Beyond the usual: Exploring some lesser‑known fruits for the garden | #GoodGrowing

Curious about adding something a little different to your backyard orchard? On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we dive into the flavorful world of lesser-known fruits you can grow right here in Illinois. From early ripening honeyberries and fall-bearing primocane blackberries to compact bush cherries and Illinois-born PRI apples, we explore unique fruit crops that offer exciting alternatives to the usual. Skip to what you want to know: 01:30 – Welcome, Grant McCarty! Illinois Beginning Orchard Academy. 03:22 – Some not-so-successful crops for Grant in northern Illinois. 07:35 – Where in Illinois can we reliably grow/harvest peaches? 09:53 – Honeyberries. How to grow and what do they taste like? 14:52 – Are honeyberries problematic like many other honeysuckles? 17:32 – Primocane fruiting blackberries. 21:38 – Is the care of primocane blooming blackberries different than other blackberries? 23:45 – Is there a link to Illini Hardy blackberry? 27:20 – Bush cherries. How are they different than cherry trees? 33:57 – Apples. What are PRI apples? 38:51 – High density apples 44:31 – Any PRI resources out there? 48:10 – Wrap-up, what’s up next week, and goodbye! More information: Overview of Honeyberry from University of Minnesota -    • Honeyberries, Oh My!   Haskap/Honeyberry, University of Wisconsin-Madison - https://cropsandsoils.extension.wisc.... Haskap/Honeyberry-University of Saskatchewan Resources - https://research-groups.usask.ca/frui... The PRI Apple Breeding Program - https://journals.ashs.org/view/journa... Photos Honeyberry – bayazed, Adobe Stock Honeyberry plant - kazakovmaksim, Adobe Stock Contact us! Chris Enroth: [email protected] Ken Johnson: [email protected] Grant McCarty: [email protected] Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing Subscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsu... Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. Barnyard Bash: freesfx.co.uk -- You can find us on most podcast platforms. iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Tunein - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3si... Vurbl - https://vurbl.com/station/good-growin... Listen notes - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/... Ivy - https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-1... Castbox - https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growi...