New Favorite Bush Fruit
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Comments (6)Wow, thanks for all the great suggestions. Well, I'm definitely going to have to put in a blackberry (or dewberry) bramble (I already have a great spot in mind) and you all have me convinced on the fig tree. I think I still might try pomegrantes and kiwi also because I love kiwi and pomegrantes are so great for you. SissyZ thanks so much for that great link and for the cultivars. I put the link on my lists of favorites....See Morewhen is the best time to plant new fruit bushes and veggies -NYC?
Comments (2)Blueberry and raspberry bushes are very different from the others. This is a good time to plant them. They're like roses. I just transplanted my blueberry a couple of weeks ago. Cool weather and rain is actually nice for them and as they wake up they get right to growing. I would think that strawberries and tomatoes can be planted as well although you may run the risk of frost damage since this winter seems to be hanging on. I suspect that most people would wait, but I'd take the risk just to ensure that I got things going. In fact, I'm planting this weekend. Good luck....See MoreWhat are your favorite fruit/vegetable varieties for New England?
Comments (9)Can't help you much with the fruit. I live a half-mile down the road from a berry farm so I let them do the growing! (They also sell pumpkins so I don't grow those either as I don't have the room). I also get other fruits from a local organic orchard. I do grow garlic. I have limited space - well, I have a large yard but limited SUN. So my go-to variety of garlic is called Chinese Pink, and I grow it mainly because it can be harvested by late May, early June, which frees up the space for my summer veggies. Last year I waited too long to order and Chinese Pink was sold out. And for the life of me I can neither remember what two varieties I ordered nor find the invoices for them. I think one of them was something like Western Rose. I know I had decided to try a softneck and a hardneck, but sorry, that's the best I can remember. Last season I discovered the beauty of onion sets! I have grown from seed before (copra is one onion I grew) but last year my friend's husband had extra sets left and gave them to me, and that is the only way for me now! But since they were given to me, I don't know what kind they are. Geez, I don't know why I bothered responding to you - I'm not much help here, am I?! Beans - I always grow Fortex; peas, I like Lincoln; cukes, I often grow Marketmore but like to mix things up; peppers, I like Jimmy Nardellos and Rocket. Herbs - I like (or I should say my husband the cook likes) Genovese basil, although I've grown the purple basil as well (and used it in bouquets!). I also grow the large flat-leaf parsley (Giant of Italy). Ditto on what nhbabs said about the cilantro - needs resowing all season. I also grow rosemary from seed but have yet to successfully overwinter indoors (I can't overwinter anything indoors!). Oregano grows very easily here - actually rip some out every year as it reseeds. And I've had success with thyme as well. Letuces - ah, you are talking to someone who loves lettuce, and who helped grow it at a farm. My all-time favorite is New Red Fire, a red leaf lettuce, but it seems to be a delicate lettuce. I try some every year anyway because I love it. Another red leaf option is Red Sails. Green leaf Black Seeded Simpson is an old standard, and Tropicana is a good variety. Red and green oakleaf are beautiful varieties, as is Lollo Rosso. Summercrisp (we grew a lot of Nevada) I believe holds up better during the heat of summer. A good bibb lettuce is Winter Density, and a nice, somewhat unusual heirloom is Deer Tongue. All lettuce prefers cool weather, and you will get smaller heads during the heat of summer. The woman I grew with was a lettuce magician, lol, and was the only person at the farmer's market who had lettuce in the dog days of summer! I don't quite have the touch that she did but I still try growing it all season long, and I do get some lettuce in the hot days. I also always like to try new things along with my old "stand-bys". I also usually grow some of Johnny's greenhouse mixes, which I cut as baby lettuces, and also some of the greens mixes, which I mix in with the baby lettuces. Yum. Now I can't wait for spring and a REAL salad!...See MoreFavorite or most productive fruit trees/bushes?
Comments (1)i like more tropical and exotic stuff... pomegranate, loquat, mulberry, Lychee, white sapote... pawpaw would be good. Lychee and white sapote are probably out your zone, unless you protect them well. check temps......See MoreKonrad___far_north
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