Anthony,
I am growing about 7 varieties of honeyberries as a "back yard" producer. I find them worthwhile and productive. One Green World divides their plants between early blooming and later blooming varieties. I have found that the early blooming ones bloom too early here (in zone 5) for there to be many pollinators around, so that crop is erratic. The later blooming ones produce reliable crops. As a rule, the birds do not seem to bother the fruit much here, as least so far, in part because the fruit is often hidden behind leaves. Fruit is earlier than my strawberries or blueberries and is one of the first fruit harvests for me. Due to having multiple types, I get a small harvest over a couple of months (I only have about a dozen plants, some small yet).
Flavor varies between vars, but as long as allowed
to properly ripen, is excellent. Ripe honeyberries tend to bleed for me after harvest, being softer and more delicate than a ripe blueberry. The fruit colors up about a month before I pick them. When starting out, I found it tempting to pick them too early and had to learn to wait for them.
My plants do not seem to be sensitive to heat, taking 90+ without problems, unless they do not have adequate moisture. I have lost a few plants for forgetting to water, during August heat waves.
I also have one plant that blooms in the fall and has set (and partially ripens) the occasional fall fruit.
I would recomment giving them a try, but suggest you do a trial of the all the different kinds available to you, before investing in quantities of any single type. They do vary in size, flavor, weather tolerance, blooming/fruiting time, fruit size and texture and other features. Also as they are not
self-pollinators, having a wide range of types gives better pollination results.
John
--- On Tue, 1/6/09, Anthony Curcio <apc@vassolinc.com> wrote:
From: Anthony Curcio <apc@vassolinc.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] nafex Digest, Vol 72, Issue 13 ( Honeysuckle Anyone ? )
To: "'nafex@lists.ibiblio.org'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 2:22 PM
We want to add some new fruit to our orchard this year. Has anyone had
Honeysuckle fruit before ? RainTree advertises Blue Pacific, Blue Velvet and
Kamchatka. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Anthony N. Il. z4b.
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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:56:08 -0600
From: "Toni
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Subject: [NAFEX] Subject: Re: Thanks for the Killer App!
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>I typed in my address and then drew a box around our property, then clicked
on soil map. Did I miss something?>
Me, too. And that's as far as it went. Then it timed out. I tried over and
over. Maybe I'll read the "Help" section ;-) But seriously, I
guess I will
live without it. Have so far.
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From: "Mark Angermayer" <hangermayer@isp.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Cheap way to increase organic matter
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Jim,
You've mentioned before about people driving by to look at your place,
because it's an anomaly. Sort of an oasis in a desert. You have my
curiosity up. Do you have any summer pictures you could post? Would love
to see them.
Mark
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> When I moved here, most of my land was yellow blow sand and what
little
> organic matter there was, was one shade grayer than yellow. Now I have up
> to 14" of rich black dirt, the envy of area farmers and it didn't
cost me
a
> cent.
> When I moved here, I lived on a dead-end road with very little traffic
> from except my (few) neighbors. I put up signs saying, "Leaves and
Pine
> Needles Wanted," and word spread quickly. People from miles away
brought
me
> their leaves and I spent my Winters spreading them. The most I received
in
> a single year was over fifty cubic yards. I removed the wheels from a
>
semi-circular metal garden cart, fastened a piece of flat iron around the
> opening big enough to hold a 30 gallon can, making a make-shift sled that
> moved easily across the snow for moving leaves to where them would be laid
> down.
> When Spring came I tilled them in as best I could.
> I still put up my signs every Spring and Fall but I'm fussier now.
> Nowadays, I only want pine needles and pine needle/leaf mixtures. I hire
> neighborhood kids to spread them. Every two or three years each area of
my
> one acre garden/orchard gets a new covering of mulch and every Summer
> tourists drive by to see a garden with no weeds.
>
> Jim Fruth
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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:28:34 -0600
From: "Mark Angermayer" <hangermayer@isp.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Subject: Re: Thanks for the Killer App!
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Toni,
I went back and was able to make it work (even with this dinosaur equipment).
Did you click on the "soil properties and qualities" tab? Otherwise
don't know what the problem could be, but I would think if my old computer
on dial-up can make it work, anyone could. Windows 98 Forever!
Mark
KS
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>I typed in my address and then drew a box around our property, then
clicked on soil map. Did I miss something?>
Me, too. And that's as far as it went. Then it timed out. I tried over
and over. Maybe I'll read the "Help" section ;-) But seriously, I
guess I will live without it. Have so far.
--
Toni in zone 4 Iowa USA
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