This is the BEST video I have seen about harvesting and separating the Seaberry Plants into Freeze, Tea Leaves, and Propagation. Well done. My first plants arrived this Summer from OneGreenWorld -- 3F and 1M. So, I hope to use your methods and others on these plants in the coming years. Thank You!!
I can definitely attest to this being the way to harvest these! My poor hands/arms over the past few years. These berries are also borderline miracle food, and are great for your pets and livestock.
Thank you for sharing the Light. We learn so much goodness, truth, and beauty from each of you (SSJ) in less than 10 min! It's sustaining. Sending Love back.
Well that is some of the easiest propagation out there lol. Thanks for sharing that. I will be making a little trip over to the on ramp after this hot weather subsides!
I love how you trimmed, harvested and processed all in one project. Seaberry has been on my desired list for a while and now you have me moving it higher up the list. How many years does it take before you get any fruit from a cutting like you took from these branches?
Those are some large semi hardwood cuttings, nice to know they root well at that size. Our mist propagation setup is similar, but it's inside a greenhouse on benches.
Wow, I seriously envy you your seaberry harvest, I only discovered the plant from yours and Canadian Permaculture Keith's channel and it looks so useful and productive, but it's pretty unknown in my part of the world. Managed to track down a couple of plants (male and female) of unknown cultivar, planted out last winter, they have suffered this hot, desperately dry summer, the female has got badly nibbled by insects or something, too. I even got hold of seed and tried to grow seedlings but none of them made it. For a hardy pioneering plant, I seem to be having a lot of trouble with it! But I am hopeful my existing plants will make it, plus probably a few more I will try to buy, and maybe I can start propagating and picking within my lifetime :D.
Yes that’s a funny thing about the “invasive” hardy pioneers, in their tender young stage. I’m currently watching a newly planted goji struggle. Good luck!
Hey, I’m back after subscribing to your channel. It’s so strange that you’re having a difficult time finding seaberry/sea buckthorn since it’s a native in Russia (and China). I’m surprised it didn’t get planted all over by the occupiers in the past. Or maybe anything Russian/Soviet got a quick rejection and ejection. 🤪
@@olgakuchukov6981 Thanks for subscribing, update video coming soon, though it's kind of depressing with the drought we've had this summer. Ha, well the Soviets never made it to Serbia so maybe that's why! But it does have a local name - Vučji trn (Wolf Thorn!) so I guess it must be known here, but maybe it's just not grown commercially and that's why it's not common...
Seaberry can struggle when first getting going. We've seen that a lot. They can stand still, even drop leaves and resprout from ground, etc., but once they take off they are incredibly strong
Seaberries hate my yard in south jersey. I have tried for years to grow these. Males always die first and then some females hang on but only through runners. Excited to see a thornless bigger berry variety.
Imagine something like tangerine and/or grapefruit but with some tropical fruits like passionfruit. Very rich flavor, very satisfying, and yep, super sour too!
Has anyone grafted male to female seaberry? I was trying to do some research online about this recently and I didn't come up with any results. Maybe seaberry is just really hard to graft?
How do you handle the plugs once the Seaberry cuttings have struck roots? Do you keep them under mist until they fully pop out of the trays? And then do you transplant in the fall, or try to overwinter some way? I have some cuttings of various species under mist stuck now, lots of callousing and some very established roots, and curious about aftercare…any thoughts would be much appreciated!
I think that system is still valid and worth exploring. We have friends who have had excellent results with this specific system so I wanted to upgrade and set it up. So far I'm seeing nice rooting overall...
The seaberry fruit looks a bit like a sungold tomato - I hope they're just as sweet! How are those winstrip trays working for you? I like the idea of them, but I haven't taken the plunge due to the price. I have a few recycled trays that I took a soldering iron too, for a similar effect.
The winstrips are really nice, I bought them used from someone. Still really expensive but I think worth it for what we're up to. If you have other trays that work for you definitely skip the cost!
I got very lucky. My Stella Cherry cutting is now 2 ft tall and going on year 3. Both parent trees did not survive being transplanted, but the cutting did. 😮
I’ve had a hard time keeping my male seaberry alive. Not sure what I’m even doing wrong as nearly every other plant I’ve grown has thrived. Hopefully third time will be a charm.
I purchased some european seed from a NZ importer so I am hoping they germinate (plants aren't that common here,). I was thinking they were thorny bushes or do you just have cast iron hands?
