Comparing Honeyberry Varieties w/ Tasting 

I have them. They are very sour. They are not anything like blueberry even when very ripe

@@louisethomas8074 Thanks I want the blueberry taste and I like the ones that stay on the tree instead of dropping to the ground.

I also just picked up blue banana, just planted in ground a few days ago

What do you think of the taste and how long does it take for the green berries to be perfect to pick?

@cruz cooper hiking I really like the flavor. Not very sweet on their own. Yield is decent off each bush provided you net them. Goes well with rhubarb for pie or jam. Or great on their own. Picking for us is usually June. Usually just before our Strawberries and Hardy Cherries need our attention and netting. So they fit in well.

@@wysiwygcanada do you have a pollination partner with it?

@cruz cooper Yes. We also staggered the varieties for ours. I just throw a few cloth pots of borage around just in case.

Also known as Haskap. Might help your searching.

I had bad soil and moved the garden bed to a different part of the farm 10 times better. Gotta get some compost in there some how. Test the ph also.

Thanks for sharing.

and Borealis?!

Which one do you prefer ?

Good stuff!

what other varieties would you recommend ? please reply, I am trying to do some research before I finally order mine . what pollinator do you use for blue banana ?

I have 7 varieties old and 2 new which I haven't tried yet. Two of them are dessert varieties The one is BlueBanana. The other is Boreal Blizzard They are both excellent eaten off the Bush. All my other ones are for jam and processing in general. For next year I am waiting for Strawberry Sensation and Boreal Beast which are also supposed to be dessert how even I haven't tried yet. And finally I am planning to buy an Aurora which is highly recommended by others for sweetness. Personal favorite remains Blue Banana. You need a compatible pollinator though. A different variety. There are pollination charts for this. The only problem with honeyberries is judging when to pick them. They are ridiculous early to change colour into black and you think they are ready. They are not. There is another 20 days of waiting... Once they become soft and squishy and fall on your hand with a single touch THAT'S WHEN THEY are ready and fully ripe. Cheers

Cheers mate xX

Strawberry flavor? 🍓

​@@homeharconnen1748strawberry sensation is actually kinda disapointing. Kinda like Boreal Beauty but bitter. Giant's Heart is much better while being quite simmilar in flavpur profile.

I haven't tried those, no! I hear Aurora is very good.

in this region of the world comfrey is not just a nitrogen fixer but THE nitrogen fixer lol

The beast bloomed quite early. Right in line with my late frosts. Contrary to what is published on them, they both seem to flower a bit early actually. Maybe that will change as they get older. They are still very young. What I did learn was that honeyberry flowers are quite hardy. They survived 20-22F multiple nights. No damage. The plums and apricots did not.

@@RossRaddi Thank you! That is all good to know for sure.

Hello how did they taste and witch one do you like most Boreal Beast, Beauty, Blizzard, Vostorg, Jugana,?

@@superinvandrare9326 haven't testet them all yet. Will be able to test aurora and all the boreals this year. Will let you know.

@@Olvee keep us updated, please!

​@@OlveeReally curious for a comparison, how was your experience? Especially beauty, duet, vostorg, borealis, aurora

​@@Optimistforreal Hi, Aurora was great, but I got no fruit to compare with last year. This year I will get fruit on all my bushes. Planning a taste test with my neighbours, with a simple 1-10 rating system. Will let you know this summer :)

Honeyberryusa

The extra ripe ones are sufficiently sweet. About as much as a blueberry. Chandler if I remember correctly is mostly sweet with not a lot of acidity, so I would imagine anyone's taste buds would always think Chandler is much sweeter.

So birds don't eat them

Yes I did not know what he was talking about until I read the comments

It wasn't ripe when you picked it

Why?…is it that big of a deal

@@francostacy7675 I had not idea what he was talking about did not recognize the word until I read the comments here. I am new to haskap and did not know the name if I did I would put 2 and 2 together.