Let's Explore...Boysenberries! (With Teacher Abby)

Join Teacher Abby and learn how boysenberries grow and how they are harvested out in the garden. Have you ever tasted a boysenberry before? Let us know on social media! Tag @SunflowerHill and use #SFHActivities
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[@lime4328]

Love the kitty footage. Also enjoy the closeups! Surprised at the tight-knit growth pattern of your plants as ive seen others typicslly space them out for more particular growth styling.

[@patfromamboy]

Boysenberries are my favorite! Your berries look like my uncle’s when I was a kid. I’m inspired to plant more this year because wild blackberries took over so I finally cut them back. I have 4 plants that have been covered by the wild Himalayan berries. I have Tayberries too. Only 2 plants. I’m going to buy Loganberries, Tayberries and more Boysenberries. I saw that a 100 acre blueberry farm near us bulldozed hundreds of large plants so I asked and got 5 freebies. I would have taken more but they were massive and my son and I were tired. They were over 6 feet tall with large root balls. We have 30 blueberry plants now. 4 are tiny Pink lemonade plants about 4” tall. I have raspberries too. Red and yellow. I need more Boysenberries so I can make jam and give them away like my uncle did. He always had more raspberries and blackberries than he needed so he could share. When he finally died hundreds of people came to his funeral and many spoke because he was such a great guy. He’s inspired me to plant more Boysenberries! Great video! Thanks

[@chugginbeers]

Do these grow in michigan?

[@yolandagrabowski6043]

Yes

[@cdgarrett1]

Will they grow in central Virginia? Where do I order boysenberry plants?

[@chugginbeers]

Stark bros, find them online, its where i bought mine. Order them for a spring delivery, they are from the original cultivar from california.

[@Gmoneygrip1960]

Are the baskets 1/2 or 1 pint baskets?

[@yolandagrabowski6043]

I was ten when I last ate fresh boysenberries. That's when my parents had a boysenberrie bush. And my dad I ordered boysenberries waffles now that restaurant no longer makes boysenberrie waffles. I wish I could find fresh boysenberries again.

[@greeneking77]

Do you ever have problems with birds and rodents eating the berries? Also would you say they are more tart than blackberries?

[@SunflowerHillOrg]

The Boysenberries are a little more tangy and juicier than blackberries. At Sunflower Hill, we haven't had too many problems with rodents or birds eating our berries. Birds definitely snack on occasion, but overall our pest population is taken care of by our resident garden cat, Shadow. You can find her video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pV6YqqiCibSMg9U

[@yolandagrabowski6043]

Do they also grow in New Mexico?

[@Soilfoodwebwarrior]

How do you fertilize and when

[@SunflowerHillOrg]

We top dress our boysenberries with a layer of compost and manure after pruning in late fall.

[@damiannightwalker8461]

Basket weight included D, ,

[@GODWITHUS0712]

KNOTT'S BERRY FARM!

[@shawns0762]

Your beautiful