Seaberry - Dividing a large patch

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[edibleacres]

I should have been more clear in the video... I was demonstrating this concept with Seaberry, but it would absolutely apply just as well to a patch of Elderberries, Serviceberry, Hazelnut, Currants, Aronia... really any types of plants that are woody and over time tend to sucker and spread through short runs of root system. Plants will tend to tell you how they are willing to be expanded if you learn how to read what they are sharing...

[reneelalala]

Thank you! I grow sea berry on the western boarder of my URBAN garden. It requires very insistant pruninig on my behalf but I do manage to keep them at bay and provide a nice property line hedge with delicious berries. Thank you ! ALWAYS LOVE your videos. Love how you view gardening

[FolkRockFarm]

Great as always! Will you have Seaberry available for spring shipping or just the local sales you mentioned in the video??

[huttonsvalleypermaculture]

Thanks so much for all of this content on propagating and growing on new plants. You show that it's not too difficult to do and so rewarding and worthwhile. Thanks for the inspiration!!

[daviedodds]

Great stuff. Not too many videos on seaberry. I'd like to see the male & female at flowering time if you'd be interested. I bought 3 young saplings that weren't gender determined, & there's scant info available. Also you mentioned cropping & I'm interested in how you go about harvesting. As the few sources available say the berries pop easily, which I've not had the fortune to experience. Lol Anyway back at the ranch, keep up the good work! 😁

[thatrdvrk]

I recently did the similar - but easier - task of moving every second black currant bush from a sunny row to the chicken yard.

[BrianCooper]

I broke a bone in the bottom of my foot (sesamoid bone) from kicking the shovel into the ground while wearing boots. You may be careful while digging or maybe get a larger top edge to the shovel. Thanks for sharing!

[ColleenCBooks]

I did a dumb thing and planted my sea berries in the rockiest part of my garden, way too close to our deck. We’ll try digging them out this winter but might have to resort to pickaxe 🙈
We’re moving them to our chicken yard though as a second layer of protection for the hens, hopefully the birds will like them

[thehillsidegardener]

I always like to see a seaberry video from you, it seems such an exciting plant, and it's not all that well-known in my part of the Balkans even though it's been known for millennia in this part of the world. Can't wait for mine to start producing, I've only had them a couple of years, I've yet to see if they will thrive. So when you dig them up with a rootball like this, you're not pruning back the top at all? And they don't suffer despite the root damage, nay, you expect them to produce next year?

[timothyweigel]

Berry nice haul of Seaberry. I have had bad luck establishing them in my orchard in Tennessee. The soil is not the greatest, but I was lead to believe that they liked mountain soil that wasn't really full of rich soil. Any tips would be appreciated.

[barrypetejr]

Ponds is good....dry out wetter areas and let a permanent wet spot be made☺️

[zb]

@EdibleAcres Great video again! Are the suckers the same sex as the parent plant? Or is a "wait and see'" scenario? Thanks

[benneb]

hehehehehe he said, "nuggets."

[gardeninggal]

Have you tried any of the mostly thornless seaberry?

[fiddleagedman]

Did you not say you would provide a link to the spade? I don’t see one, thanks.

[gardenofseeden]

I have so much stuff that will grow like crazy but anytime I buy seabuckthorn they just die. South Jersey zone 7a.

[lisawostalsmith]

You mentioned saw dust. Can wood treated with copper be used in composting?

[BroadShouldersFarm]

So very jealous I can’t grow these here!

[xXestXx]

Should we be worried or careful about spreading genetics of one single shrub over time on a macro scale?
Say, this Seaberry genetics is spread so much that in 500 years it's one of the only few genes that exists and creates bad offspring or can't adapt.

Complete hypothetical situation. Just curious if anyone has thought of that.