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Post by richardw on Feb 27, 2013 13:27:40 GMT -5
Those lingonberries look so much like the Chilean guava but only shorter growing
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Post by MikeH on Feb 27, 2013 16:16:57 GMT -5
wow holly, edible honeysuckle???! They'd fruit for you, bunkie, based on the pictures of snow that you've posted but I'm not sure about for you Holly. What's the coldest winter temps you get? If you want seeds, I can send you some. Or you can buy plants. One Green World has a fairly wide selection although none of them has had any breeding work done other than what the Russians did before they made them available to OGW. |
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Post by steev on Feb 27, 2013 23:38:35 GMT -5
I think white currants are scarcely worth growing, so bland.
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Post by 12540dumont on Feb 28, 2013 1:26:31 GMT -5
Winter? Well, there was that week that it was 20. We've had snow every 5 years or so. Hail, and once down to 14. Most winters of my 50 some years have been in the 30's. But now it's any one's guess.
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Post by steev on Feb 28, 2013 2:17:25 GMT -5
Yes, although I think mid-teens are normal on the farm, this year it's not dropped below 28F, and now we're past normal minimum dates and warming. That's why I'm getting my transplants seeded; looks like an early year, and maybe a very hot July. I so hope we get more rain, or I'll be very short for irrigation, having to turn it on early with a deficient reserve.
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Post by MikeH on Feb 28, 2013 4:53:37 GMT -5
Winter? Well, there was that week that it was 20. We've had snow every 5 years or so. Hail, and once down to 14. Most winters of my 50 some years have been in the 30's. But now it's any one's guess. Hmmm. I don't think they'll fruit for you but they're worth having a go at. Want seeds?  |
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Post by 12540dumont on Feb 28, 2013 12:32:10 GMT -5
Sure, I'll try. If I don't get cold enough weather, I transport them to Steev.
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Post by steev on Feb 28, 2013 21:05:27 GMT -5
As in transport to the North American colonies or transport to Australia? Really, my farm isn't that remote and in no way should be regarded as a punitive destination.
I planted a couple dozen varieties on the farm before I'd worked out irrigation issues, critter control, or had any shade, whatsoever; just another example of irrational enthusism. Three or four still marginally survive. I'm starting to think I may have learned enough and gotten my infrastructure developed adequately to take another run at currants and gooseberries, just when the microclimate may be getting utterly unsuitable, of course. TWBDWIIC!
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Post by jocelyn on Jun 6, 2017 6:10:34 GMT -5
I can vouch for Rovada in zone 5b. Heavy annual cropper, no disease issues.
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Post by richardw on Jul 21, 2018 0:19:45 GMT -5
Would be handy to be able to select for more uniform ripening, at least ripe currents can stay on the bush of a couple of weeks while the later ripening fruit catch up.
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Post by richardw on Jul 21, 2018 14:30:44 GMT -5
I only grow the black current nowadays as i dont get the die back i was getting on the red and white currents, this something you get with yours at all?.
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Post by richardw on Jul 22, 2018 0:49:43 GMT -5
Winters tend to be a bit up and down temperature wise, take yesterday, got to 18C 64F which is warm here for mid winter, but we don't really get hard freezing like you get. I had thought it may have something to do with the high water table i get here in winter, the water at the moment is about metre below ground but i can still drive a car around over this property being alluvial. So the plants don't stand in overly wet soil.
My black current is an unknown old variety that ive had for 30+ years, a number of years ago i was given a black current that was some highfalutin modern commercial variety that didn't end up producing any better than the my old variety, was supposed to have been the bees knees in taste and yield.
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