Anybody growing black currant in MN?
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Comments (11)Interesting differences in what is grown in various parts of the world. This is my grow list - very northern European. American land cress Apple mint (already planted) Bay (already planted) Beetroot 'Boltardy' Brussels Sprout 'Trafalgar' Broad Bean (already planted) Broccoli 'Red Arrow' Blackberry 'Adrienne' Blackcurrant (various already planted) Blueberry (already planted) Fashion accessory but I was given it so I will try it. Cabbage 'Stonehead' or 'Golden Acre' Calabrese 'Green Sprouting' Cauliflower (winter) Carrot 'Flyaway' Chamomile Chicory 'Variegata Di Castelfranco' Comfrey (already planted) Courgette 'Parador' Cucumber 'Burpless Tasty Green.' Fennel Florence French climbing bean 'Cobra' Garlic (already planted) Gooseberry 'Xania' Grape (already planted) Jerusalem artichoke (already planted) Leek 'Musselburgh Improved' Lemon Balm (already planted) Lettuce 'Webb's Wonderful' Mizuna Okra 'Pure Luck' Onion 'Ailisa Craig' (planted in seed tray 4/01/11) Pea Early Onward Parsnip 'White Gem' Plum 'Victoria' (already planted) Potato Kestrel Pumpkin 'Big Max' Radish 'Cherry Belle' Rocket Runner Bean 'Aintree' Runner Bean 'Red Rum' Rhubarb 'Champagne' (already planted) Rhubarb Chard Salsify Scorzonera Spinach 'Medania' Squash Strawberries 'Cambridge' mainly (already planted ) Swede 'Marian' Sweet Cicerly (already planted) Sweetcorn 'Two's Sweeter' Tomato (not sure which variety yet) Thyme (already planted) I would like to try some Oca but 'The Real Seed Catalogue' has sold out. Might try a Yacon though. I remembered that I had lots of seeds in the shed and brought them home to go through them. I am not too sure how good they will be so I think that I will just keep them in reserve at the moment. I may just use them as a green manure, sowing them and then digging them in when they have developed a little. The seed that I have already are. ÷ Chives ÷ French Bean Blue Lake ÷ Beetroot Wodan F1 Hybrid ÷ Beetroot Boltardy ÷ Onion Bedfordshire Champion . I think that I will plant these tomorrow in the same way as the Ailsa Craig. ÷ Broccoli Sprouting Redhead ÷ Broccoli Summer Purple Sprouting (Wok Brocc) ÷ Broad Bean Aquadulce Claudia ÷ Broad Bean BunyardâÂÂs Exhibition ÷ Nasturtium Tom Thumb ÷ Dwarf Bean Delinel ÷ Courgette Black Beauty ÷ Runner Bean Streamline ÷ Runner Bean White Apollo ÷ Carrot Royal Chantenay Red (Two packets) ÷ Carrot Early Nantes ÷ Spinach ÷ Cauliflower Chassiron F1 Hybrid ÷ ......See Moreare red currants supposed to be horribly bitter??
