Haskaps, baby!

I really need to find room for these. These need two different types for pollination, yes? So I’d need room for two?
It should be easier to find them in Canada. Honey berry USA buys all their plants from Canada. They can stand some shade, but the production will be less.

Solo is very difficult to get though. I think strawberry sensation and gaint heart would be a great pair if you want late varieties. Early ones can be Aurora and Tundra or honey bee for better pollination.
 
It should be easier to find them in Canada. Honey berry USA buys all their plants from Canada. They can stand some shade, but the production will be less.

Solo is very difficult to get though. I think strawberry sensation and faint hart would be a great pair if you want late varieties. Early ones can be Aurora and Tundra or honey bee for better pollination.
seems pretty plentiful i ncanada when i searched (solo)
 
I thought about to get solo, but not be able to find any for a reasonable price. Canada may have more choice. But flavor wise, I heard strawberry sensation and gaint heart being the best.
 
I'm growing Maxie, Solo, and Blue Hakkaido. This is their first spring waking up in ground. You appear to have very good production and they are nice sized. 👏 👏 👏 I got exactly 1 berry this season, so hoping I can get them established a little better in the next year or so.
Purchased Yezberry Maxie and Yezberry Solo from an outfit in Berne, IN called GrowJoy.com and the Blue Hakkaido came from OneGreenWorld if I'm recalling correctly. All are late bloomers. My plants have quadrupled in size in there first season in ground with zero fertilization.
 
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I thought about to get solo, but not be able to find any for a reasonable price. Canada may have more choice. But flavor wise, I heard strawberry sensation and gaint heart being the best.
Taste is very subjective, but a lot of growers I know praise Aurora, and it's one of the best tasting for me. I once went to a local farm that grows many varieties that I got to taste there. The top varieties, based on what customers want, were Aurora, as well as Boreal Beauty for its sweetness and large size.
Here is a good read - a grower grows something like 300 varieties and his best tasting is Aurora - https://growingfruit.org/t/whats-the-verdict-on-honeyberries-are-they-tasty/9256/19
 
Taste is very subjective, but a lot of growers I know praise Aurora, and it's one of the best tasting for me. I once went to a local farm that grows many varieties that I got to taste there. The top varieties, based on what customers want, were Aurora, as well as Boreal Beauty for its sweetness and large size.
Here is a good read - a grower grows something like 300 varieties and his best tasting is Aurora - https://growingfruit.org/t/whats-the-verdict-on-honey-berries-are-they-tasty/9256/19
Yeah, Honeyberry USA owner also said Aurora is her favorite. I have a young Aurora that hasn’t fruit yet. It’s an early one that matches my Tundra, honey bee, and indigo gem. I had a hard time to find it when I purchased my 1st plants, but I finally got it last year. I thought the late varieties do better in Canada, that’s why I suggested strawberry sensation and gaint heart. These two have the reputation to be in the best tasting ones with Aurora.
 
I'm growing Maxie, Solo, and Blue Hakkaido. This is their first spring waking up in ground. You appear to have very good production and they are nice sized. 👏 👏 👏 I got exactly 1 berry this season, so hoping I can get them established a little better in the next year or so.
Some are very good size, some average, some small... Boreal Beast has the smallest size for me, I would say it's tiny in comparison to some larger ones, like Aurora or Boreal Beauty.

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Production has really picked up this year... we just picked a little over 3.5 lbs of berries, half of them came from just one Boreal Blizzard bush and we picked maybe half of what it had... they are going to make a nice pie tomorrow 😋

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We had haskaps and vanilla ice cream for dessert tonight... mmmmmmm..... so gooooood! 😋
 
Yeah, Honeyberry USA owner also said Aurora is her favorite. I have a young Aurora that hasn’t fruit yet. It’s an early one that matches my Tundra, honey bee, and indigo gem. I had a hard time to find it when I purchased my 1st plants, but I finally got it last year. I thought the late varieties do better in Canada, that’s why I suggested strawberry sensation and gaint heart. These two have the reputation to be in the best tasting ones with Aurora.
For me, the line between early, mid, and late is really blurred. This spring, they all bloomed at what seemed like the same time... there was a lot of overlap. Boreal Blizzard is supposed to be mid, but it ripened together with my early Indogo Gem and Aurora. But, generally speaking, all types of haskaps do well in Ontario, from very early to very late.
 
