Move Over Blueberries, A New Fruit for the Northern Gardener
Bob Bors talks about how to grow haskap, an early and very cold-tolerant fruit.
Are you thinking of growing a potted olive tree? Or maybe you already have one…but you’re still waiting for olives. Olive trees are tough as nails. They can take more cold than many people realize. And they’re really beautiful, too. Put these all together, and you have a great potted plant for a cold-climate garden.
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In my new book, Grow Olives Where You Think You Can't, I tell you everything you need to know to successfully grow an olive tree in a pot!
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In this replay of a 2019 interview, we chat with Bob Bors, head of the fruit breeding program at the University of Saskatchewan.
We talk about:
- Breeding haskap (a.k.a. honeyberry) fruit
- Cold-tolerance of haskap
- How to care for haskap
- How to prune haskap
- Cold-tolerant cherry varieties from University of Saskatchewan
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