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I went hiking yesterday on a trail that is lined with wild serviceberries.
No serviceberries. 0. It looks like all the trees aborted the fruit before ripening as there is no trace of anything this year.
My rooted cutting aborted its fruit but I didn’t think anything of it since it’s only 20cm tall. But all the wild trees? WTF
The only thing I found were some dried fruit that looked like it came from last year.
I did manage to collect some black highbush blueberry and wild blueberry for seed saving.
I saved the black blueberry last year and cold-stratified them outside by just burying the berries in pots and only one came up. This year I’m saving the seeds in the fridge in moist vermiculite to see if it works better.
Pic: top left is domesticated blueberry from my garden, top right is black highbush blueberry and bottom is wild blueberry.
@TheGreatLlama I’m ok with it taking years. I’m going for native species diversity and making my space as similar to what the local nature reserves have as possible.
With Vacciniums, not all cuttings take and then not every rooted cutting survives its first winter. Don’t feel bad. ❤️
@jblue
Oh, I definitely think there's plenty of value in maintaining as wide a gene pool as possible. I think we're on the same page.
I suspect my issue with the cuttings has mostly been timing. I think I've taken most of them too late in the year. The survivor was taken back in late February or early March. I probably just need to get an earlier start.
J blue
The Great Llama 