberrys myself. Il be growing them in large pots. Just bought some acidic compost for when I re pot them. My water has a PH of like 7.7. Do I need to PH water down 5 or does the acidic soil regulate it itself?Wow! You have berries already? That's too bad about the frost getting your other berries. Mine are just dropping flowers but they are loaded. I really amended the soil to lower the Ph and they really seem to like it now. I added some sulfur and other stuff.
NaturalFarmer
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I grow winterberry, blueberry, blackberry and elderberry. I just recently become very interested in a mountain ash cultivar called Ivan Beauty which is a Mountain Ash crossed with Chokeberry. I also just started growing a cross between Mountain ash and pear called Shipova that I am very excited to get results on (resembles the pear more than the berry).
http://uncommonfruit.cias.wisc.edu/shipova-bollwiller-pear/
Black Aronia (chokeberry), Orange mountain ash, Ivans beauty
Some great information on growing blueberries here.
http://uncommonfruit.cias.wisc.edu/shipova-bollwiller-pear/
Black Aronia (chokeberry), Orange mountain ash, Ivans beauty
Some great information on growing blueberries here.
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numberfour
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Some great looking plants / fruits in here. My berries are starting to come through now,
Strawberries
Run 4 different variety's of strawberries in this pot which I've ran for years. Got a few pots going this year and some decent size fruits.
Raspberries
Got 2 variety's going and got about 12 plants as my kids and wife eat these all day long
Gooseberries (Hinnomakki Red)
First run with the Gooseberries, plenty of fruit on these, also got a yellow one.
Strawberries
Run 4 different variety's of strawberries in this pot which I've ran for years. Got a few pots going this year and some decent size fruits.
Raspberries
Got 2 variety's going and got about 12 plants as my kids and wife eat these all day long
Gooseberries (Hinnomakki Red)
First run with the Gooseberries, plenty of fruit on these, also got a yellow one.
raggyb
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All beautiful. So strawberries are related to mj? This article ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flower/about.html ) mentions it's genetic relation
Here, the plant equivalent of the Human Genome Project is under way, forging a new family tree of flowers—with many surprises, such as the news that strawberries and marijuana are closely related.
The strawberry genus, Fragaria, is part of the Rose (Rosaceae) family. Many close relatives of the strawberry...The genera Pyrus (pear), Rubus (blackberry and raspberry) Malus (apple) and Prunus (plum, apricot, almond, cherry and peach)...Ornamental plants closely related to strawberries include spirea (genus Spireae), roses (genus Rosa), avens (genus Geum), flowering quince (genus Chaenomeles) and ninebark (genus Physocarpus)
too larry
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I didn't want to like that. Too damn true.
I've planted some peach trees in the bush. I use them as an excuse for having sprays and such when I'm out "hiking". They are doing great though. In a few more years I'll have fresh peaches along my usual hiking paths. I have a fruit path anyway. Around the pond for huckleberry season. Down toward one cousin's place when the grapes are ripe, then around to the other cousin's when the pears are in season.
farmerfischer
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Are Mountain ash Berries edible? Or just bird berries?I grow winterberry, blueberry, blackberry and elderberry. I just recently become very interested in a mountain ash cultivar called Ivan Beauty which is a Mountain Ash crossed with Chokeberry. I also just started growing a cross between Mountain ash and pear called Shipova that I am very excited to get results on (resembles the pear more than the berry).
http://uncommonfruit.cias.wisc.edu/shipova-bollwiller-pear/
Black Aronia (chokeberry), Orange mountain ash, Ivans beauty
Some great information on growing blueberries here.
NaturalFarmer
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Very edible if you can get them before the birds. Mostly tart but high in pectin so its used in jellies. Not used as widely anymore. Also called Rowan. Once was sacred to the Druids and comes from the word "rune". The Korean varieties are more ornamental but certain cultivars from UK were once widely eaten.
https://www.druidry.org/library/trees/tree-lore-rowan
Ivans belle is a cross between hawthorn and Mountain ash and most used for edible fruit. Not sure what they graft to, but I believe it can go with either species to change its mature time. I believe the UK varieties will have a more red color and are better suited to eating than the Korean varieties that are more orange and ornamental. Many hybrids now I believe for ornamental and most may only be for the birds.
https://onegreenworld.com/product/ivans-belle-2/
https://www.druidry.org/library/trees/tree-lore-rowan
Ivans belle is a cross between hawthorn and Mountain ash and most used for edible fruit. Not sure what they graft to, but I believe it can go with either species to change its mature time. I believe the UK varieties will have a more red color and are better suited to eating than the Korean varieties that are more orange and ornamental. Many hybrids now I believe for ornamental and most may only be for the birds.
https://onegreenworld.com/product/ivans-belle-2/
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too larry
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Before Sure Gel, you had to get your pectin naturally.
farmerfischer
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Cool. I didn't know that.. my mom has one in her yard and for whatever reason as a kid growing up there, I always thought they were poisonous. I may have to try one and see what it tastes like..
xtsho
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I have an Oregon crab apple (Malus fusca) that I have made jam from and doesn't require pectin because it has natural pectin. The jam was delicious. I'm thinking of using it with other fruit and skipping the Sure Gel. I'll do a test batch but I think it will work.
