That's a lot, lol, but you can make juice too. I make low sugar jam and freeze them. I have 4 bushes

wow! Mustard, turnips, radishes, cabbage, kohlrabi, mint, beets, sweet peas -- very nice! yes, odd cold weather events are throwing us a curve ball. we're getting a sustained freezing event in late fall these days. stopped my kiwis from ripening. you're a very active gardener -- great work! 🐞

I'm in Ontario and figs grow here. We cover them up for winter 🙂

@singhgurmail6186 thank you! i added content and details in this 2024 vid, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNejorCYuJuvnYE.html i'm making my Aronia Berry smoothie right now ;) thanks for stopping by and plz sub and share!

@@tovcovehomestead4694 thank you for the feedback, and thanks for stopping by 👨‍🌾. Jet black fruit is best; the freeze perfectly well and last a long time in the freezer 🤗

Super duper fruit. Tour very welcome Grayson, and thanks for stopping by!

;). jet-black is the color; it's too early if you eat some and start talking funny cause of the astringency 🤣. the fruit hang on the plant well / for a long time; birds may show up but you'll figure it it ;) thanks for stopping by. Chokeberry is a well-studied, well-proven super duper fruit. heppy.org/chokeberry be good, pete moss

well thank you!!! more vids r coming my friend!!

sorry to hear about the sold-out stock; did you check State Nurseries (not expensive) or regular nurseries (expensive)? heppy.org/products#US_State_Nurseries. if you find better or new info, then please let me know! i hope your a subscriber! ;) take care 😃🐞

buying from State's DNR is a great idea! They'll take a few years to mature but 25 is a nice grouping! about deer. you'll soon find out how well the big pooch helps because i list Chokeberry as 'deer candy.' keep an eye on 'em 🙂

@@heppylifestyle 25 for about $44 including shipping. Iowa DNR will ship to many states besides Iowa. Last year was plum trees same price, shipping was less. I will give about half of these to friends and neighbors. I've only got half an acre. Also have blackberry, blueberry, blueberry, apple and grapes. And 1,500 square foot garden.

@@phild8095 very nice garden and nice neighbor -- why to go! btw, thank you for the tip. i just added Iowa DNR to my list of State resource departments, heppy.org/products/#US_State_Nurseries

well thank you Charles! thanks for stopping by....

thank you iamthewelcher! we had an 'ok' harvest this year. last year was huge; this year was ok ;) thank you for stopping by & for subscribing! Chokeberry (Aronia) are super nutritious: heppy.org/chokeberry#Aronia_berry_Benefits

it's deer candy but other than that, they totally take care of themselves and people should be eating a cup of the fruit per day (if only i was the King..... ;) hope you find space. Zone: 3 to 8. will fruit best in full sun. check your state forestry nursery. i LOVE the vid on the two Whipporwhills

@@heppylifestyle Thanks!

@snowbird6855 thank you! yup, but forgot to mention it in my fresh (2024) vid, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNejorCYuJuvnYE.html got it from Roy at www.chesterriveraronia.com/ the jam was loaded with berries. take care and i hope all is well with you 🐞

Ireland! that is awesome!!!!! so glad these girls made it to your neck of the woods. many (real) studies show it's super super healthy fruit! thanks for stopping by glenhouse, and thanks for the feedback, pete moss.

@@heppylifestyle Great vids Pete. I have a feeling that Aronia will grow anywhere. We are not exactly overwhelmed with heat here in Ireland. Must try and get some of the berries myself next year. All the birds in the area are now super-healthy tanked up with antioxidants!

@@glenhouse46 oh man, those will be fast flying, gnarly tanked up birds. damn birds :). i think our birds are too small or too retarded to figure out the Chokeberries. they found the Goumi berries this yr but not the Chokeberries. fingers crossed ;). thanks again for the feedback. be good, pete

wow -- she's healthy Ronni. super super healthy fruit. freezes well and perfect in shakes. have fun!

thank you, and thanks for stopping by!

well thank you LEXUS88 Arejan! thanks for stopping by and thx for subscribing!

thank you Grant! i looked her up this morning. she may be the Natal Plum (Carissa macrocarpa), aka, Amatungulu. i read things i like: an evergreen; fragrant white flowers; showy edible red fruits; and typically small, at 5 to 7 feet tall (but can get taller). then i saw that she's a warm climate girl and we may get too cold :(. i'll keep an eye on it; we do have a few zone 8 girls that i overwinter inside. thanks for stopping by. plz sub!, pete moss.

wow -- 10' tall!!! that's a healthy girl! u have a great location & soil. but picking in Sept ... i hope is Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa). be careful! the fruit DEFINETLEY hangs on the plant but just be careful. the fruit's taste is distinct. the fruit freezes well. enjoy a tasty shake often because the evidence points to a VERY healthy fruit! thx for stopping by Alley Oop. hope u subscribed. gracias, pete moss.

