To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fall Blooming Honeyberry
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:08:59 -0800 (PST)
Western PA, zone 5
--- On Tue, 11/17/09, Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fall Blooming Honeyberry To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 8:52 AM
I've just noticed that one of mine has several flower buds swelling. Mid november. They dropped all their leaves around the same time as most of the native trees in our climate, which was about a month ago, but they had been coloring and drying for a bit before that. I imagine it's due to it being grown furthur south than it's used to, with a longer warmish unstable fall. We had some wintery
cold in October, but since then it's been rather sunny, dry, and highs of 50's and 60's, lows to 40. Where are you John? I'm curious whether you're farther north or south than me.
-matt se MI z5
On 11/17/09, John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com> wrote: > One of my honeyberry plants insists on blooming 2 times a year. In late > summer, it drops all the leaves, then in late October, burst into bloom. > This started about 3 years ago and each year the number of blossums > increases over the previous year. Last year, I had a single lone fruit on > it, implying some tendency to self-fertility. > > None of my other honeyberry plants do this. I was wondering if any other > honeyberry growers have seen this kind of behavior and how unusual this may > be. It would be nice
to be able to get a fall crop, but the flowering has > so far been a little late to fully ripen berries. > > Thanks > > John > > > > >
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