Tip: If folks would write their questions down the speaker may answer your question in his lecture. Oh and then listen! Some of these questions were already answered when they asked them.
I have an elderberry, so I took cuttings and I now have 15. I produce my own medicine and I get excited during berry season. My second year after a cutting I got enough berries to create a quart of medicine. My elderberries flower do hang bent over, I do fight the birds but yet I let them have some. Elderberry is the bombdigadity !!
In the 40'smy father made an elderberry cordial every year .There were mountains of the almost trees that grew near the river in our property . I thought them a splendid sight when in in bloom . I loved it very spectacular
I live in Missouri River bottoms...not far from the Elderberry Farm on the Jemerson Creek..:) I have a yard full of prolific berries. I have harvested cane from many locations, including the Gordon and Wildwood, as well as the local berry growing wild...this crossing has created a wonderful healthy stand of plants. thank you for your so very thorough content...
I agree with a previous comment that there should be a Q&A after the talk. Very distracting with all,of the interrupting questions (and most will be answered if they would just wait for the presentation to be completed.
What kind of person thinks it’s appropriate to interrupt a speaker in the middle of a presentation and start peppering them with questions about why their plants aren’t performing the way they’d like?
we cut our elderberries back clear to the ground each year, but after they go dormant. However the local road districts mow them down before the first hard freeze and they come back strong, in the wild.
We are very lucky here in West Yorkshire England, we have all kinds of Elder growing all over. I did try growing a black Elder in my garden but BLACK FLY , no matter what I tried would not leave it alone. I had to take it out.
Good information... I have lots of elders growing wild on my property and harvested my first batch this summer. Looking forward to that first batch of elderberry jam.
Here are some resources available free to download on the internet. The University of Vermont has put out a very good guide to commercial cultivation of elderberries: available here: www.uvm.edu/~susagctr/resources/ElderberryGuideComplete.pdf. Purdue University has a good guide on elderberry's medicinal properties: hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu07/pdfs/charlebois284-292.pdf. Charles Voight, of the International Herb Association, and retired professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign wrote an overview of elderberry which was celebrated as the Herb of the Year in 2013: jhawkins54.typepad.com/files/elderberry-hoy-document.pdf. And finally, here are some recipes from the Appalachian Sustainable Development organization: asdevelop.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Elderberry-Marketing-Guide.pdf.
Can I grow elderberry in a LG pot ? And does the 2nd need to b a different species or can it b the same , I want to grow the black elderberry , for our own use
A friend of mine took chemo treatment for bladder cancer and ate several hand full of raw, fresh elderberries every day. He has NO side effects to the chemo therapy. None.
Thanks for sharing that. We have not heard that elderberries ameliorate the side effects of chemotherapy like that. That is really exciting if it is true. Of course there is the concern that if elderberries are reducing the side effects then are they reducing the anticancer effect also. We don't believe so because the chances are that elderberries are helping to ease the symptoms directly and are not reducing symptoms by reducing the effectiveness of the drugs. But this is something to discuss with the doctor before trying elderberries for this purpose.
Richters Herbs It must be so because he did nothing else that would let him go so easily and without side effects through chemo. His doctor asked him what he was doing and my friend explained. His doctor then replied, elderberries should not be eaten raw, only cooked and advised him to stop eating them raw. My friend did not follow those instructions and continued to eat them raw. His wife told me he ate a hand full every time he passed the elderberry bush in his garden. (He is a hobby gardener and is out in his garden all day long.) This was about 5 years ago when they removed his bladder and built a new one out of his own tissue. The cancer did not reoccur thus far.
Gittl G. Berried from European (Sambucus nigra) and American elder (Sambucus canadensis) have been eaten raw for many thousands of years. However, they do contain small amounts of glycosides that can release cyanide upon digestion, but so do many other foods. Some say eating fully ripe berries reduces this issue, but cooking or drying apprantly also resolves the potential problem. The blue elder, Sambucus caerulea, is also eaten raw when fully ripe, but why not try it in a pie? The red elder, Sambucus racemosa, was eaten in vast amounts by people in pre-history, but they were careful not to eat the stems or berries. It is said that these berries are safe to eat when cooked - but everyone should do their own investigations before deciding what to eat, and how to prepare it.