They are thorny for sure. You get used to the thorns and also get a sense of where they will be so your hands learn to work around it. Takes time but it is absolutely doable to pick at a good pace
How do you overwinter these cuttings? Do you heel them as bare roots or bury the individual tray in mulch? They can’t have gotten very big being started in the fall 😮
Good question... We planted them out in a field in the fall and mulched a bit and it seems like we lost A LOT to that so the idea of mulching them in or heeling them in a mellow and comfortable place to overwinter seems more reasonable than field planting.
@@edibleacres ouch got it. Would the traditional timing of winter hardwood cuttings be easier to deal with? They get the whole year to root and grow out
This is probably a stupid question; but, you mentioned that you had male & female starts. I know how to tell the difference between a male & female squash blossom; but, how do you know on these tree starts?
When you remove them from the freezer, could you harvest them by smacking them back and forth against the sides of the tote or would that potentially bruise them? Are you thawing them for dishes, blending them frozen into smoothies, harvesting the seeds or maybe all of those things? [Edit] Nevermind. I just watched the PREVIOUS video. Sorry; catching up on my subscriptions after a few weeks when my focus was elsewhere. This year, I grew a bunch of seaberry from seed indoors and intend to plant them all in the same vicinity so that the few females can be pollinated.. About how old do you think they should be before planting outside and do you think August would be too late for Zone 5b/6a (Peyton, CO)?
I wouldn't plant them out until dormancy in the fall... November or so, maybe OCtober... You could potentially smack them against something when frozen for even faster release of fruit.
Will Sea Buckthorn grow in warmer climates? In other words, does it need frost hours to thrive and produce well? I found a lot of information about how it does well in saline and boreal climates, but next to nothing about warmer climates.
Is there a secret for growing seaberry in clay soil? I m strugling to grow some seaberry bushes in clay soil with annual rainfall around 300 mm (way lower than yours, obviously) and every season they dieback due to "too much watering". And If i don't water the leaves droop and fruits fall off. Seeing your seaberry bushes and harvest, I feel i'm missing something... any advice?
I don't fully understand them... When they are young they can be very fragile, but then start to take off over time. Focus on deep mulches to even out the moisture and temperature in the soils and see if that helps.
It’s the way of things, even in a cold zone cranking up the freezer in summer. I’m all for it. Coal is compressed trees, the ultimate green energy as provided by solar energy over millenniala.
Freezing then harvest fruit is how I do elderberries. Enjoying your channel for years now keep up the great videos!
That's good to know.
So glad you like the channel!
This is the BEST video I have seen about harvesting and separating the Seaberry Plants into Freeze, Tea Leaves, and Propagation. Well done. My first plants arrived this Summer from OneGreenWorld -- 3F and 1M. So, I hope to use your methods and others on these plants in the coming years. Thank You!!
I can definitely attest to this being the way to harvest these! My poor hands/arms over the past few years. These berries are also borderline miracle food, and are great for your pets and livestock.
Great info! My seaberries haven’t started fruiting yet, but I am very excited to try both of these methods.
Thank you gentlemen. Juan your skill is extremely valuable i hope you are being paid.
Thank you for sharing the Light. We learn so much goodness, truth, and beauty from each of you (SSJ) in less than 10 min! It's sustaining. Sending Love back.
Well that is some of the easiest propagation out there lol. Thanks for sharing that. I will be making a little trip over to the on ramp after this hot weather subsides!
I love how you trimmed, harvested and processed all in one project. Seaberry has been on my desired list for a while and now you have me moving it higher up the list.
How many years does it take before you get any fruit from a cutting like you took from these branches?
The cuttings if they root well will be able to start producing a small crop in 2 years. Bearing strong in about 3-4
Those are some large semi hardwood cuttings, nice to know they root well at that size. Our mist propagation setup is similar, but it's inside a greenhouse on benches.
They root pretty darn well with larger bits, but smaller bits work, too. We just have the branches so why not!
And you get the benefit of tea with the smaller branches.
respect for eating sea berries without wincing... in the uk they're unbelievably sour even when fully ripe
This is pretty genius! ❤ thank you as always for this amazing inspirations! 🙏🏻
Would love a video on your misting setup!
I'll plan to share that at some point...
MORE JUAN
Yay!
Sometimes you have to wonder if God is at work. I just ordered two sets of Seaberry and was looking for information on them and here you are..
Very informative, I really appreciate your videos.
Glad you like them!
This is brilliant. I need to get myself a seaberry!
She'll need a boyfriend to be able to produce berries, though.
