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Post by MikeH on Mar 2, 2013 3:44:44 GMT -5
As far as I know honeyberryusa is the only place they will be available. There must be others unless it is their exclusive variety. Probably a good idea to attempt to reserve if they would do that. Hi Tom, From the looks of it, this variety is a release from the PFRA Shelterbelt programme at Indian Head in Saskatchewan. Around 2002, they released 6 cultivars, two of which were virtually thornless - Selection 6582, named Harvest Moon and Selection 6476, named Orange September. They were released to a tissue culture nursery - DNA Gardens. The variety I have is Harvest Moon which I was lucky to get just as the owners retired and sold their tissue culture business to Prairie Tech Propagation - www.prairietechpropagation.com/index.php/plant-list/sea-buckthorn. I wonder where Honeyberry USA is sourcing the plants since they don't propagate their own. Regards, Mike |
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Post by oxbowfarm on Mar 2, 2013 8:08:16 GMT -5
I received some Seabuckthorn seed in trade from travtorn in Denmark. He had wild harvested it from the beach. I've got it out in a seedbed vernalizing. Can't wait to see if it comes up this spring. This is a really neat plant.
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Post by castanea on Mar 2, 2013 10:45:22 GMT -5
I grew about a dozen plants for 7 or 8 years. I always had two males and the rest were various females. I never had even one fruit. I assume it was due to lack of adequate chilling in the winter.
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Post by MikeH on Mar 3, 2013 4:12:10 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2013 12:27:51 GMT -5
I heard a vendor complaining that more exotic fare could not be fresh, because there were not enough people interested in buying.
I believe I am encountering a similar situation with seeds, when I care for the seedlings, meticulously, but they suddenly lose vigor.
I bought 100+ Sea buckthorn seeds, understanding that grafted clones would not be self fertile. 4 sprouts are still standing.
This might be more seedstock, which can be bought "raw" or "whole," at the health food store, assuming that it last longer inside of the fruit.
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Post by nicollas on Dec 27, 2013 14:43:08 GMT -5
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Post by MikeH on Dec 28, 2013 7:29:10 GMT -5
We got our first harvest this year. Not a lot but enough to taste. I really like the taste. It reminded me of sour orange juice. It needs sweetening but the flavour is good. Joyce, on the other hand, squeezed her eyes shut, puckered up and spat it out. I don't think she found the flavour.
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Post by steev on Dec 28, 2013 15:33:31 GMT -5
Women lack insensitivity.
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Post by MikeH on Dec 28, 2013 16:50:54 GMT -5
She also has no sense of smell either but I can attest that her hearing and sight senses are more or less perfect. As for touch, she's not touchy about much, very even keeled.
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