Has anyone grown fignomenal? Its supposedly a sport of Chicago hardy, remains 28 inches tall and can continuously fruit well in a container indoors with grow lights. Are these characteristics at all realistic or is it just nurseries trying to make money?
No.
Does anyone have improved Celeste (not orourke Celeste) cuttings up for trade?
You might want to post this in Trading Post section.
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I have VdB, one I bought and one I rooted. Brought one inside about the first time it got to 15 degrees ourside. Left the other outside in pot unprotected last winter. Both look good right now, but no fruits. (*But, it was a mild winter with just one morning dipping to 9F.)
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Yeah something is off here. Iām in z7a and my chicago hardy is my most reliable heavy producer. @TNHunter has also shown how insanely productive his is, and I believe his is in ground.
EDIT: For anyone still hunting for cold hardy recommendations, Iād check out Rossās list: Cultivar List - Google Sheets
He updates it often as his experiments progress.
I write it āMarseilles Blackā (VS) to include both the name and attribution without indicating the attribution is part of the name.
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well my in ground chicago hardy set lots of fruit and grew 3ft. taller. i pruned all the newer fruit and kept about 20 of the older ones. like i was told, they wont ripen in time. ill probably cull it even though it survived -40f in ground last winter with roots cut on one side , tipped over and covered with a tarp and snow blown on it. i have a 4ft tall Florea that Barkslip gave me that i will ,do the same to. hopefully i get some off of it. if i do ill plant a cutting of it where c. hardy was planted.
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