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Post by raymondo on Nov 26, 2015 23:12:57 GMT -5
Last season I put one of my jostaberry fruits in the freezer. I got the frozen fruit out at the end of winter and sowed the seeds. After 3 months, I have one healthy seedling. From reading I have done, it seems jostaberries are tetraploid so there should be a good deal of variation in seedlings. I'm looking forward to seeing what this little one produces when it grows up. Jostaberry seedling (sown August 26th, pic taken November 26th)  A closeup  |
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Post by richardw on Dec 1, 2015 12:54:05 GMT -5
Good luck with this one Ray, never tried a jostaberry myself
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Post by Marches on Dec 24, 2015 8:41:56 GMT -5
Last season I put one of my jostaberry fruits in the freezer. I got the frozen fruit out at the end of winter and sowed the seeds. After 3 months, I have one healthy seedling. From reading I have done, it seems jostaberries are tetraploid so there should be a good deal of variation in seedlings. I'm looking forward to seeing what this little one produces when it grows up. Jostaberry seedling (sown August 26th, pic taken November 26th) A closeup Seen these plants in garden centres, understand they're blackcurrant-gooseberry hybrids. Plants look greatly vigorous, more so than blackcurrants. I'm wondering if there's any point to them over blackcurrants or gooseberries though. |
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Post by raymondo on Dec 24, 2015 17:12:24 GMT -5
Seen these plants in garden centres, understand they're blackcurrant-gooseberry hybrids. Plants look greatly vigorous, more so than blackcurrants. I'm wondering if there's any point to them over blackcurrants or gooseberries though. They are supposedly more hardy than either black currants or gooseberries and less disease prone. I can't say I've noticed any difference but I've only been growing them for a few years. |
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Post by prairiegarden on Jan 4, 2016 23:30:29 GMT -5
I have a very healthy black currant which easily shrugs off the worst weather Saskatchewan has thrown at it..several days of -45C + windchill a couple of years ago, although that was unusually unpleasant and considerably colder than normal, at least for the past ten years or so. I have an unidentified grape, possibly a wild grape as it has small and somewhat seedy (but addictive) fruit which didn't seem to notice the weather either and also pumped out the usual harvest. Anything that needs to be hardier than that... maybe that sort of weather kills off the nasties for a few years.
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Post by raymondo on Jan 4, 2016 23:34:05 GMT -5
Good to se that black currants and at least some grapes can withstand such low temps. We don't get anything like that. The worst a plant could expect here is around -15°C.
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Post by lieven on Jan 7, 2016 16:34:56 GMT -5
I've got a Josta seedling that is a spitting image of the original Josta.
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Post by raymondo on Jan 8, 2016 21:09:44 GMT -5
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Post by raymondo on Jan 9, 2016 16:39:32 GMT -5
toomanyirons, I like the idea of sowing and leaving outside to go through winter though I've had no success with either chestnuts or hazels yet. Still, I think it's better than fussing around trying to recreate cycles artificially.
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Post by philagardener on Jan 9, 2016 16:59:49 GMT -5
Wild black currant and wild gooseberry volunteers pop up everywhere here with the birds eating the berries and spreading the seeds, but I have never had any success trying to start any ribes from seeds myself. Frustrating, I must be missing something basic with the process. Ever think about feeding some through a chicken? Acid treatment, mechanical abrasion, and automatic fertilization! |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jan 10, 2016 13:47:02 GMT -5
When I planted hazelnuts, most of them didn't germinate until the second growing season. It did occur to me that the one step I am skipping that is happening in the wild is my seeds going through a digestive system. I suppose that you have one waiting to be put to use...  |
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Post by philagardener on Jan 11, 2016 18:56:59 GMT -5
Well, a gallon of currants would process more quickly than whole hazelnuts. . .  |
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Post by steev on Jan 11, 2016 21:50:14 GMT -5
Depends on whether you shell the hazelnuts; Depends, indeed.
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Post by prairiegarden on Jan 17, 2016 19:47:59 GMT -5
A couple of years ago the grocery store was clearing out chestnuts for pennies after Christmas so I threw 5 of them in pots in the house just to see what would happen, They all came up within 10 days, grew like crazy all summer but the winter finished them off. No idea where they originated or what sort they were. It was fun to fantasize about having some chestnut trees around the property while it lasted though.
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Post by steev on Jan 18, 2016 21:37:27 GMT -5
I find the whites bland; do you not like blacks? Many Americans find them too strong, but not me.
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