Aronias produce a ton of fruit with minimal care. Beautiful leaves, flowers, and berries. The berries freeze well, produce a respectable pie, and are good in smoothies. If you have a tendency to get kidney stones, be aware that the berries are high in oxalic acid.
I have one that grew as a volunteer! I take care to keep it covered with fine netting in the spring when it's starting to leaf out and then flower - the deer will trim out down extensively otherwise and the crop will be severely diminished. I also sprayed it with liquid fence every week or two throughout the summer just in case the deer thought it might be yummy. It's very drought tolerant. I did dump a couple buckets of water on it when the berries started to change color. It's one of the easiest and thriftiest berry producers there is.
I have planted one and love the berries. I know they are healthy , no really love them. But its my favourite. So. I need more plants and they are easy growing.
I was doing research on Chokberries and stumbled upon your video. Thank you for your insightful knowledge about this berry. Where can we get chokeberries?
They are available from our mail-order nursery under then name Aronia: www.burntridgenursery.com/Aronia-Berry-Bushes/products/37/ we ship to all 50 US states and now is the best time to order to reserve plants. Shipping time depends on what state you live in. Contact our office with any questions about ordering.
Great video!! I have terrible soil, Sandy clay. I have 2 plants, one did very well, but the other had much smallerberries. I made jelly with them. I didn't know i could leave it on the plant longer to get sweeter. I will do that next year. What advice do you have on fertilizing them?
I have a few small plants started. How long does it take to start producing? Enjoy all your videos and learn so much. The seeds I bought are starting to sprout. Thank you.
Most Aronia cultivars (Viking, Nero, Hugin, Aron, ...) actually belong to the species Aronia mitschurinii. A. mitschurinii is a cross between Aronia melanocarpa & Sorbus aucuparia and expresses high apomixis: If these cultivars are propagated by seed, one can practically guarantee the same characteristics in their children. I am not very sure about the following, but I think A. melanocarpa looks quite different (less like Sorbus) and is not astringent. 'Aronia in America' has an enlightening article about this subject.
I live in Hawaii, could I grow it here? I love tarty fruits. I know the high antioxidant contain in these berries. I would love to grown this bush on my property. How May I obtain a seedling brush?
Wonderful information on an amazing plant! Side note: whomever is walking in the back ground with the mask really needs to breathe the fresh air instead of all the waste CO2 the mask holds.
lol ... co2 is virtually 3.2% whichis wayyyy less than what you think. u can breath your own air for almost 30 times before you run out of oxygen in it. still co2 is not going to be an issue
We have 3 bushes and many deer in the area. Have not had any trouble with deer. The turkeys love the berries if we leave them on the bushes!!! When we harvest we take 1/2 and leave 1/2 for the birds all winter!
Something like that - probably more like "dark fruit" - carpa usually refers to fruit/seed, as opposed to corpus (body) but I never studied Latin formally, only in the context of botany :)
Aronias produce a ton of fruit with minimal care. Beautiful leaves, flowers, and berries. The berries freeze well, produce a respectable pie, and are good in smoothies. If you have a tendency to get kidney stones, be aware that the berries are high in oxalic acid.
I like to make a cordial mead with aronia. I also experimented with drying them to make tea in the winter. Strong, but yummy.
I have one that grew as a volunteer! I take care to keep it covered with fine netting in the spring when it's starting to leaf out and then flower - the deer will trim out down extensively otherwise and the crop will be severely diminished. I also sprayed it with liquid fence every week or two throughout the summer just in case the deer thought it might be yummy. It's very drought tolerant. I did dump a couple buckets of water on it when the berries started to change color. It's one of the easiest and thriftiest berry producers there is.
My chickens love them too
I have one in my garden. It's still a baby, but I had fruits the past year ❤
in may i found a bush with some of last summer's fruit. I was so impressed with the taste I bought another couple bushes.
I just started sowing in milk jugs so they can sprout come spring. I'm trying out ten seeds. I'll be thrilled if I get 5 or 6 germinated.
Thanks for the info and the video, greetings from Mexico ❤
I have planted one and love the berries. I know they are healthy , no really love them. But its my favourite. So. I need more plants and they are easy growing.
I just bought 5 of them!
I fully agree
Amazing information thank you! Just got a few bare root of these. Looking forward to them.
I was doing research on Chokberries and stumbled upon your video. Thank you for your insightful knowledge about this berry. Where can we get chokeberries?
They are available from our mail-order nursery under then name Aronia: www.burntridgenursery.com/Aronia-Berry-Bushes/products/37/ we ship to all 50 US states and now is the best time to order to reserve plants. Shipping time depends on what state you live in. Contact our office with any questions about ordering.
Great video!! I have terrible soil, Sandy clay. I have 2 plants, one did very well, but the other had much smallerberries. I made jelly with them. I didn't know i could leave it on the plant longer to get sweeter. I will do that next year. What advice do you have on fertilizing them?
I have a few small plants started. How long does it take to start producing? Enjoy all your videos and learn so much. The seeds I bought are starting to sprout. Thank you.
where do you get seeds to buy
Always bitter...I've never tasted a sweet one.. no wonder the birds left it. A University should gene splice sweetness into it.! Give me a GMO.!😜😎
Most Aronia cultivars (Viking, Nero, Hugin, Aron, ...) actually belong to the species Aronia mitschurinii.
A. mitschurinii is a cross between Aronia melanocarpa & Sorbus aucuparia and expresses high apomixis:
If these cultivars are propagated by seed, one can practically guarantee the same characteristics in their children.
I am not very sure about the following, but I think A. melanocarpa looks quite different (less like Sorbus) and is not astringent.
'Aronia in America' has an enlightening article about this subject.
Interesting, thank you!
He said cherries are a pome. They are a drupe with a pit.
I live in Hawaii, could I grow it here? I love tarty fruits. I know the high antioxidant contain in these berries. I would love to grown this bush on my property. How May I obtain a seedling brush?
Try seeds. Someone mentioned growing from seeds.
100% with you.
They are super.
Do deer eat them
Wonderful information on an amazing plant!
Side note: whomever is walking in the back ground with the mask really needs to breathe the fresh air instead of all the waste CO2 the mask holds.
lol ... co2 is virtually 3.2% whichis wayyyy less than what you think. u can breath your own air for almost 30 times before you run out of oxygen in it. still co2 is not going to be an issue
Hello
Is there not a hard seed in the middle? Wth am eating?
We have 3 bushes and many deer in the area. Have not had any trouble with deer. The turkeys love the berries if we leave them on the bushes!!! When we harvest we take 1/2 and leave 1/2 for the birds all winter!
Is it normal that mine is about 3x the size of that?
Does melano carpa mean Black Body?
Something like that - probably more like "dark fruit" - carpa usually refers to fruit/seed, as opposed to corpus (body) but I never studied Latin formally, only in the context of botany :)
Folks, please do some research about Aronia comsumption before you buy too many plants and gobble up too many berries at one time. Know what you grow!