Wow, I seriously envy you your seaberry harvest, I only discovered the plant from yours and Canadian Permaculture Keith's channel and it looks so useful and productive, but it's pretty unknown in my part of the world. Managed to track down a couple of plants (male and female) of unknown cultivar, planted out last winter, they have suffered this hot, desperately dry summer, the female has got badly nibbled by insects or something, too. I even got hold of seed and tried to grow seedlings but none of them made it. For a hardy pioneering plant, I seem to be having a lot of trouble with it! But I am hopeful my existing plants will make it, plus probably a few more I will try to buy, and maybe I can start propagating and picking within my lifetime :D.
Yes that’s a funny thing about the “invasive” hardy pioneers, in their tender young stage. I’m currently watching a newly planted goji struggle. Good luck!
Hey, I’m back after subscribing to your channel. It’s so strange that you’re having a difficult time finding seaberry/sea buckthorn since it’s a native in Russia (and China). I’m surprised it didn’t get planted all over by the occupiers in the past. Or maybe anything Russian/Soviet got a quick rejection and ejection. 🤪
@@olgakuchukov6981 Thanks for subscribing, update video coming soon, though it's kind of depressing with the drought we've had this summer. Ha, well the Soviets never made it to Serbia so maybe that's why! But it does have a local name - Vučji trn (Wolf Thorn!) so I guess it must be known here, but maybe it's just not grown commercially and that's why it's not common...
That’s it! In my mind I confused Czechoslovakia with Yugoslavia. Oh the Slavs, lots of varieties.
Seaberry can struggle when first getting going. We've seen that a lot. They can stand still, even drop leaves and resprout from ground, etc., but once they take off they are incredibly strong
When do you list plants in your store? I'd love to buy some from you.
I recall they have sales spring and fall and announce them on the youtube.
Normally it's September 1st and March 1st.
@@edibleacres how I can get some sea berry plants
Very nice
Very nice video
Hello. Missing you on your channel. Glad to see you here though. Blessings from Wisconsin.
Frozen tic tacs! 😆
Seaberries hate my yard in south jersey. I have tried for years to grow these. Males always die first and then some females hang on but only through runners. Excited to see a thornless bigger berry variety.
They need full sun. Anything less than that, they will struggle.
@@RayMirshahi Could be how hot it gets here. This year almost 100 every day for 2 months straight and barely any rain.
@@gardenofseeden Sorry to hear that. I also find they aren't drought tolerant at all before they are fully established.
It may be too hot for them
brilliant!
There are seabuckthorn growing wild nead me. I am excited to harvest them in this way. Sasha, are there any particular beliefs to the tea?
Awesome! You guys grow so many interesting things I’ve never heard of. What do seaberries taste like? Can they be compared to anything more common?
They have a citrus like sour taste to me.
Thank you Ray.
@@tagladyify You're welcome and happy gardening!
Imagine something like tangerine and/or grapefruit but with some tropical fruits like passionfruit. Very rich flavor, very satisfying, and yep, super sour too!
Has anyone grafted male to female seaberry? I was trying to do some research online about this recently and I didn't come up with any results. Maybe seaberry is just really hard to graft?
I think Ben Falk has done some grafting with success with them
Nice! 💚🌿🪴🌿💚
Can you use the frozen stems to propagate as well?
Oh i’d love to be a cutting and be intermittenly misted ! Ha !
@EdibleAcres On average, how long does it take a plant to produce fruit? Thanks!
Cuttings take a few years, 3-4 years before they start cropping nicelyu
How do you handle the plugs once the Seaberry cuttings have struck roots? Do you keep them under mist until they fully pop out of the trays? And then do you transplant in the fall, or try to overwinter some way? I have some cuttings of various species under mist stuck now, lots of callousing and some very established roots, and curious about aftercare…any thoughts would be much appreciated!
Hey Sean! Is there a reason why you're not rooting them in the aerated bath ? Do you have better success with this new system?
I think that system is still valid and worth exploring. We have friends who have had excellent results with this specific system so I wanted to upgrade and set it up. So far I'm seeing nice rooting overall...
The seaberry fruit looks a bit like a sungold tomato - I hope they're just as sweet!
How are those winstrip trays working for you? I like the idea of them, but I haven't taken the plunge due to the price. I have a few recycled trays that I took a soldering iron too, for a similar effect.
The winstrips are really nice, I bought them used from someone. Still really expensive but I think worth it for what we're up to. If you have other trays that work for you definitely skip the cost!
