rainymountain's Boysenberry x 1 Flowering
Plant: Boysenberry (Rubus ursinus x idaeus) | | Day 384
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Rubus ursinus ‘Boysen’
Fruit very large, non-shiny, dark maroon berries, very aromatic, ripens early summer; vigorous trailing vines; white flowers in Spring; moist, well-drained soil, fertilize in early spring all purpose fertilizer; full sun; 5-6ft h x w; Z5 -28C to -23C
Make sure crown is not set too deeply
SE of middle arch, bone and blood meal + manure added to hole when planted. The bed there seemed to be very light potting soil, dug down to earth. Watered, followed by thunder storm and rain.
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Milestones
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08 Jun 2013
Flowering day 373 planting and weeding
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31 Jul 2012
Fruiting day 61 The end of July
there are several berries, I ate a large ripe one, black as a blackberry, delicious
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20 Jun 2012
Flowering day 20 The Summer solstice
This looks settled in and is growing
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31 May 2012
Established day 0
Comments
Amarylis wrote:
I wondered what this was! It looked a bit like a Clematis flower! You’ve given a good description of the fruit but what do they taste like? Do you have a photo of them?
Posted on 22 Jun 12 (12 months ago)
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