I see that he's gonna raise the price of cuttings at the end of the
month so you may want to order soon if you want some.
~mIEKAL
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Dan Nave <nave1@comcast.net> wrote:
> mIEKAL,
>
> How did these elderberries ("Bob Gordon"& "Wyldewood") work for you this
> year?
> I got a few cups from my one Johns and Wild Elderberry which are two years
> old
> but not planted in a particularly great location.
>
> Are these varieties available to buy (mail-order)? If so, where?
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> On 5/1/2011 7:02 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
>> I saw this guy speak a couple months ago& his presentation& what he
>> is attempting is pretty impressive. The two new varieties that they
>> are distributing 'Bob Gordon'& "Wyldewood" look to be good additions
>> to the elderberry options. He showed photos of the fruit production
>> on these new varieties& the sprays of flowers/fruit were 2-3 times
>> larger than what I'm used to with Adams/Nova/John. I was impressed
>> enough that I bought a couple bundles of cuttings of each& have them
>> potted up in the greenhouse.
>>
>> I was also delighted that he emphasized that these new varieties are
>> open-source& there would be no attempt to restrict their use. I
>> don't know of any patented elderberry varieties so maybe this is not
>> an issue.
>>
>> The biggest takeaway from the presentation was that he cuts back all
>> his elderberries every winter& has greatly increased production.
>> Gets rid of old unproductive wood& it rejuvenates the crowns. He
>> showed some numbers& the results noticeably higher. I hadn't
>> realized how easy they propagate from cuttings, I cut back a couple
>> bushes as an experiment& I quickly generated a couple hundred
>> cuttings..
>>
>> One last point from the presentation that caught my attention is that
>> he said 90% of all elderberry project was imported from Europe& was a
>> big impetus from his formation of the elderberry co-op in Missouri.
>>
>> ~mIEKAL
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Lon J. Rombough<lonrom@hevanet.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> http://elderberrylife.com/index.html
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