I've really struggled to find a good cultivar of seaberry available in the US. I'd like to learn where to get this better cultivar
perfectcircle.farm is my favorite, and plantingjustice.org has a wonderful selection at great prices as well.
those are my kinda tick tacks😻
Speaking of propagation, have you had any luck propagating cherries from cuttings? I believe I'm working with Morello cherries, but I'm not certain.
I have a wonderful small fruited sweet cherry. I'd love to propagate it.
I've heard of folks having success, but I don't have direct experience
I got very lucky. My Stella Cherry cutting is now 2 ft tall and going on year 3. Both parent trees did not survive being transplanted, but the cutting did. 😮
I wonder if this would work on black cap raspberries?
They propagate from tip layering very readily
Cold a blueberry rake help?
I don't think they would, very complex layout on the branch and very tight to branch unfortunately
I’ve had a hard time keeping my male seaberry alive. Not sure what I’m even doing wrong as nearly every other plant I’ve grown has thrived. Hopefully third time will be a charm.
There are many male plants out there that are just not hardy at all, not quite sure what the deal is on them but many many aren't vigorous.
@@edibleacres Good to know. Mine is not very vigorous, and my sister had one die one winter in Durham, NC, not a very cold climate.
I purchased some european seed from a NZ importer so I am hoping they germinate (plants aren't that common here,). I was thinking they were thorny bushes or do you just have cast iron hands?
They are thorny for sure. You get used to the thorns and also get a sense of where they will be so your hands learn to work around it. Takes time but it is absolutely doable to pick at a good pace
How do you overwinter these cuttings? Do you heel them as bare roots or bury the individual tray in mulch? They can’t have gotten very big being started in the fall 😮
Good question... We planted them out in a field in the fall and mulched a bit and it seems like we lost A LOT to that so the idea of mulching them in or heeling them in a mellow and comfortable place to overwinter seems more reasonable than field planting.
@@edibleacres ouch got it. Would the traditional timing of winter hardwood cuttings be easier to deal with? They get the whole year to root and grow out
Hello do you sell plants?
@@Lady-yo6xh me? Are you in southern Ontario?
@ColleenCBooks sorry i meant to ask @edibleacres, I'm just over the border of Ontario . Having trouble finding SunnyTM it sounds like a nice variety
This is probably a stupid question; but, you mentioned that you had male & female starts. I know how to tell the difference between a male & female squash blossom; but, how do you know on these tree starts?
We take cuttings from known male and female plants.
When you remove them from the freezer, could you harvest them by smacking them back and forth against the sides of the tote or would that potentially bruise them? Are you thawing them for dishes, blending them frozen into smoothies, harvesting the seeds or maybe all of those things?
[Edit]
Nevermind. I just watched the PREVIOUS video. Sorry; catching up on my subscriptions after a few weeks when my focus was elsewhere.
This year, I grew a bunch of seaberry from seed indoors and intend to plant them all in the same vicinity so that the few females can be pollinated.. About how old do you think they should be before planting outside and do you think August would be too late for Zone 5b/6a (Peyton, CO)?
I wouldn't plant them out until dormancy in the fall... November or so, maybe OCtober...
You could potentially smack them against something when frozen for even faster release of fruit.
Will Sea Buckthorn grow in warmer climates? In other words, does it need frost hours to thrive and produce well? I found a lot of information about how it does well in saline and boreal climates, but next to nothing about warmer climates.
I am not sure
I always read that you can't propagate from fruiting wood? only vegetative wood?
Seems to work with a wide range of wood on this plant
Is there a secret for growing seaberry in clay soil? I m strugling to grow some seaberry bushes in clay soil with annual rainfall around 300 mm (way lower than yours, obviously) and every season they dieback due to "too much watering". And If i don't water the leaves droop and fruits fall off. Seeing your seaberry bushes and harvest, I feel i'm missing something... any advice?
I don't fully understand them... When they are young they can be very fragile, but then start to take off over time. Focus on deep mulches to even out the moisture and temperature in the soils and see if that helps.
@@edibleacres thanks!
i am in zone 7a/b, north carolina. will the seaberry bush flourish here.
I don't know
It’s the way of things, even in a cold zone cranking up the freezer in summer. I’m all for it. Coal is compressed trees, the ultimate green energy as provided by solar energy over millenniala.
We have a freezer that is powered by solar panels. I plan to slowly move all our key electrical components to run on solar
Are all the varietes you have spine prone? Or dou you have some spineless ones?
They all have thorns to some extent