Comments (17)Hi again Dogonit. Beeone tells it like it is- you'll be eating your own corn, tomatoes, even eggplant and sometimes canteloupe. I don't know what the laws are regarding transplanting from the wild, but my own thought is that if done with an eye to conservation it's harmless. Many populations tolerate a little thinning. We've moved a few things -ferns, larkspur, violas (Johnny jump-ups) that have done well, but we were disappointed when a ladyslipper orchid (cypripedium montanum) died out after a couple or three years. We would not have lifted that one except that it was in the way of road construction. Rocky Mountain Wildflowers is a good choice, in my mind. There are others, but the Craigheads know their stuff from long experience. Local nurseries should be good. I lean towards older, funkier outfits. My wife worked for one just west of Helena in the 60's, but the name escapes me. As to the weather, remember there's no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing. Lay in a supply of polypro long johns, fleece jackets and vests, Woolrich and Pendleton shirts, gloves and mitten liners, and a few nice wool sweaters, and, of course, Malone pants (with suspenders, I hope!) for real comfort. Dress in layers so you can customize yourself to the (ever-changing) conditions. Insulated coveralls can make a world of difference when you're ice-fishing on Canyon Ferry or Georgetown Lake in the middle of the night in December. Montana people aren't like those back east because they're rarer. In the east there are so many people they get in the way, and people need to shout to be noticed. In the West there's so few, outside of our little cities, that you tend to be glad to see them when you can, and a whisper can be a shout. At the same time, we tend to value our privacy, and the opportunity to be alone in the hills or on a lake or river somewhere. Sometimes the measure of a good friend is somebody you can be alone with without much talk- so you may run into a peculiar kind of taciturnity. Plus, there's some jerks, too, but that's another story ... Best, M...See Morezone denial and fruit growing
Comments (40)It is so neat to see one of my old posts (under my old name) brought back up again. This reminds me just how much my relationship to growing is constantly evolving.... In the seven years since I started this thread, I have maintained my love of the more exotic tropical and subtropical fruits (I still love visiting Southern California), but at the same time I have done away with the zone denial, and come to terms with my reality. What I know now: ironically, most of the so-called temperate zone fruits are a complete crapshoot due to late springs frosts (though the peaches and cherries are awesome when they produce) jujube is a real winner, along with hybrid mulberry varieties raspberry and grapes are excellent autumn olive does well as a nitrogen-fixing understory shrub with berries as a bonus growing tropical fruits in my sunroom was too much of a pain, mostly due to scale figs and pomegranates are hopeless outside in the ground in my climate, even though they live for many years, they will never produce because they die back to the ground pomegranates (and likely many other tender deciduous fruits) work great in pots if you have a place to overwinter them (I now have a greenhouse!) many, many plants have grown well, but never fruited or the quality of the fruit was not special enough (these include: goji, golden currant, gooseberry, American elder, black raspberry, blackberry, wineberry, black mulberry, dwarf nectarine, etc.). Most of these I have already removed from my gardens a few have failed miserably, including: hardy kiwi, pawpaw, American persimmon (though this one is still under trial) socalnolympia -- I hope you solve the lack of heat problem with your pomegranates -- I think you will probably need a row cover or something similar to allow for late season ripening though. Just be sure to move onto the next experiment if the first does not show promise, because if I knew 7 years ago what I know now, I would be reaping the rewards in a much bigger way!...See MoreWhich minor/unusual fruits/berries are worth growing?
Comments (49)I have and tasted the following fruits from the list: Aronia: Productive, bit too tart to eat fresh. wonderful to add it into juice. Plant is easy to grow. Chinese Haw: Sweet ,but not too sweet. little tart and sour. The source tasted like cranberry source we use in the Christman dinner. Very popular in China, although the fruit size is a lot bigger. Street vendors string a dozens of them on a long wooden or bamboo stick and coat them with sugar to sale to the kids as snack. Goumi: sweet-tart. My has small fruit, about pea size. Can be eaten fresh. The flower is sweet, pleasant. The plants is easy to grow. Japanese Raisin Tree: Tree itself can grow very tallll. The fruit is very sweet, but not pure sweet like sugar. Its sweetness has some other taste in it. I can't descrip the undertone taste . When we talk about the sweetness of the plants, for example, Stevia's leaves is very sweet but many people do not like the undertone taste. I vote mulberry the #1 favorite minor berry. The tree is easy to grow, the fruit is abundant, and fruit is sweet and juicy. It tastes better than raspberry, backberry or, other commercially grow berries. For people who are lucky in the south, Loquat is a good choice too. The tree is about 10-15' tall, the fruit is a bit smaller in a size of pingpong ball. When it is ripe, it is sweet and juicy. I have current grow in my yard. balck, red, and white. They can be eaten fresh but not particular good taste. It is better to juice them and mix them with other sweeter fruit juice. Another minor berry I like to grow is gooseberry. Pick Poorman. The fruit is balanced sweet and tart, very flavorful. It definately can be eaten fresh....See Moresoilent_green
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