I was given a bucket full of elder cuttings and planted them but I have no idea what variety they are so I don't know what I need for a pollinator for heavy fruit production. I am growing it as a privacy screen and for the fruit. Are there any tips on how I might determine which variety I have ? The cuttings were in water and there are already roots sprouting out of the bottoms in just a few days, but they're safely in the ground now. Richter's is the best in my book. Thank you for your informative videos. When I figure out which varieties I need to help fruit production I'm going to buy from Richter's.
+Cheeto Fingers Unless the variety is clearly distinct with non-typical leaf shape or colour, it will be very difficult to identify the variety of your plants. The differences between the commercial varieties are not obvious to the eye. These varieties may differ in yields or berry size or earliness or lateness of fruiting, but those differences are often relative and cannot be compared unless the varieties are growing side-by-side. Elderberries will set better if you have a mix of varieties, so plant at least one other variety, and better 2-3 varieties. . And thanks for the kind comments!
Elder will grow in containers -- we grow our stock plants in large pots -- but unless the container very large you likely won't get many berries. Really, for good berry production you need to plant in the garden.
Maybe you can tell me if I have a black elder. It's a volunteer plant, gifted by the birds, so I don't know what it is. This beast has bumpy canes 1.5"" dia. in year 2 that grow about 8' tall in year 1, produces opposite leaf branches in mid April and dark purple, almost black flower clusters by the start of May in zone 4b-5 and produces prolific clusters of almost black berries on red stalks by late summer, a month before the dogwood berries are ripe. Leaves are green, small toothed and spear-shaped, curling and tender at this point. This is the 3rd year for the oldest cane and it has tender suckers at the root, it's branching out from ground level to tip, which I cut down to about 3.5' and on that one cane, it has 12 fruit clusters that are an inch dia. already. While raking up last month, I broke off what looked like a dead stump, but it had a 1" long leafing bud, so I just propped it up in the dirt. That bud is now 3" long, so I planted the stick. What is this monster?!
Thank you. I was concerned because we are in the Desert in Arizona (50 miles West of Phoenix) and want to grow Black Elderberry so very much. We do have several tropical fruit trees and with proper care are doing very well in our climate. So, now that you have answered my concern - do you know of a reliable source for cuttings of the Black Elderberry???? Judi
I did not realize there is a difference between the blue and black elderberry until I saw this TH-cam , seeds purchased off eBay turn out to be blue elderberry , my question to you is ... is the blue elderberry as good as the black elderberry ?
Very good information. However "ha" stands for hector which is approximately 2.47 acres. And the red elderberry can be eaten with caution not to consume any of the seeds or stem. The seeds are very small and easily overlooked, so it's advisable just to not consume the red elderberry.
+fortbuilder100 Upon further reflection of this video, you mention children making whistles with the stems of this. There are reports of accidental poisoning of children doing exactly that. All woody parts of the elder are toxic, including roots stem and most seed, at least to some degree. But primarily the roots and stems. It's just a very negligible trace, in the seeds of the darker varieties of elder berry, if there.
Many garden centres carry elderberry bushes in the spring. But for the elite varieties you can get them from Richters. Here is a link: www.richters.com/Web_store/web_store.cgi?searchterm=elder&search_catalogue_button=Go
I have a question I hope someone can help me with. I bought 5 wild American elderberry plants. Well I assume they are American elderberry since they were harvested from the wild. Will they cross pollinate with one another or do I need to buy another type?
According to Rutgers University at least one species of elder (Sambucus racemosa) is "rarely damaged" while another (S. canadensis) is "seldom severely damaged" by deer. That said, young plants are particularly vulnerable and need protection if deer grazing is heavy in your area. As for protecting the fruits, there is not much you can do short of erecting deer-proof fencing. Here is the Rutgers list of landscape plants rated by deer resistance: njaes.rutgers.edu/deerresistance/.
I have native American elder fruiting like bonkers right now. I don't know what native variety this is here but I can't imagine a larger yield. Maybe if it had multiple seasons..
Richters sells seeds of European elder and plants of American elder and the elite elder varieties. Please visit www.richters.com/Web_store/web_store.cgi?searchterm=elder.
You are referring to the variegated form of bishops weed. Indeed, bishops weed, or goutweed, is also known as "ground elder" because of the resemblance of its leaves to the leaves of true elder. But ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) is entirely different from the true elder (Sambucus spp.). It is a low ground cover that dies to the ground every winter.
