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| So I've been waiting 3 years for the first Sweetcrisp berry to appear. None yet, but the plant grew really nice this year, and am extremely hopeful for next years crop. So don't you know, I had to put the plants in the garage early this year due to the extreme cold, and low and behold I noticed a few blossoms on it. Oh well, guess I'll have to wait a little little longer. Sweetcrisp on rt, Farthing on lt. was beginning to snow when I took the photo. Plants are in the garage now. |
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| Those are very nice looking plants.Good job taking care of them. Brady |
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| Too bad you don't have a greenhouse for plants that nice. But that won't speed up fruiting by much and probably won't keep all those nice leaves in place. I do like to keep leaves on where I can. Most SHB will retain at least some leaves esp if vigorous and dark green. The SHB types like Star and Santa Fe that need 400+ hrs chilling usually drop most leaves even without a freeze. Do yours drop all leaves in the garage? How dark in there? |
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| Hey thanks. Not totally dark, but pretty dark. We have a 2 car garage with the translucent plastic paneled doors, but they face west. Last year they dropped most of their leaves slowly throughout the winter. There will be a mess of leaves on the floor fur shur :-) |
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Mine is going into the garage for the first winter here. It was a spindly looking thing when it arrived this spring. Still is compared to other cultivars. Seems to have vigor though  . |
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| I was not impressed with the growth the first year, but this year it really took off. Mine started really small also, just a little stick with a few roots and leaves. Good luck. |
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| Thanks Ed, yours look good now! Yeah with most plants if they do not die the first year, you probably are doing well! Some exceptions. I had the NHB Chandler, and the first year that thing grew like crazy, the 2nd year it produced over 50 berries. I like the plant for it's growth habits. The berries are not bad, but take a long time to ripen. Has good hang time though! The canes are thick too, it's going to be a huge plant. Oh, a few of my plants threw late flowers too. One in ground did too.I removed them. |
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