strawberry plants or blackberry canes

Submitted by arlington on 25 April, 2008 - 00:51.

Does anyone know where I can buy strawberry plants or blackberry canes? If Costa Rica is the source, that's OK too.

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plants and seeds through customs??

Submitted by LillyC on 23 June, 2008 - 13:54.

Would Nicaraguan customs allows live plants and/or packets of seeds through customs? I'm thinking of bringing seed packets as gifts.

Re Seeds and Customs

Submitted by arlington on 23 June, 2008 - 14:23.

We have had seeds sent down from Canada. They came through regular mail with no difficulties at all. The problem has been getting them to do anything here, once planted. The beans don't seem to be getting sufficient light, so the plants are growing too lanky to support beans, and to date the tomates don't want to set fruit, though they have plentiful blossoms.

Regional varieties

Submitted by LillyC on 23 June, 2008 - 15:06.

Could it be that your varieties from Canada have been bred for that climate? Perhaps varieties suited to the southern US would work better in Nica.

What variety of beans are you referring to? They're not pole beans, are they? Those would need something, ie a stretch of fencing, to vine on. Beans do need full sun to do well. After all, they are from Mexico, originally.

There is a plant hormone called 'blossom set' that is sometimes used to get tomatoes to start setting fruit. Once the plant has set fruit, the hormone is already circulating in the plant so more is not needed. This is one more reason I like to clone new tomato plants from some that have already set fruit.

It gets hotter here in NE in the summer, at times, than Nicaragua, so I'm hoping some of my traditional choices will work there. Time will tell. And since I don't have a garden spot in Nica, I would be glad to donate a few seeds to various gardeners, just to see what would grow under those conditions. The beans I have are Blue Lake. I also have Sugar Baby watermelon seeds, saved from last year. I'll be shopping later this week, so if there are seeds you would like to try, let me know soon. PM me if you like.

I had thought that . . .

Submitted by arlington on 23 June, 2008 - 15:19.

I had thought that . . . and you may be right. The beans are bush beans, both green and wax and they are in a courtyard so full sun is only from 9 - 2. My garden project Los Huertos de Granada, may be having better luck. I will be going out there tomorrow. So we'll see. "Blossom Set" isn't an option here. I haven't access to anything like a horticultural supply centre. When you're in Nicaragua next, if you're by Granada. I'll take you out to the project. More seeds are always welcomed. There's little available locally (Granada) Most producion of veg seems to be in the north.

Pueblo Nuevo

Submitted by Nicabuff on 25 April, 2008 - 20:58.

They are grown in Pueblo Nuevo, Esteli and Las Sabanas, both near or on? Pataste-Tepesomoto.

I have not personally talked ...

Submitted by Doug on 25 April, 2008 - 15:43.

to these folks, the guy I bought the farm from knew him and said the berries were very good,

http://www.lasombraecolodge.com/

the best way to do strawberries is runner starts. Like bananas , the seeds are rarely successfully sprouted.

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

thanks for the link

Submitted by arlington on 25 April, 2008 - 23:52.

I'll get in touch with them.

Strawberries

Submitted by fyl on 25 April, 2008 - 11:42.

I unsuccessfully tried to start strawberries from seeds last year. It should work and is on my list for this year as well.

As for blackberries, I know they are grown in Costa Rica and, I believe, here. HortiFruit are the people that at least produce them in Costa Rica. So, a bit of telephone listing looking might get you pointed in the right direction.

Fresas...

Submitted by gueguense on 25 April, 2008 - 19:45.

Strawberries do grow in Nicaragua, one time I saw them being sold in Ocotal...

though this crop is very very new. I even heard of plans to plant olives in the leon/chinandega area.

interesting about olives . . .

Submitted by arlington on 25 April, 2008 - 23:51.

interesting about olives . . . I had hought about that but, backburnered it when I heard they suffered poorly from heavy rains and extreme humidity. Maybe they have a new variety that has overcome that.

Olives in the RAAS

Submitted by GranadaSherif on 26 April, 2008 - 16:06.

I found many Olive trees with fruit on them in the RAAS around the Pearl Lagoon area. They were even growing on a cay not far off from shore in the lagoon. They seemed much taller than the ones I have seen in Greece, Egypt, etc... Here they eat the fruit but there is more demand for the wood.

Strawberries

Submitted by cookshow on 26 April, 2008 - 03:36.

I have strawberry, blackberry, & raspberry seeds, I think the strawberry are pretty easy to germinate, the blackberry & raspberry a bit tougher. The strawberries sold in the MGA supermarkets are imported from Costa Rica.

I have some muscadine grape seeds I have been trying to germinate with no luck, but it may be the seeds, I have more to try.

I also have sprouted a few olive trees from seeds I brought, I don't expect them to do too well on the island but there are several areas of Nicaragua where they would do great. I have a few packs of the seeds I would trade.

Please post if anyone finds plants available for sale.

if I'm successful in my hunt for plants and canes . . .

Submitted by arlington on 26 April, 2008 - 10:47.

if I'm successful in my hunt for plants and canes . . . I'll get in touch with you. I was thinking the blackberries would be a great way to hem in chickens and self-fertilize an area. Create a couple of rectangles of blackberry with gardens within, then rotate the chickens from one area to the next. Bill Mollison did something similar in the Kalahari with success (not blackberry of course jejeje)

I stand corrected..

Submitted by Doug on 26 April, 2008 - 08:45.

my attempts to sprout strawberry seed have been fruitless :( , and my dear old Granny advised me not to bother, but from looking around on line other folks have had much better luck;

http://www.worldgarden.ca/indexEN.aspx?CategoryID=3

what the heck, I may even try Banana seeds.

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

Blueberries....

Submitted by GranadaSherif on 26 April, 2008 - 16:08.

I was tryiing to find Blueberries to grow in the Crucero area where it is cool, windy and the soil in on the acid side.... I was told by an agricultural engineer that they would do well in this environment... Not sure though.. Any experience out there, and does anyone know where to get seedlings from?