Everything You Need to Know About Haskap
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- A not-so-brief introduction to haskap (aka honeyberry or haskappu). I discuss such things as taste, growth, pests, harvesting, hardiness, bees and uses among other things.
The haskap bush was originally cultivated by Russians in the Far east and the Ainu people of Hokkaido in northern Japan. Recently, however, the University of Saskatchewan has propagated varieties that exhibit the hardiness of Russian plants and the sweetness and size of Japanese varieties.
An easy crop to grow and harvest, haskap has gained some popularity in North America as a superfood, and has the potential to become a grocery mainstay.
Thanks for your thoughts on the Haskap bushes, zone 1, that's hard core gardening.
Wow, the bugs look horrendous, but the berries look great! We just tried haskaps for the first time today and are now thinking about planting some. Thanks for the introduction
Great info. We are actually in our haskap orchard here in Ontario. Subbed up.
Two years ago I bought some Haskop and replaced the spirea out front of our house. Delicious fruit on my Aurora and Borealis! I think they taste like a blueberry / raspberry combo.
Wow two years... that’s a good turn around
Hi Joanne - I've just bought 3 Aurora bushes and am waiting for 2 HoneyBees to arrive. I was told the HoneyBees cross pollinate with the Aurora. Am assuming with your success that the Aurora and Borealis are cross pollinators. Is one sweeter than the other?
@@letahautamaki1877 not really, but there is a difference in sweetness even daily as they ripen. It's hard to determine exactly when to pick them as they turn colour long before they're sweet. If you can fight off the bears and birds long enough, you'll be surprised at the difference a day or two can make.
Hello from Northern BC ,our temps drop to -50 for short periods here so honey berries are a very popular choice 🌱
Tremendously informative, great video. Thank you!
Great overview, thanks!
Glad I just found your channel! Hello from the Yukon! I'd love to see a video series on which vegetables/fruits/crops where successful and which were not in your growing zone, with highlights of the good, the bad, and tips on everything from growing mediums used, watering, fertilizing, harvesting, sun requirements, species that you found better or worse than others in terms of yield, taste, cold hardiness, etc. Keep it up, I noticed you only recently started posting again so a little encouragement might help!
Hello there Yukoners! Thanks for watching the video. I have quite a few videos on our Facebook channel talking about all those things. If you’re interested our page is called Fountain Family Pharm.
I have the Aurora and Borealis varieties. I love the Aurora. Sweet and large. 7 years old and the king of my garden. I have to cover them with a bird net because our Robins LOVE THEM. Great video!
Any estimate of how many berries you get from a single plant?
@@ttb1513 I would estimate a bowl that would fit a gallon of water full of berries for each plant. They do ripen over time, so harvesting is continuous, not at all the same time.
@@Chewie576Ok, great! I have plants that are 2 years old (not including age at the nursery). Good to know what I have to look forward to. Thanks.
@@ttb1513 Mine are I think about 7 years old and are about 5' tall. I prune any branches that are facing inwards every winter.
I just got my haskap, 1 plant had a few berry on them before i got them. Definitely tasted like bluerazz.
I bought two of these from a friend of the family who owned a nursery for years and I planted them, but everything around them grew in a little bit too thick. I have Italian prune/plum a grape and fig Lingonberries some other shrubs, so I moved them last year, and I think I lost one I waited, and it just seem to die off so I had to buy another one because I couldn’t find the tag of the one that I had before so that I had to go buy another one so I would pollinate so now I have three of them two are several years old and one is new. So I’m excited I have them actually in large very large pots for now, but I have spaces I can move them to later. I love the way they look, I also do grow blueberries. I have about seven and strawberries and huckleberries and figs Italian plum or prune whatever you call it so I’m just so excited. Hopefully they have fruit in a couple years if not before.
Thanks for all your very helpful tips. Great job
Great video! Thank you!👍😊
Awesome video and a lot of information. I bought three Haskaps beauty, beast and blizzard and planted them last year. Let's see how they turn out to be
Which one is your pollinator? I was told that it was best to have one of the Russian or Czech ones in the bunch.
@@raincoast9010 Beast pollinates both... They're doing well actually
Thanks Steve. Good Luck with the Haskaps. I’d guess you might be a bit warm for them but others have tried with success in your zone.