@@heppylifestyle at least 8 foot anyways:)

Nice! it's a very reliable plant, low maintenance and i'm GLAD you're on board Hunam! thank for stopping by!, pete moss

excellent comparison (wine). off the chart health benefits: heppy.org/chokeberry/#Aronia_berry_Benefits thx for stopping by Martin.

nice work Martin!

Sorry to hear about the challenges but good work on your perseverance!

The extreme heat and severe drought this past summer was the worst I`ve seen in just over a decade, but we get this about every 10 years. Things should be much better this year with El Nino expected to end sometime in spring. My winter greens are doing very well and my turnips will be ready for a decent first harvest in about 10 days. I hope I can grow these berries to mix with my blackberries for syrups, jams, and wine. I hope the birds like them too. I`m planning to plant the birds their own fig trees they can have away from mine. @@heppylifestyle

ur inspiring me to get off my duff and start growing more veggies! i always planned to do it; however, don't plant too many (like, only tomatoes in the summer). i've been weeding and am seeing my composty soil is SO rich and it's weeds that I'm pulling and not veggies! carry on@@baneverything5580! thanks for stopping by!​

In fall I just throw some of the bulk seeds around my garden and let them grow and stick some beet seeds in the ground here and there. I bought bulk packages from Everwilde Farms and about a tablespoon full of each type like radish, turnip and mustard scattered around is the easy way. In spring I threw some mustard seeds around between the okra, peas and squash and by fall after the first cool weather all the survivors suddenly grow huge leaves. A few will begin making seeds in late summer and continue blooming through the winter. The stalks on some of my Florida Broadleaf mustard leaves are way larger than celery and that part is mild and not peppery like the raw leaves. I eat some leaves raw every day though for the vitamins and cancer fighting spicy compounds. If you have nematodes you can chop mustard up with a mower and till it into the soil green to control them. They sell much spicier non edible mustard seeds that are better for doing this. It`s the only thing home gardeners can do about root nematode problems. @@heppylifestyle

@@baneverything5580 nice garden! VERY interesting root nematode solution too! thank you!

Hello (Merhaba) Türkiye!

well, the pie question i can't answer, sadly. i'm "kitchen challenged." well, bakeing-wise :/. i have baked Blackberry cobbler; however, Chokeberry are a very firm fruit. oh, YES plz -- pick the fruit when it's super black in color. try one; if ripe, you'll get a hint of sweetness and, no (or VERY little) astringentness. and yes, the fruit hold on the branches very well. in fact, they'll even get raisin'ish (over-ripe) before they fall off. GREAT questions. thanks for stopping by!

hey tanvigawde1612. hi! i don't know about that variety; Viking & ?Nemo? are common. we have Viking and another 10 were native cultivars purchased from a State nursery (not always available but inexpensive when they are....). now, that was a HOT tip! u subscribed?!?!? don't be cheap :) thanks for stopping by, pete moss

i think my girl in the vid (Black Chokeberry / Aronia / Aronia Berry (Aronia melanocarpa)) gets mixed up with plants that sound similar :/. this girl will grow in zone 3 (Aronia melanocarpa) and that's cold. she does great in full sun (fruits best in full sun) and i bet she'd thrive in No. FL! VERY healthy fruit -- everyone should be making Chokeberry smoothies! ;) hope this helped. additional info at heppy.org/chokeberry

hi James. yup, i read that they sucker too but ours do not. a lot of new growth from around the base but nothing 'popping up' away from the base. we have four mature girls, and another 10 we planted 2 years ago. no suckering, so far. i'm learning about the wild plums (mature trees maybe 4-5 yrs old) we're getting a little suckering. thanks for the heads up.... take care, pete moss

@@heppylifestyle I killed every wild plum on my property. They form thickets so bad you can’t walk thru them.

@Kay-xi9kv i stopped fertilizing my plants (I build DEEP mounds of organic soil). FYI -- it's ALL about the soil (this my plea to folks regarding 'sustainability'). But you ask a GREAT question. from University of Nebraska: (1) low rate / moderate amount of fertilizer is best for plant growth, vigor, and long-term survival. Use 10-10-10 NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium). (2) don't over-fertilize; that will cause too much soft growth that attracts aphids. (3) apply in autumn or very early spring.

u have hungry birds! our birds can be a pain but not so much with Chokeberry. someday i'll experiment with bird mitigation things (owls, fluttering things, etc). sorry to hear that they're scarfing the fruit! but you'll have darn healthy birds -- be careful 😂 thanks for stopping by!