Plants propagated from cuttings will be genetically identical to the mother plants from which the cuttings were taken. If you are taking cuttings from two different wild plants, the offspring will be identical to the mothers. If the two wild plants are of the same species and from the same locality, then the cuttings from them should be pretty similar genetically to each other.
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Absolutely right when attending a lecture it is only good manners to wait for the end when most lectures have time set aside
And who would bring a baby to an elderberry lecture?
Tip: If folks would write their questions down the speaker may answer your question in his lecture. Oh and then listen! Some of these questions were already answered when they asked them.
I have an elderberry, so I took cuttings and I now have 15. I produce my own medicine and I get excited during berry season. My second year after a cutting I got enough berries to create a quart of medicine. My elderberries flower do hang bent over, I do fight the birds but yet I let them have some. Elderberry is the bombdigadity !!
This is definitely the best, most accurate, and broad-ranging source about elderberries that I've seen. Great job, Mr. Richter!
Glad you found this useful. Thanks for the feedback.
This is why I absolutely love Richter's! They send me their free catalogue every year.
He’s a great speaker and very informative. Thank you for this vid!
I enjoyed all of this, from beginning to end. Thanks, and I'm looking forward to harvesting berries this summer.
In the 40'smy father made an elderberry cordial every year .There were mountains of the almost trees that grew near the river in our property . I thought them a splendid sight when in in bloom . I loved it very spectacular
He was Italian? You can fried the flowers they're delicious 😋
I live in Missouri River bottoms...not far from the Elderberry Farm on the Jemerson Creek..:) I have a yard full of prolific berries. I have harvested cane from many locations, including the Gordon and Wildwood, as well as the local berry growing wild...this crossing has created a wonderful healthy stand of plants. thank you for your so very thorough content...
Excellent video! This is just the sort of information that I was looking for.
I agree with a previous comment that there should be a Q&A after the talk. Very distracting with all,of the interrupting questions (and most will be answered if they would just wait for the presentation to be completed.
What kind of person thinks it’s appropriate to interrupt a speaker in the middle of a presentation and start peppering them with questions about why their plants aren’t performing the way they’d like?
wonderfully informative
This is fantastic
we cut our elderberries back clear to the ground each year, but after they go dormant. However the local road districts mow them down before the first hard freeze and they come back strong, in the wild.
Thank U for sharing such informative information. We ALL need this.💯📚😍
We are very lucky here in West Yorkshire England, we have all kinds of Elder growing all over. I did try growing a black Elder in my garden but BLACK FLY , no matter what I tried would not leave it alone. I had to take it out.
Good information... I have lots of elders growing wild on my property and harvested my first batch this summer. Looking forward to that first batch of elderberry jam.
Glad you found the video useful. We have a new line up of free seminars for 2014 -- check them out at www.richters.com/events/.
Richters Herbs Well done...thank you
Can elders be pruned if 15-20' tall and how much?
Great video, as always. Thank you.
The questions are disruptive.
Too many questions before his presentation. Questions should be at the end.
I agree. Very inconsiderate of the people asking and very distracting.
It made it hard to listen to. this guy is very knowledgeable, let the poor guy speak.
I really would love to learn more about the Elderberries ?
Here are some resources available free to download on the internet. The University of Vermont has put out a very good guide to commercial cultivation of elderberries: available here: www.uvm.edu/~susagctr/resources/ElderberryGuideComplete.pdf. Purdue University has a good guide on elderberry's medicinal properties: hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu07/pdfs/charlebois284-292.pdf. Charles Voight, of the International Herb Association, and retired professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign wrote an overview of elderberry which was celebrated as the Herb of the Year in 2013: jhawkins54.typepad.com/files/elderberry-hoy-document.pdf. And finally, here are some recipes from the Appalachian Sustainable Development organization: asdevelop.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Elderberry-Marketing-Guide.pdf.
Thank you!!!!
Can I grow elderberry in a LG pot ? And does the 2nd need to b a different species or can it b the same , I want to grow the black elderberry , for our own use
A friend of mine took chemo treatment for bladder cancer and ate several hand full of raw, fresh elderberries every day. He has NO side effects to the chemo therapy. None.
