Honeyberry Farm Orchard Tour 4th season

[@airangel2win]

Its nice to see the orchard and the different growth habits between Honeyberry types. I have purchased my carmine jewel cherry shrubs from you and they are doing very well. I just received my Aurora Honeyberry and have planted them today. I cannot wait to try the berries. I had Borealis and Cinderella from another nursery but I didn't get enough berries on them to know what they really taste like. I had hand pollinated the flowers without knowing even if I could and got a couple of berries. I have since planted them a little closer together so they get sunlight at the same time of day and I look forward to trying them next summer. I tell everyone about your site and I look forward to your continued success.

[@JustMe-gs9xi]

great video,, i like to see the form of them!,,, thank you so much

[@dakotabob10]

All of the honey berry, White Pearl currants, and gooseberries that that I bought from you have fruit on them already. I am really surprised that one of the Carmen Jewel dwarf sour cherries bloomed and has the start of cherries. I bought that one in the fall of 2015 as bare root stock.

[@honeyberryusa]

Great news! Get ready for even more fruit next year - Carmine Jewel typically puts out a few fruit in its 3rd or 4th year, then really kicks into production after that.

[@marjoriesteinke6232]

I have two shrubs that are three years this spring i have had some fruit [3 small jars of jelly] but now i have a lot of leaves with what looks like rust what is going on have you seen this...

[@honeyberryusa]

marjorie steinke The leaves of early blooming varieties are more susceptible to damage, and often look dead by summer's end, but usually bounce back the next spring.

[@sophiebuzora9616]

How you save the berries from the birds?

[@MrVideo1973]

I'm very interested in the Haskap / Honey Berry. I live in North Carolina US planting zone 7 will they grown in a warmer climate

[@honeyberryusa]

Shade is recommended for warmer zones, and fruiting depends on pollinators (insects/bees) being attracted to the blossoms in early spring. We're still gathering feedback. See www.haskapusa.blogspot.com.

[@honeyberryusa]

Scott Reynolds I would plant them in at least partial shade. We have heard of them growing in zone 7, and would recommend a variety with some Japanese genetics so that they retain their leaves longer into the summer and the later blooming the better.

[@Vagabond_Gaming]

Hey, enjoyed the video. Does honeyberry cross pollinate with blue berry or they only require other honeyberries?

[@jibe717]

Just honeybery - Lonicera species. Blueberry is Vaccinium species.

[@uindy]

How are goji berries, with regards to taste?

[@honeyberryusa]

We haven't tasted many goji berries yet, and while the ones we tried were not as intensely flavorful as honeyberries and cherries, they were palatable. I look forward to getting better acquainted with them this year.

[@honeyberryusa]

uindy I've just tasted a few fresh ones. Juicy, sort of nondescript flavor on the variety I tried, and the dried ones I tasted also do not seem to me to have an outstanding flavor, but for something healthy, I find them quite edible, and the more I eat them the more they may grow on me.

[@LiberaTeTutemetExInferis]

I planted some of these 4 years ago, very prolific, but the taste is just bitter, nothing to do with blueberries.

[@jibe717]

Wyoming Let me guess - you tasted them soon after they turned blue, or you purchased different varieties than those we sell. The berries need 3 full weeks to ripen after turning blue, and some varieties on the market taste bitter to us, even after the three weeks, so we have selected to fous on the University of Saskatchewan's varieties, which most people like very much.

[@LiberaTeTutemetExInferis]

jibe717 Thx for the info, just to be clear I didn't buy them from The Honeyberry Farm orchard, at the time I was not offered that many options in term of varieties, and it had to be hardy enough to withstand the WY winter months at 6000ft....I can't remember the varieties, but fruits are very small, smaller than a blueberry and they just remain bitter. The bushes are very ornamental and we kept them. Based on your comment as well as the many videos I watched I ll buy a few more varieties, thx

[@honeyberryusa]

Wyoming Thx for your info - glad to hear they're growing for you at your site and yes, Lonicera caerulea is a delightful ornamental plant as well. At least in the spring and early summer. Russian varieties tend to look quite bedraggled by summer's end, some people think they are dying, but it's just their "early to bed, early to rise (in the spring) nature. What kind of soil do you have?

[@vtdrive129]

what variety would you recommend for a zone 3-6? I'm in New England contemplating starting an orchard

[@honeyberryusa]

We like Aurora for its size, taste and yield, Indigo Gem is a good companion that ripens a bit earlier, Honey Bee ripens a week or so later but they all overlap here in zone 3. Solo/Maxie ripen even later and watch for the new varieties such as Boreal Blizzard coming out of the University of Saskatchewan breeding program (we have a limited supply available for 2017)

[@vtdrive129]

many people say haskap is often bitter. do the varieties you like ripen sweet? sour berries are not good sellers in the States

[@honeyberryusa]

A few Lonicera caerulea on the market may be bitter even when ripe. Everything on our site (www.honeyberryusa.com) is great to eat off the bush given enough time to ripen - 3 weeks after the berry first turns blue. The Russian varieties are typically more tart than the later ripening Japanese varieties, which taste somewhat sweeter but all blue honeysuckle/honeyberries/haskap have a distinctive tangy/tartness which most people (even Americans!) really like. We have 3 acres of U-Pick in northern Minnesota with many repeat customers.