All - anyone growing these in pots? If so, what size of pot are they happy in? I’m considering putting 2 or even 3 plants in a large pot - like say 25 or 30 gal.
My thought was to put the following together:
(Mid/late Japanese hybrids)
Boreal Blizzard
Boreal Beast
Boreal Beauty
And “maybe” Banana though that seems fully Russian.
And a 2nd large pot of the following - all late season and all Japanese (though I’m not sure if Strawberry Sensation is Japanese stock):
Solo
Maxie
Keiko (maybe)
Strawberry Sensation.
Thoughts?
My thinking was that these are a trial for me anyways and having them grouped like this will ensure closeness for pollination, will let the roots communicate FWIW, let me manage watering better, let me manage pH and fertilizing/etc better, and generally mimic them being in the ground near each other.
@Gkight I was going to just get the last group but then saw that the middle group has varying percentages of Japanese heritage and also have some really positive notes on taste/fruit. So I’m wondering if I can be a trial person for them
Thank you! I had seen that thread a while ago but not recently. Seems like my multi-planting in a pot idea isn’t a good one. I guess it would be better to have individual pots - maybe 20gal - for them.
Just noticed that @Drew51 had mentioned growing these in 10gal pots. I should have guessed … he is one of the masters at growing stuff in pots. So that’s one big Q for me taken care of.
Just ordered the following from HoneyberryUSA. I know this is pushing it. Let’s see what happens.
Early: Aurora (2yr), Indigo Gem (2yr)
Mid/Late: Boreal Blizzard, Boreal Beast - both say “Gal” not sure how many years old the plants are.
Late: Solo (said 2yr, but now the order says quart), Maxie (2yr), Keiko (4yr), Willa (4yr).
Thanks all for the feedback and advice, especially @Gkight, @EJh, @Tana and @colt63. I’m sure I’ll need more advice as I put these into pots and start this journey. Will do my best to post how things are going to hopefully help others in Z10 trying to grow these.
Yes I started them in pots as I ran out of room. I found some good spots I thought were too shady but even here in Michigan these zone 2-3 plants need shade. They do grow well though. I moved them into the ground. Being mature they were not happy and I lost a years growth. These plants get big in the right setting. They can grow here in sun but do better with about four hours exposure. I have some in full sun and they grow but slow. In shade they explode in growth. I doubt you will have any luck but I too feel I need to find out myself as others advice has often been wrong. All gardening is local.
I always liked a challenge, I liked learning how each species grows. Now though that I’m well along the back nine have started to lose interest in hard challenges. Im more interested in pulling in the reins a little and coasting to the finish line. I got rid of a ton of sub tropical. They required to much time and effort to keep happy. I still grow the super easy sub tropicals like figs and cacti. I have cacti I have had for over 50 years. We do have some native cacti in Michigan. I used to grow them too. I stopped though. I may grow them again though.
Back to haskap mine are all flowering now. We still having freezing weather lows below freezing at night but haskap flowers are hardy to about 20 degrees. I don’t expect lows below 30 anymore. Although very possible still.
Thank you @FarmGirl-Z6A and @Drew51. I have been reading that thread and starting to get more educated on these in pots. My weather is quite diff from Viktor though but still a lot of good advice and learnings of course.
… he is one of the masters at growing stuff in pots. So that’s one big Q for me taken care of.