The reason I love haskap is that it’s one of those rare fruits that does better the colder it gets. So much so that I’m zone 1 my production is probably better than my compatriots in zone 3. Although it takes a little longer for my plants to mature.
Can you grow apples there? i know they actually need cold winter for proper fruiting.
Awesome! I just planted a few honeyberries the other day. I may plant some more.
Ps: I'm a believer in perennials as well.💛🤗💛
I just planted 7 (5 different varieties!) in an urban lot in Madison Wisconsin... I'm so excited to see what works out. Edit: Thanks also for the super informative vid, the reason I wanted to comment lol
I planted 2 in wild area around my flat - sand, extremely poor soil and it was hot+dry all summer(i watered it ocasionally).Then in autumn something ate all branches and leaves to the ground.this year in spring both of them sprouted new leaves.They are hard to kill.
Hello from lynn lake, were getting some haskcaps brought up this month from im assuming thompson, they will be my first attempt at any sort of gardening lol
hello there in Lynn. You will be happy with haskap. just make sure to put them in a moist but sunny area. too dry or too shaded and you won’t get as many berries. Good luck!
Saskatoon and blueberry might be potential winners for you. Although with all the wild blueberries you have there may be no point. That sandy soil you guys have would be great for sour cherries (not actually sour) from the University of Saskatchewan. I’ve been successful but would have greater yields with sand.
It was interesting video. I to am in a lower zone 2 area and so haskaps have never failed me Note I have been sucessful at starting them from trimming which helps to grow the haskap bush without breaking the budget
Haskap truly is the go-to plant for cold climates
Robert, do you trim them when dormant or what time of year? How long does it take to root them? I only heard about haskaps a few months ago and have had problems finding places that sell them. So getting a couple plants and then being able to raise them from cuttings would be great. Thank you!
@@thisorthat7626 Well I am not an expert but I cut six cutting mid summer, two summers ago. I planted them right in the garden soil, marked them well and kept them weeded. All six are still alive. This winter I am trying something new and have some cuttings in a pail of sand by the wood stove. They have got leaves on them so we will see. Hope this helps
I hope you’re not in Pasadena. That’s too hot for Haskap.
For cuttings, covering the base of the plant with soil so that the first foot or so of the trunk is covered.
The buried stems will root over the spring and summer. In the fall, remove the soil from around the trunks and cut the rooted branches. Plant immediately.
Better to do with young shrubs than fully grown plants.
I am actually going to attempt to cross breed some of my plants next year there are some wild ones growing in the wild near my house that I will try to plant in my garden and I have a Japanese variety all ready growing so I will make a breed that would be very very well suited for my claimant
Let us know how it goes!
Two constructive suggestions :
Upload the videos in 1080 or 4K format, most screens have passed the 720p format.
Please, keep the content consistent on your channel, it has a great potential to grow in a few years.
Best wishes from India 🇮🇳
Zone 1...oh my!
Too bad there not zoned for 9b. I would love to plant those in my desert garden in Arizona!
Robin, if only we could trade or barter our plants like that. How much better could things be? 😏
Have two bushes producing for the first year. But the berries are small - maybe at best 4-5 mm long. Will they get bigger in following years, or what can one do ? Have no idea which variety I have.
That’s pretty small for haskap. Are you sure it’s haskap?
If you’re sure it’s haskap then you could taste them when ripe and get an idea what type they are. If they taste good they’ll be modern varieties.
How big are the leaves?
I’ve been up that way many times. I have many good memories from Paint lake and the South grassy river from the 80s,90s and early 2000s
How do you keep bears away
Bears have been a minor problem. We have enough to share with them. Best case scenario we’ve had was when the site was frequented by a large dominant male. Kept all the rest of the bears away and stayed away from humans.
I'm looking for NON-HYBRID varieties of Haskap (found in the wild and not cultivated to make them sweeter and bigger etc.). You mentioned the Russian variety might fit the bill but you didn't say the name of those varieties. Would you be so kind to help me with that?
Thank you.
I bought two and am not sure what kind they are but they never seem to fruit but they do flower but something is destroying the leaves with holes. I do nothing to either. I live in Anchorage Alaska and perhaps the birds are eating the berries but I find that hard to believe that I never see any fruit. I do get leaf rollers on my apple tree but that is not close to either of these shrubs at all. I think one is the Wojtek and the other might be the Honeybee based on their shape and size. I completely cut down the smaller of the two (Honeybee?) trying to excavate it from where that one is planted but couldn't manage to get it out so it grew back this year (these two are probably 5+ years old). Tired of whatever the insect is eating the leaves. Any help to get rid of the pest?
