The plants I just finished doing the seed increase on are not the original 1998 Shishkaberry. These were made by a breeder out of southern ontario called Ustad Seeds and they were Shishkaberry 3 F2. Breeder Steve used different parental match ups and a different blueberry than the first release. It is a variation on a theme though as the base smells and stong branching traits are the same although I find the Shishkaberry 3 in general to be more bushy than the orginal 98 release line. Those where thick stemmed, strong upward swept short branches and the plants shaped out like perfect christmas tree with a real nice center cola and large branch tops. The leaves are a bit different on the Shishkaberry 3 as well although all the raw afghani type traits of the Shishkeberry red/yellow are cleary there. The bushy-ness is what throws me off but there are so many little clues that if I was blindfolded and one of the plants was put in front of me… I woud know it immediately by that distinct shishka smell.
Now on the subject of seeds. The seeds from this seed increase will never be sold by me. They will be distributed to the community in some manner, just haven’t decided how that’s going to go down yet. Best to familiarize yourself with the Free Seeds and clones thread as a lot of giveaways happen there in the wiki format.
So not to be a dick… I’m not trying to be , but I am getting a lot of very new members approaching me for beans and I won’t be handing them out that way. There will be details at some point in this thread here —> SHSC-1 Grows Shiskaberry 3f2 and set your preferences for the thread and you won’t miss the sign ups when the seeds are ready and a plan to distribute is in place.
cheers!!