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I'm growing both of these cherry varieties in the greenhouse. Sungold is my weak at the knees variety that makes my mouth water when I think of eating them warm from the greenhouse. (Sunsugar is very very much the same tasting/producing as Sungold, meant to be more resistant to splitting, although I haven't noticed much of a difference. Again an F1 and the seed is not readily available in the UK, makes it not so attractive.)
Hence my interest in Honeycomb which is being put forward as being as tasty as Sungold but without the splitting. It's too early to tell on the taste test as they haven't settled into their stride yet and the skins are a little early season tough yet. But what really interested me is Honeycomb had its first ripe fruit a good 10 - 14 days before Sungold!!!!! Sungold is always pretty much the first of the cherries to ripen here every year. It might have been my growing, plants got a bit leggy and pot-bound, but it got me wondering......
So the point of this thread, a comparison of growing Sungold and Honeycomb for date sown to first ripe fruit.
Four seeds sown of each in 3 modules, Honeycomb were 3 to 4 days ahead in the germination stakes, perhaps the freshness of seed making an impact. Although only 3 germinated of Honeycomb while Sungold gets a star for 100%.
May 20th they looked like this, Sungold to the left. My idea is to grow them on as best I can uncheck to get a comparison of who indeed is the faster to ripe fruit. Though I may not have room for all 7 and I might pick the best 2 from each and grow one of each inside and out. I hope that makes sense!
Hence my interest in Honeycomb which is being put forward as being as tasty as Sungold but without the splitting. It's too early to tell on the taste test as they haven't settled into their stride yet and the skins are a little early season tough yet. But what really interested me is Honeycomb had its first ripe fruit a good 10 - 14 days before Sungold!!!!! Sungold is always pretty much the first of the cherries to ripen here every year. It might have been my growing, plants got a bit leggy and pot-bound, but it got me wondering......
So the point of this thread, a comparison of growing Sungold and Honeycomb for date sown to first ripe fruit.
Four seeds sown of each in 3 modules, Honeycomb were 3 to 4 days ahead in the germination stakes, perhaps the freshness of seed making an impact. Although only 3 germinated of Honeycomb while Sungold gets a star for 100%.
May 20th they looked like this, Sungold to the left. My idea is to grow them on as best I can uncheck to get a comparison of who indeed is the faster to ripe fruit. Though I may not have room for all 7 and I might pick the best 2 from each and grow one of each inside and out. I hope that makes sense!
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