Haskap berries anyone have experience with them?

[bsmitty27]

Looking at getting a bunch for spring. Any info would be great.
Thanks
Brad

[ganderblaster]

Have you tasted them? They were a little more sour- tart than I expected. Make insane jam with them though. I plan on getting a few this Spring.

[Redfrog]

SIL grows them in Rainbow Lake. I don't care for them myself but they are supposed to be good for you. You need a male and female bush to get fruit.

[Speckle55]

My buddy just gave me a jar of jelly/jam and its great

here is some info on them
http://haskap.ca/about-haskap

David

[bessiedog]

Got an aunt and uncle that just sent me three jars of jam made from them and rhubarb.

Excellent!

Very hardy plant.

[Mhunter51]

The University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon did a lot of research and plant breeding on them a few years ( may still be going on ) and I know they did have some seedlings last spring to sell. The ' Agriculture and Bio Research " was the department that I seen them in. They had a lot of info on them also. If you do a google search on ' haskap berries in saskatchewan' and check out the " usask research ' growing haskap berries in Saskatchewan ' gives a very good article on the research and tips of growing them.

[I-Love-Eyes]

My FIL grows those. He fights every year to keep the birds out of them--especially Robins. You need to drape a fine mesh net over the bushes. He gets his netting at Lee Valley.