Julie
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Elderberry bushes are looking promising this year.
Yes they are. There seems to be a good crop this year, enough for me and the birds!
Elderberry bushes are looking promising this year.
So are these ripe seem more red they do have red juice when squished
RIpe elderberries sink as the sugar in them make the berries heavier than water while the unripe ones float, you can use this to seperate out the unripe from ripe berries. I dont think I have ever had the ripe berries. I dont think berries every get sweeter than about 1.04-1.045 gravity, you have to pick them when most are ready, you will know you were to late when they fall off the stems as you try to pick them. WVMJ
Well with all this talk about picking elderberries and mine still hS a couple weeks to go, I opened a bottle of Msy 2012, oh is this good.
I have been picking for a week or so and I seem to have a disproportionately high percentage of floaters. If I wait until they are black, I get fewer floaters but greater loss to birds.
How do you all time your picking?
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