Thanks for sharing that. We have not heard that elderberries ameliorate the side effects of chemotherapy like that. That is really exciting if it is true. Of course there is the concern that if elderberries are reducing the side effects then are they reducing the anticancer effect also. We don't believe so because the chances are that elderberries are helping to ease the symptoms directly and are not reducing symptoms by reducing the effectiveness of the drugs. But this is something to discuss with the doctor before trying elderberries for this purpose.
Richters Herbs
It must be so because he did nothing else that would let him go so easily and without side effects through chemo. His doctor asked him what he was doing and my friend explained. His doctor then replied, elderberries should not be eaten raw, only cooked and advised him to stop eating them raw. My friend did not follow those instructions and continued to eat them raw. His wife told me he ate a hand full every time he passed the elderberry bush in his garden. (He is a hobby gardener and is out in his garden all day long.) This was about 5 years ago when they removed his bladder and built a new one out of his own tissue. The cancer did not reoccur thus far.
Gittl G.
Berried from European (Sambucus nigra) and American elder (Sambucus canadensis) have been eaten raw for many thousands of years. However, they do contain small amounts of glycosides that can release cyanide upon digestion, but so do many other foods. Some say eating fully ripe berries reduces this issue, but cooking or drying apprantly also resolves the potential problem. The blue elder, Sambucus caerulea, is also eaten raw when fully ripe, but why not try it in a pie? The red elder, Sambucus racemosa, was eaten in vast amounts by people in pre-history, but they were careful not to eat the stems or berries. It is said that these berries are safe to eat when cooked - but everyone should do their own investigations before deciding what to eat, and how to prepare it.
God Bless🙏
Can the flowers be used
You can dry them and make a delightful elderberry tea.
Yellow jackets go nuts on these. I have to fight the bees to get mine.
Noooooo lol whelp long sleeves and dish gloves for me?
I was given a bucket full of elder cuttings and planted them but I have no idea what variety they are so I don't know
what I need for a pollinator for heavy fruit production. I am growing it as a privacy screen and for the fruit. Are there
any tips on how I might determine which variety I have ? The cuttings were in water and there are already roots
sprouting out of the bottoms in just a few days, but they're safely in the ground now.
Richter's is the best in my book. Thank you
for your informative videos. When I figure out which varieties I need to help fruit production I'm going to buy from Richter's.
+Cheeto Fingers Unless the variety is clearly distinct with non-typical leaf shape or colour, it will be very difficult to identify the variety of your plants. The differences between the commercial varieties are not obvious to the eye. These varieties may differ in yields or berry size or earliness or lateness of fruiting, but those differences are often relative and cannot be compared unless the varieties are growing side-by-side. Elderberries will set better if you have a mix of varieties, so plant at least one other variety, and better 2-3 varieties. . And thanks for the kind comments!
Oh, and what variety does well with the Black Elderberry?? Will need a source for cuttings for both. Thank you. Judi
Do you share or sell cuttings??? Are Catalog available????
We sell plants and seeds, but not cuttings. Catalogue is available. Please visit www.richters.com/.
would i be able to plant in a containter?
Elder will grow in containers -- we grow our stock plants in large pots -- but unless the container very large you likely won't get many berries. Really, for good berry production you need to plant in the garden.
I have limited space, so I hope to grow it in a container. Thank you so much for your reply.
is there a white elderberry?
Maybe you can tell me if I have a black elder. It's a volunteer plant, gifted by the birds, so I don't know what it is. This beast has bumpy canes 1.5"" dia. in year 2 that grow about 8' tall in year 1, produces opposite leaf branches in mid April and dark purple, almost black flower clusters by the start of May in zone 4b-5 and produces prolific clusters of almost black berries on red stalks by late summer, a month before the dogwood berries are ripe. Leaves are green, small toothed and spear-shaped, curling and tender at this point. This is the 3rd year for the oldest cane and it has tender suckers at the root, it's branching out from ground level to tip, which I cut down to about 3.5' and on that one cane, it has 12 fruit clusters that are an inch dia. already. While raking up last month, I broke off what looked like a dead stump, but it had a 1" long leafing bud, so I just propped it up in the dirt. That bud is now 3" long, so I planted the stick. What is this monster?!