Some are very good size, some average, some small... Boreal Beast has the smallest size for me, I would say it's tiny in comparison to some larger ones, like Aurora or Boreal Beauty.

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Production has really picked up this year... we just picked a little over 3.5 lbs of berries, half of them came from just one Boreal Blizzard bush and we picked maybe half of what it had... they are going to make a nice pie tomorrow 😋

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We had haskaps and vanilla ice cream for dessert tonight... mmmmmmm..... so gooooood! 😋
Wow, your bushes really aren't messing around! 😀 Seems that I need some 🐔 🐔 🐔
 
I am quite impressed and didn't expect this kind of productivity, to be honest, especially because I grow them in containers... blueberries are supposed to be more productive than haskaps, but my blueberries are way behind my haskaps productivity-wise.
I'm honestly just impressed with the overall healthy and vigor of these plants in there 2nd season in ground. I was almost certain that our winter low temps would eat these things alive, and was skeptical in even purchasing them. Was surprised this spring when I had bud opening 18" off the ground while the weather was still chilly outside. My SIL tried blueberries here and they just never wanted to produce, so that helped sway my decision on planting Haskaps instead. I'll see if I can post pics of my plants tomorrow.
 
I'm honestly just impressed with the overall healthy and vigor of these plants in there 2nd season in ground. I was almost certain that our winter low temps would eat these things alive, and was skeptical in even purchasing them. Was surprised this spring when I had bud opening 18" off the ground while the weather was still chilly outside. My SIL tried blueberries here and they just never wanted to produce, so that helped sway my decision on planting Haskaps instead. I'll see if I can post pics of my plants tomorrow.
Well, some strains come from Siberia.... if they thrive there, I am sure NE Indiana winters shouldn't be a problem :)
 
Such an impressive fruit. I wasn't joking about modifying the landscape for this. I'd rather have an edible property than just turf.
It’s also very important to provide early food for bees. There are not too many flowers at early spring. Before growing Honeyberry, I never knew bees come out so early. It’s also very flavorful. My son is a very picky eater who hates blueberries, but he loves honeyberries even though they are tart.
 
It’s also very important to provide early food for bees. There are not too many flowers at early spring. Before growing Honeyberry, I never knew bees come out so early. It’s also very flavorful. My son is a very picky eater who hates blueberries, but he loves honeyberries even though they are tart.

I've never even eaten one. I need to make this happen. I really need to get rid of some turf
 
I really need to find room for these. These need two different types for pollination, yes? So I’d need room for two?

My very good friend is a commercial haspkap farmer, and I tried his AMAZING honeyberry jam, and it’s like nothing you have ever tasted, so I just planted honeyberries!

I’m in PA, and his suggestion for my area were all University of Saskatchewan varieties:

- Boreal Blizzard
- Boreal Beast
- Boreal Beauty

He recommended planting them 4 feet apart, since they will fill in a few years. Plus he recommended putting Beast in center since it is the longer bloomer and super pollinator.
 
I was checking Honeyberry USA and found they said other than Solo, Aurora and Indigo Gem are also somewhat self-fertile. Never heard that before. I may need to add some later blossom types to my collection, since our zone code keeps going up. 20 year ago, we were 5b, are 6b now. Soon, these Russian varieties will not work here anymore. Japanese varieties should work up to at least zone 8.
 
I was checking Honeyberry USA and found they said other than Solo, Aurora and Indigo Gem are also somewhat self-fertile. Never heard that before. I may need to add some later blossom types to my collection, since our zone code keeps going up. 20 year ago, we were 5b, are 6b now. Soon, these Russian varieties will not work here anymore. Japanese varieties should work up to at least zone 8.
This would not surprise me because my aurora has set fruit (though only like 1 because it like doesnt flower much yet) without the tundra blooming.
 
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