Comments on: Edible Blue Honeysuckle: A Fruit for Cold Climates

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:53:04 +0000

The U of S collects 50 cents per plant for royalty fee, and that has to be paid no matter who you purchase from. The fees collected go towards further research and development of the haskap and fruit industry. Again, I will recommend Prairie Plant Systems (see link below) as a reputable source of plants.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:26:04 +0000

I bought my plants over the internet from Alberta Nurseries … they didn’t do much last year but this year they grew quite a bit … I’m hoping to see some berries next year.

By: carlos

carlos — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:58:02 +0000

Can any one tell me where to buy Russian or Japaness hascap plants.
I was looking into purchasing 5000 plants from U of S Tundra type but we need to pay 500 $ royalties. If we could find better price it wil help every one.
All of us farmers we need help to produce and the lowest cost possible and develop our country and put products in the market at a reasonable price but if the starting cost is high it does not help.
So can some one help find these plants at a reasonable price?
Thanks
Carlos

By: Barbra

Barbra — Tue, 31 May 2011 03:05:08 +0000

We have established a number of varieties of Haskap and are looking
for anyone or any information and trials of pollinators
or what type of bee’s anyone is having any luck with?
Our climate is quite cool here and growing season is short
Southwestern Alberta near US/BC border)
Thank you for any information!!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:54:56 +0000

Whoops… http://www.prairieplant.com if you want to look them up.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:54:10 +0000

Barb,
One place to purchase haskap is Prairie Plant Systems. They’ll take your order and arrange a shipment when it is convenient for you. I highly recommend them.

By: Barb

Barb — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:32:09 +0000

Lynne, you mentioned you were from Calgary and had plants growing. May I ask where you purchased them? It sounds very exciting.

By: Clayton

Clayton — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:16:21 +0000

I would think your Agent is right. However there are some tricks you could try if you are really itchy (so to speak). I would try planting in a lower area with some shade. Or partial shade in general. We can easily get temperatures in the high 20 C to low 30s in late June. A cool spring is nice but they are done setting fruit (Russian types) within several weeks of the snow leaving. A bigger issue is whether you will have enough cold temperature to initiate bud set for flowers in spring. It would seem by the reaction we can get here in mid Saskatchewan by late summer, say early September and a light frost, that you would need at least -5C to trigger flower buds. We have seen fruit set in that situation! By the same token, in spring they will easily handle that kind of frost on the flowers. Check out Northwoods Garden News for Saskatchewan bred plants. http://northwoodsgarden.blogspot.com/ They are in Minnesota.
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By: Patrick/Patrick's Garden

Patrick/Patrick's Garden — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:58:39 +0000

The first time I heard about this fruit I too was pretty pumped up about it as your other commentators . However when I brought up the plant with my Kansas State extension agent, she said although she the plant grows well here, our summers are too hot to expect fruit from the plant. Thank you for your exhaustive write up about this wonderful story.

By: Clayton

Clayton — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:22:58 +0000

Our experience here is that they are not real particular. The Canadian version of this berry which grows in the wild, tends to be a lowland plant. Read swampy even We are growing them on a low organic matter semi gravelly soil and they do well with 6 to 8 inches of rain and no fertilizer. Craig larson at Swan River Manitoba grows them on former hayland. More important is the spring potential for pollination as they bloom so very early.