Description
Overview: The big berries are juicy and sweet with great flavour – very refershing. One of the best tasting berries of the BU stable. This variety is is a member of the Blue Moose family
Origin: Russian. F4 from Lonicera cerulea Turzcaninowii Pojark. BU 2
Plant Size and Shape: Width 5 feet x Height 5 feet. Upright with very vigorous growth habit. Dense branching structure and develops dome shape crown
Productivity:Â 8 to10 pounds in fourth or fifth grow year
Needed Pollinator: Any other unrelated Honeyberry cultivar blooming at a similar time – Happy Giant and Blue Palm
Harvest Window:Â Mid season within general mid-June to mid-July window
Other harvest notes:Â Harvest at Brix of 15 plus. Machine harvestable
Berry Size:Â 3.0 cm (about 1 inch)
Shape: Like a mini blue banana. Berry shape – 12
Stem Scar:Â Dry when ripen
Hardiness:Â Zones 2-4, 3-7 in the East coast, 5-9 in the West coast, 2-7 in central part of North America
Chilling Hours required:Â 1,000 to 1,200 plus hours
Flowers bloom:Â April
Soil pH:Â Tolerates 5 to 7, but ideal 6.4 and Soil type: Natural rich balanced and fungal soil
Planting time:Â Fall preferred
Plant spacing:Â 4 to 5 feet. Avoid aggressive tilling under maturing bushes, as damages the carpet type roots and Row spacing: 10 to 12 feet
Pruning:Â Annual pruning not required. After 10 years of fruiting consider cutting back the central woody stems to about one and a half feet