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FREE: Heirloom ✽ WONDER BERRY ✽ 15 Seeds ✽ Organic

Heirloom ✽ WONDER BERRY ✽ 15 Seeds ✽ Organic
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The listing, Heirloom ✽ WONDER BERRY ✽ 15 Seeds ✽ Organic has ended.

Wonder berries, aka Sunberries or Garden Huckleberries are an interesting way to grow fruit in the garden without the long wait for bushes or trees to produce. An heirloom developed by Luther Burbank in the 1900's produce tasty fruit similar to small black, blueberries. They are good fresh, but even better when sweetened and cooked. I love making jam with them! Short plants produce good yields rather quickly. They are best when left on the plant as long as possible and turn from glossy to dull. Very easy to grow and fun for kids. I recommend growing in a raised bed for easy harvest. They ripen at the same time most tomatoes are ready, and will continue to produce until a hard frost.
Family: Solanaceae (so-lan-AY-see-ee)
Genus: Solanum (so-LAN-num)
Species: x burbankii (bur-BANK-ee-eye)

This Auction: You will be receiving 15 seeds from my
garden. They will be sent First Class mail. I am happy to say that my seeds tested 99-100% germination within 2 weeks at a temp of 70°F in the spring of 2012. Excellent for beginners!

Propagation Method: From seed, sow seeds indoors 6 weeks before last spring frost. Sow 3-5 seeds per pot onto moist soil, but do not cover with soil. These need light to germinate. If they grow too tall and leggy, then you can add more soil to pots. About 10 days before the last spring frost, begin hardening the plants to the outdoors. Transplant your plants to a sunny location.
Questions & Comments
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Can these be grown inside, and NOT put out in a yard or garden?
Jan 8th, 2013 at 9:43:10 PM PST by
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I've never tried. It would be like growing tomatoes indoors. If you've had luck with harvesting tomatoes inside, then maybe this will work. :)
Jan 8th, 2013 at 10:19:09 PM PST by
Original
Does the plant take a couple of years before it starts to grow fruit as like a grapevine?
Jan 13th, 2013 at 12:54:01 PM PST by
Original
No, this grows quick in one season. You could start indoors at the same time you would start tomato or pepper seeds, and then harvest at relatively the same time that your tomato and peppers would be ripe. I tried to bring them indoors once to harvest longer after frost, but it did not prove worth it to me. The upside is that you can harvest berries and use them the same year for cooking, deserts, and jam. The downside is that you will have to plant them every year, but the seeds are easy to save from slightly over-ripe berries.
Jan 13th, 2013 at 1:12:45 PM PST by

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