Fertilization Compost Tea (simplest recipe: soak manure overnight in 5 gallon pail with water and apply to plants) Nature’s Source Professional Plant Food 10-4-3 19-19-19 twice a year before or during bloom and after harvest. Handful on two sides. Pruning First year pruning: some growers recommend pruning as follows: leave two stems 3 or 4 inches tall, cut everything down to above last node. Fifth year and thereafter: Remove old growth (1/5 of bush) Prune older branches at base when bush gets too dense, about 25% of the bush at a time. Recommended pruning time is late winter or early spring but we have done it in the fall as well. When mature plant is transplanted it usually needs more aggressive pruning in order to encourage root establishment along with new growth. If accidentally mowed off, the plants usually regrow. See example of pruning at the U of S. Storing FRESH

Post from Honeyberry / Haskap Growing & Info. Facebook Group 5/12/20: doing research on that question at MSU-Western Agricultural Research Center... We found they can store at least 2 weeks if not more when harvested and stored correctly plan on careful hand harvest -- wear latex or similar material gloves or white cotton gloves that can be found online harvest intact and high quality fruit only harvest straight to the container you'd plan to sell them from (we were using "6 oz clamshells") store at high humidity (95%+) and between 33 and 34 F (a standard fridge is 40% relative humidity).

If don't have a produce-specific cooler we had some promising results with Freshworks containers (but I'd still open them periodically so they can air out) with other kinds of berries



HoneyberryUSA notes: storage life is much less in normal fridge and dependent upon variety



FROZEN

Honeyberries store frozen very well but their thin skins bursts and release their juice upon thawing. Winemakers love this feature! Cautions Birds love these honeyberries. We like Plantra's netting that is easier to work with than some other netting.