If the plants have chronic issues with disease or pests, it’s usually a sign that the conditions aren’t ideal. I’m sorry you’re having issues as haskap are generally awesome plants.
In the location they’re in are they too dry? Soaked? Are they getting full sun? Is there disturbance of the top few inches of soil? Haskap have very shallow roots. Are weeds and grass competing for nutrients?
Many folks will tell you to spray pesticide and I’ve done that too. That said, you’ll always have issues in poor conditions.
Hi, Jeff.
The cold-hardiness of Haskaps appeals to me because they're for a Zone 4 region in northern BC, where winters can get down to -40.
I'd like to help them out a bit more however I can, so am wondering if they'd like a layer of mulch as extra insulation for winter? Does a layer of mulch provide any benefit to them? If so, what kind of mulch do you recommend?
Yes mulch for sure. Weed competition will definitely set them back quite a bit. I use straw at about three inches. Wood chips seem to work too.
One thing to note is that haskap roots are shallow so whatever you use for mulch be careful to have some rougher material to allow for air exchange.
Those bugs would drive me nuts, I need to appreciate my property more...
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im in alberta canada we should trade some seeds or cuttings
I have aurora and borealis,purchased already planted together. They are in a 5 gallon pail as I can really only container garden. In the Toronto area. My question is about fertilizer. Do you recommend any particular type? Mine are pathetically small! Possibly 1 cm by half a cm. Thanks!
Compost for sure!
They will need extra care and might struggle in containers. Their root systems are very shallow naturally and you’d be forcing them to go deep. Be careful watering not to have the roots in standing water.
Are Canada's ag zones defined the same as USDA zones?
Hello Steve, yes they are. Although I wish I could will mine warmer (I'm in zone 3).
I think (USDA Zone) + 1 = (Canada Zone)
In other words, a plant rated as USDA Zone 4 is Zone 5 in the Canadian classification.
I agree get rid of plastic base we have enough plastic rather use people much better
It wouldn't be Manitoba without swarms of mosquitoes!
Are they true to seed?
I don’t believe so
why my honeyberry don't get fruits?
Do they have flowers in the early spring? If so then you’re missing pollinators or you need another type of Haskap for proper pollination. If you don’t have flowers you may need some phosphate and potassium fertilizer. Also, they like their soil to be moist but not saturated
Do you not use bird netting?
Not yet as the birds are not yet familiar with this fruit. I know that soon I’m going to need netting.
@@eightdragonkings how many harvests have you done without netting so far? I just planted some plants here a month or so ago...mature transplants...and they are some green berry starts popping out (I am in southcentral Alaska)...just wondering if I should use netting this year or not.
We’re on the third year of harvest
@@davidpavish3877 Just a heads up that the birds and bears are on to us now! The birds will strip all the berries in time, but the bears will ruin the entire bush. Heads up!
How to grow them from seeds?
Haskap propagates well with cuttings. However, the University of Saskatchewan probably holds rights on the most common Haskap varieties. Not sure of the legalities of propagating their plants, but I can't recommend it. Haskap will grow from seed, but you have to get lucky to get a similar plant. It is critical to maintain the genome for sweetness. after trying russian varieties, I can assure you that there is a massive difference.
I haven't had any seeds result in viable bushes yet, but where I've seen them grow from seed elsewhere, they are very tart.
I see that mounding with soil and letting them root is pretty successful
You have the wrong Russian varieties if you want sweet you want something like a blue banana or a strawberry sensation the ones that you're growing are meant for medicine.
The Russian varieties I have are only for cross pollination (which they are excellent at). The Canadian haskap are better performers for fruit yield and flavour where I am located.
Haskap are from Japan (bad taste) honeyberrys are from Rusia (stil bad taste) but The "new" polish are ok tasting but The canadian are Better in every way
Yeah...the "viking" was making stuff up as he was going along--not sure why because there's plenty of factual information available that does NOT match what he was spouting--which irritated me. Glad you said something.
The Japanese varieties are awesome! Excellent flavour