If yours indeed a Lonicera Caerulea it is a Japanese variety called Solo that doesn't require another haskep as pollinator, meaning you still get fruits with just one plant. Being said, planting two Solo adjacent to each other will result in more and bigger berries. Growing other varieties such as Berry Blu and Borealis will need to plant according to a compatibility chart because if the two plants flower in different time there will be no chance for cross pollination therefore no fruits.
In my case, mulch + alkaline clay soil has equaled good growth and production. If it was green inside you picked the berry too early. Most people don't understand the biology of these berries. There are TWO berries in what looks like a single berry. The outer berry ripens first. It takes a bare minimum of 10 days after the outer berry is solid purple for the inner berry to ripen. Most varieties take 2 weeks after the outer part ripens for the inner berry to be ripe. If you have to pull with any force to remove the berry, it isn't ripe yet. It should almost fall off when you pull on the berry.
Do you have a website that you sell these on? If so what time of year do you have plant sales? You’ve provided valuable information and I’d love to compensate in the form of purchasing some plant material.
A waste of time with no real information. Go to University of Saskatchewan their fruit program. You need 2 varieties which are usually named, Aurora and Borealis, Beauty and the Beast. Don't buy 2 varieties in the same pot. Nurseries are not a good place for information.
While Dieter's time is important and he didn't have time to provide the full information in his comment, here is the link to the fruit program at the University of Saskatchewan: research-groups.usask.ca/fruit/
If yours indeed a Lonicera Caerulea it is a Japanese variety called Solo that doesn't require another haskep as pollinator, meaning you still get fruits with just one plant. Being said, planting two Solo adjacent to each other will result in more and bigger berries. Growing other varieties such as Berry Blu and Borealis will need to plant according to a compatibility chart because if the two plants flower in different time there will be no chance for cross pollination therefore no fruits.
In my case, mulch + alkaline clay soil has equaled good growth and production.
If it was green inside you picked the berry too early.
Most people don't understand the biology of these berries. There are TWO berries in what looks like a single berry. The outer berry ripens first. It takes a bare minimum of 10 days after the outer berry is solid purple for the inner berry to ripen. Most varieties take 2 weeks after the outer part ripens for the inner berry to be ripe.
If you have to pull with any force to remove the berry, it isn't ripe yet. It should almost fall off when you pull on the berry.
Thanks for the info. I'll experiment this summer.
Just like blueberries, you tube has a lot of bad videos.
@@dieterditrich7520 I didn't know blueberries had videos :)
Do you have a website that you sell these on? If so what time of year do you have plant sales? You’ve provided valuable information and I’d love to compensate in the form of purchasing some plant material.
Thanks Travis. We do have a web site: www.greatescapefarms.com. However, we no longer sell plants online. We only sell locally. Thanks though!
Which varieties are you growing?!
Blue Belle, Blue Velvet, Blue Sky and one other that the name escapes me at the moment.
Why is this called "Harvesting Honeyberry....."? The first 5 minutes are about the plant, and your dog.
He probably missed a few days in school, especially the time when the word Harvest was explained.
Sorry you didn't enjoy.
A waste of time with no real information. Go to University of Saskatchewan their fruit program. You need 2 varieties which are usually named, Aurora and Borealis, Beauty and the Beast. Don't buy 2 varieties in the same pot. Nurseries are not a good place for information.
While Dieter's time is important and he didn't have time to provide the full information in his comment, here is the link to the fruit program at the University of Saskatchewan: research-groups.usask.ca/fruit/