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Honeyberry flower bud or fruit
David Lewis4
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in Fruit & veg
Had this plant delivered on Friday. Anyone know if they are flower buds or fruit?
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The picture's a bit blurry, (and I've got my old glasses on) but those look like unripe fruit
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
sorry about the pic, taken with an old mobile phone. Surprised to buy a plant that has already have fruit on
They flower very early in the year - possibly late Jan/early Feb - the only problem with this is that there are few pollinating insects about at that time of year, so it's a good idea to pollinate them with a soft camel-hair paintbrush.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Agreed, young fruit (lucky you!)
The slight purple on the leaves means it got a bit dry at some stage, probably during delivery.
@Dovefromabove - according to Primose they supposed to be self-pollinating, although will do what you suggest next year just in case.
@BobTheGardener - Everything should be fine, at the moment I have access to a huge pile of wood chips. Everything been watered and mulched
Hmmmph - did they actually mean 'self-pollinating' or did they mean 'self-fertile' - they wouldn't be the first place to use the first in mistake for the second
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Did check twice, they said self-pollinating, never less I will pollinate them next year with a paint brush like you said
There really aren't that many flowers that are truly self-pollinating - the term is sometimes mistakenly used for plants that do not require pollen from another plant in order to fertilise. I would always do it myself with honeyberries - if I grew them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Take care with wood chips. They take nutrients out of the soil, if they are fresh, as they rot down.