There is also a related tree-form called Hippophae saclifolia, that is quite interesting.
I had Freisdorfer Orange, but pulled it out before I really gave it a chance based on worries about the needles and suckering. Should have just moved it to a more suitable spot.
I’ve had candy that tasted like passion fruit/peach/ and something like musk mango has. How this candy was made I don’t know. The acidity was knocked completely off. So under the acidity and with some sugar there’s some nice fruit flavors.
It is made like bent tweezers and at the end is either a braided line for fishing or a thin string for a lawnmower - trimmer. It makes sense to use this tool when there are many fruits and it is necessary to find the right time of ripening.
It is also good to test the thickness of the rope according to the variety of sea buckthorn, so that the fruits do not bounce too much. Some varieties have a longer stem and others are like stuck. A little practice and it works like a joy. We don’t have time to sort it all, so it freezes, and when it’s time, it gradually gets rid of the leaves while you’re still freezing them.
The method of collection is on the video. Basically, I walk over a branch and the fruit falls into a box that is slung over my shoulder. If the bush is very tall - I have 5-6 m, then I stretch a white non-woven fabric under the bush and the fruits fall on the fabric. Walking up a ladder with a box on your shoulder is not comfortable. It works great for smaller bushes.
i had 3 bushes 5 years ago. 2 female and a male. i liked the fruit but picking was way too labor intensive for what i got so i removed them. that said they grew very fast on my rocky clay soil so long as they had good drainage. had fruit in the 2nd year from a 12in. seedling.
This year, I didn’t have to collect because the birds took care of it for me. Specifically, tits and magpies. They peck at it, and then it starts fermenting, and as a result, the fruits have a somewhat unpleasant odor. After that, I can’t use this tool anymore, so I have to pick them by hand, which I naturally don’t want to do. So this year, nothing went into the freezer.
As for that tool, various curved kitchen utensils can be used for it, such as a turner or a potato peeler, just instead of the metal blade, attach a fishing line and so on. It doesn’t have to be tweezers. I prefer longer tools so that I don’t have to lean too much towards the branches.
hopefully someday a breeder can develop a variety that the berries grow further from the branch to aid in picking.
The variety I’m harvesting in this video has slightly longer stems. But I don’t know the name. It’s very easy to harvest with this tool.
I ordered a sweeter variety - Altajská, but something else arrived.
Do you sell any of your air layers?
I need a mature male to pollinate my two females. I may also be interested in a Titan female if you have any air layers to share.
I have a 3’ air layer going on my female now but I don’t remember the cultivar. It grow good and fast.
Thanks!
To get back to your original questions:
I have young plants propagated from my neighbour’s Botanika. Besides having no thorns, long stems and large sweeter fruit, it is also very early. They’re beginning to yellow right now. Normally they ripen mid-late July.
I also got Podruga, very much the same characteristics, but it’s supposedly much sweeter than most varieties. Hopefully it will fruit next year.
As for Lubera, they are good at scouring for interesting breeding material, but otherwise a lottery in my experience. I have two of their autumn olives (which they have renamed “pointilla” in their marketing). While one (Fortunella) is great, the other (Amoroso) drops all it’s fruitload about 3 weeks before ripening. Anyways, who asks for 29 € for an autumn olive??? (I did not pay that.)
I just had my first harvested seedling sea buckthorn fruits, It was quite a bit late (overripe) but still my interest is renewed. Thanks for keeping the thread on topic!
I had my first couple seaberries this year. I think they were Orange Glow and Orange Energy. My labels got misplaced. Either way, I really like them. They remind me of that old astronaut drink Tang in terms of flavor. Looking forward to trying more next year.
Sounds very appealing. I really want to try some, any good recommendations/sources?
One Green World has several varieties. I recently ordered Botanica, Frugana, Golden Sweet, Sirola, and Titan along with a male for pollination.
I have Titan; it is a very vigorous grower. Haven’t tried the berries yet.
i had several about 4 years ago. they grow extremely well here but i found the berries hard to harvest and the taste was even too sour for my taste. they went from a 12in seedling to a 7ft tree in 2 years. i may try some of the newer ones as they improve harvestability and flavor. no bugs or disease bothered them.
Perfect Circle Farm will probably be my source in the future. Buzz is growing some good ones.