Does the Negra elderberry have to be heated to make syrup, as heating destroys some of the health benefits.
Thank you. I was concerned because we are in the Desert in Arizona (50 miles West of Phoenix) and want to grow Black Elderberry so very much. We do have several tropical fruit trees and with proper care are doing very well in our climate. So, now that you have answered my concern - do you know of a reliable source for cuttings of the Black Elderberry???? Judi
Judith Storck my husband buy it on line , check the web site of Doug and Stacy offgreed they have the place where to buy it.
@@romeliaarmstrong6143 Thank you. Judi
I did not realize there is a difference between the blue and black elderberry until I saw this TH-cam ,
seeds purchased off eBay turn out to be blue elderberry ,
my question to you is ...
is the blue elderberry as good as the black elderberry ?
Thanks :)
Sambucus canadensis is the currently accepted name for S. nigra subsp. canadensis and S. nigra var. canadensis.
What is wrong with these people? Let the man speak.
Hi,
i need one elder berry tree plant for medicine usage , if you have can you send it with cost to India.
thanks,
gopi.
Very good information. However "ha" stands for hector which is approximately 2.47 acres. And the red elderberry can be eaten with caution not to consume any of the seeds or stem. The seeds are very small and easily overlooked, so it's advisable just to not consume the red elderberry.
+fortbuilder100 Upon further reflection of this video, you mention children making whistles with the stems of this. There are reports of accidental poisoning of children doing exactly that. All woody parts of the elder are toxic, including roots stem and most seed, at least to some degree. But primarily the roots and stems. It's just a very negligible trace, in the seeds of the darker varieties of elder berry, if there.
Where can I get some elder shrubs?
J Colquitt I have been looking all over and randomly saw some today at Big R. I bought the only two they had there
Where can I buy one
?
Many garden centres carry elderberry bushes in the spring. But for the elite varieties you can get them from Richters. Here is a link: www.richters.com/Web_store/web_store.cgi?searchterm=elder&search_catalogue_button=Go
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I have a question I hope someone can help me with. I bought 5 wild American elderberry plants. Well I assume they are American elderberry since they were harvested from the wild. Will they cross pollinate with one another or do I need to buy another type?
Yes they will.
ty,good info
Can deer be a problem? They ate the fruit on a friend's plants and nibbled a young plant we recently planted.
According to Rutgers University at least one species of elder (Sambucus racemosa) is "rarely damaged" while another (S. canadensis) is "seldom severely damaged" by deer. That said, young plants are particularly vulnerable and need protection if deer grazing is heavy in your area. As for protecting the fruits, there is not much you can do short of erecting deer-proof fencing. Here is the Rutgers list of landscape plants rated by deer resistance: njaes.rutgers.edu/deerresistance/.
I have native American elder fruiting like bonkers right now. I don't know what native variety this is here but I can't imagine a larger yield. Maybe if it had multiple seasons..
This bush just needs a nitrogene to boost the fruiting stuff.
I will like to buy seeds please! I want to have it.please can you guide me ,how can i get it??
Richters sells seeds of European elder and plants of American elder and the elite elder varieties. Please visit www.richters.com/Web_store/web_store.cgi?searchterm=elder.
You may wish to reconsider. Seeds want scarification of 3 hot months plus 5 cold months.
Wow that Marginata verigated one sure looks a lot like Bishops weed!
You are referring to the variegated form of bishops weed. Indeed, bishops weed, or goutweed, is also known as "ground elder" because of the resemblance of its leaves to the leaves of true elder. But ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) is entirely different from the true elder (Sambucus spp.). It is a low ground cover that dies to the ground every winter.
If propagating wild elderberry from cuttings, would the cuttings from two different wild plants be considered a different variety?
Plants propagated from cuttings will be genetically identical to the mother plants from which the cuttings were taken. If you are taking cuttings from two different wild plants, the offspring will be identical to the mothers. If the two wild plants are of the same species and from the same locality, then the cuttings from them should be pretty similar genetically to each other.
@@richtersherbs thanks, I was just curious for cross pollination.
@@aw5832 Plants raised from cuttings will be identical to their mothers. But plants raised from the seeds from those plants could be crosses.
Elderberries are acceptable food but it is a matter of taste. I really like blueberries but I have to be really hungry to want elderberry.
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It's a prolific weed.