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  • From: "Jim Fruth" <jimfruth@charter.net>
  • To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Honeyberry sweetness (sourness)
  • Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:37:13 -0500

I have read posts where folks say that if our honeyberries are sour that we are picking them too soon and they sweeten with time. I tried that. If I don't pick them when they are sour, they fall off and they are still sour.
To answer the sand vs. clay argument, my honeyberries are growing in sandy loam, 5% organic matter - 95% sand.
Plant pathologists claim that sour fruit indicates a copper deficiency. My soil is not copper deficient but is it possible that honeyberries need more than most plants?
Are your honeyberries sour or sweet and do you know why?

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
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