they may be; i say maybe because i don't remember researching it (NIH / PubMed); HOWEVER :), at a nursery last summer, i gobbled several red chokeberries. they were totally fine. online i read this and that; if i don't know something personally, i attempt to translate it to my audience; in parallel, i'm planting them (any edible fruiting plant for zone 7) and will give the 'pete moss' honest feedback ;). FOR sure, i'll have them in the garden, gobble my fruit, have the research in-hand, and will give unbiased feedback. sorry, the caffeine has kicked in.... take care Sue, pete moss

yup, can be ;). and we're pickin' now -- sounds like u r too! we don't water ours so yup, sorta like dry fruit. smoothies are the ticket; chokeberry SO blends-in with banana & some milk (cow, almond, soy). am glad you're eating them -- VERY nutritious fruit (studies posted on, heppy.org/chokeberry). thx for the feedback Bright i. be good, pete moss

hey Victoria, chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) is EASILY confused with the chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) :/ the chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) is a truly verified superfruit. search & grow "Aronia melanocarpa" if interested! :) more is here: heppy.org/chokeberry be good, and thanks for stopping by!

Victoria, the choke cherry has a pit in it, the pit has arsenic in it so you should never swallow it. Choke berries have several seeds somewhat like a fig. Actually it’s not arsenic but an enzyme which the body converts to a cyanide.

Hey UA. Viking is the cultivar in the vid. three plants. in 2021 we purchased another 10 bare root from a US State nursery. those 10, i believe, are native Aronia melanocarpa (non-cultivar). you can't go wrong eating this fruit but eating it in a smoothie is a WHOLE lot tastier.... maria and i make a smoothie here (no big secret, just mix Aronia with banana & milk & cinnamon & stuff): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gp53hKiSz5jShGw.html

i literally meet/greet local folks chipping trees and offer them a place to dump chips; i've placed an post in craigslist; i've not used this service (getchipdrop.com) but it may work for u. i understand that everyone has different localities and space; here in Maryland they're chipping trees and vegitation ... like, daily. hope all this help, and thanks for stopping by!

i see ur request for link to forestry nursery for Aronia. check your state's nursery; Virginia, Maryland, and New Hampshire are three that come to my mind. on a webpage, I want to list all relevant State Nurseries. i just google for them in winter and look at what they're selling ;)

i'm so sorry; i just won't know how well it grows in the Philippines. you'd have to look at high/low temperatures of US plant zones, 3 to 8. 3 is SUPER cold; 8 is warm. i can say that the Chokeberry is very hardy plant. i hope you do some research for the Philippines. Thanks for stopping by, pete moss.

Sorry to hear that; yes, when unripe they are astringent. I'm sorry, I don't have a recommendation.

Thank you anyways.

interesting. birds can take a toll. we noticed a little more bird action this year; the Goumi were 'hit' for the first time and birds were fluttering around our Chokeberries. Maria went out and picked them regularly and we did have a good haul. i hope you beat the birds too!

@@heppylifestyle I don't grudge them, really. They were here first.

And maybe some random bushes will appear in the neighbourhood.

@@martinraeside i 100% agree.

@@martinraeside ;). it's only a matter of time ;)

Great question; very likely that they are. The size of a blueberry but a drier fruit. Picked fruit last for a LONG time in the freezer, which is how we store them 🙂

Hi Kent. my mature girls are 5' and i can see them go to 6' without pruning. about shade: all my girls are full sun so to get maximum fruit. yes, i can imagine they tolerate part shade but like all fruiting plants, they'll produce fewer flowers & fruit. dabble sunlight is good and technically, they may do just fine. it's a super nutritious fruit. thanks for stopping by & plz subscribe, pete moss

@@heppylifestyle I found a place in my yard for a chokeberry but it’s only about 4 feet diameter. Would it be easy to maintain it in that space? Or should I try to grow it somewhere it can spread out? Thanks for any advice

@@kentdavis7787 4' area is adequate however, be mindful of sunlight. they tolerate shade but thrive (and bloom & fruit) best in full sun. the more sun, the more stuff to eat ;). but yes, this is a polite, upright plant. prune any limbs that may go sorta sideway; the rest of the plant will be upright. thanks for stopping by Kent!

yup, and thanks for checking out the 'make-a-shake' vid ;) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gp53hKiSz5jShGw.html

hi LEXUS88 Arejan. i think you asking about getting the Aronia plant. my best source is U.S. State Forestry nurseries. if interested, hit me at info@heppy.org for specific nurseries ;) are you in North America? thanks for stopping by and thx for subscribing!

hi Morrisonjuicen! well-documented health benefits: heppy.org/chokeberry#Aronia_berry_Benefits i appreciate your kindness in sharing; i'm running on 'all cylinders' right now. let me know how your gardening evolves and thanks for stopping by!, pete moss