Maqui berry (forum)

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I have bought 3 maqui berries at Bunnings and after two years two of them started to bear fruit. The good thing is I got two females and one male. The other good thing is that they are suitable for our climate in the Upper Mountains. Now to the bad: they are smaller than blueberries and the taste is - not really great. Does anyone here grows great tasting maqui berries?? (Apparently they are sooo healthy, provided you have time to eat these tiny berries which do not taste good)

Time: 7th January 2015 6:04pm

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Markmelb says...
Your very lucky - I wont buy one until they say male or female on tag

Time: 7th January 2015 7:02pm

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JohnMc1 says...
Mark, If you hang around Bunnies long enough they'll almost throw them at you, well, they have here, twice in two years. No one wants to pay $30ea. This year I picked up 12 plants for $5each. The only successful way I've propagated them is by air layering. I had them all marked as M or F until I planted them out now I forget which is which. Can't promise, but if ever I get around to airlayering some known M & F plants I'll keep you in mind.

Time: 7th January 2015 10:15pm

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Upper mountains says...
John how is the taste of yours??
I guess Bunnings propagate them (well their supplier) by seed and this is why they don't know weather they are male or female. Good windbreak but not good fruit. Even the birds don't bother.

Time: 7th January 2015 10:31pm

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denise1 says...
In NZ we have a wineberry plant that is related to maqui, called Aristotelia serrata and has a larger fruit than maqui I have seen, and is quite consistent. I remember in the 1970s picking bucket fulls of them down the old logging roads.You would need a few hundred plants to make it worthwhile. It is harder to find them these days as they pop up after logging operations that happens much less these days thankfully. There is a similar plant in India also called wineberry.

Time: 8th January 2015 7:40am

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Upper mountains says...
maybe I chase this plant - was it tasty?


Time: 8th January 2015 8:28am

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denise1 says...
Though nz wineberry is useful and possibly better than maqui, though not overly exciting, there must surely be some real ozzie bushtucker fruit that has a lesser risk of being a potentially invasive plant.

Time: 8th January 2015 10:03am

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JohnMc1 says...
Midyim berry comes to mind.

Time: 8th January 2015 11:47am

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Waterlily says...
Hi I bought a "pic me edible" brand Maqui berry bush from Bunnings.... Melbourne only one
Not much information re male female plants...on web..anyway its huge after 2 years...profuse flowering this year..
and I have berries...you dont necessarily need male female...my thoughts are it is Monoecious.. because it is bearing fruit..
Just thought Id update anyone as it is possible with this brand I bought from Bunnings... anyway...so will be air layering shortly after fruiting as it is a very healthy robust plant

Time: 15th October 2020 10:45am

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Linton says...
Have several Maqui berry plants from Bunnings which I keep small and grow them in pots. As with yours, they all have berries now so it seems like it is not necessary to have a male and female plant. Some nurseries claim that they are growing hermaphrodite Maquis that are self fertile so only 1 plant is required. I was going to buy one of these types but now it appears that most Maqui plants, including the ones at Bunnings, are self fertile anyway.
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Time: 18th October 2020 9:11pm

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Pardelote says...
Hi Waterlily,

Just wondering if your berries have ever matured?



Time: 19th October 2020 8:36am

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Linton says...
Dear Waterlily and Pardelote

Maqui plants are not Monoecious. There have been a number of previous threads on this topic.

Quote: 'They are dioecious fruit trees that produce fruit without a pollinator, they just don't produce any seeds.'

The female plant will fruit without a male pollinator, and the male is only needed to produce fertile seed. If you don't want seed, just fruits, you can do away with any males. Hope this is clarified now.




Time: 21st October 2020 1:17pm

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Markmelb says...
Problem is that the Plants at B---ings and K--rt arnt Female Cuttings but whatever arnt they?? So its pot luck
getting a Female?

Time: 21st October 2020 4:30pm

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