[NAFEX] Anyone growing rubus arcticus
Jim Fruth
jimfruth at charter.net
Thu Sep 10 10:27:28 EDT 2009
mIEKAL wrote: "I guess you would never worry about hardiness with this
fruit."
That much hardiness becomes a disadvantage!
Hartmann Plant Company offered it for sale so I bought a dozen of them
to try it. It bloomed really early and went dormant with the onset of warm
weather, never ripening its fruit. Then, every Spring, there'd be a few
less of them until none grew.
So I reported to Dan Hartmann suggesting he sell Rubus triflorus
instead; R triflorus is an almost identical plant native to zone 3. It
grows wild around here and he asked me to send him a bunch of the plants.
Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
For jams, jellies, syrups and more:
www.jellygal.com
1-877-265-6856 (Toll Free)
1-218-831-7018 (My Cell)
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