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May 2024 by R T
I’ve been growing raspberries, blackberries, blue berries and strawberries in Massachusetts for over 40 years. Three years’ ago, I decided to buy from Nourse. In 2022, the raspberries and blackberries didn’t do well. Of ten bought, 8 died. While I watered well, I attributed the loss due to the drought. In 2023, I tried again with another 10 plants. Five were small, but I planted them---four made it. Five were in bad shape from shipping---only short stumps above the plug. Planted them in 1-liter pots and they were ready to plant by July. Four made it. I decided to give Norse one last try this year. Disappointed with very poor packing, again. The five Chester Blackberry plugs were stumps---all stems and leaves broken off. The five Jewel Raspberry plugs were small sticks above the plug, but at least had buds. The two blueberry, 1-lier pots were sticks, no sign of buds. Planted the blueberries into large, 1 gallon pots, and the berries in 1-liter pots and will hope for the best. These are not cheap plants: $7 each for the blackberries and raspberries, $11.55 each for the blueberry plants plus $23.95 for shipping and handling. At those prices, one should expect decent sized plants and proper shipping. I’m done with Nourse.
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April 2024 by Donald Casey
I ordered 15 raspberry plants and 6 gooseberry plants that all died. Niurse farms refuses to replace them as they promised I can’t do business with people that lie.
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March 2024 by Gary Leeth
I will never order strawberries from any place else. Nourse has the healthiest bare roots and they're packaging and shipping is second to none. Every single plant has come out and very healthy. Thanks Gary
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March 2024 by george honeycutt
received my strawberry plants 3 weeks and 2 weeks ago planted them right away in 31/2 "containers in small greenhouse after 2 and 3 weeks plants are beautiful and each order of 500 we received 512 only lost a total of 3 plants fantastic root system will recommend them to all my friends had orders from 2 other companies of 500 each won't name them but big mistake
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January 2024 by Hector Morales
It is a super excellent wellness company with its products
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August 2023 by Jon Williams
Ask yourself what it takes to build a business like this over 40-45 years. Mr. Nourse as I remember him, was driven and focused. This is a very labor intensive operation. Tim knew how to use and abuse his people. You won't see or hear about the people who worked so hard to make this business a reality. It was always about him.
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June 2023 by Matthew Brown
Ordered 2,500 strawberry plants and they all came in a reasonable amount of time and alive!
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June 2023 by Stephanie N
I ordered 500 strawberry plants and they arrived in great condition! A lot of the crowns were really big! I appreciated the agro gel sample they sent along, but I did order some as well to give my strawberry plants the best start. A week later and they are thriving and putting on a lot of new green. I'm super pleased with my order from Nourse Farms and will definitely order from them again.
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January 2023 by Kenneth Church
I have ordered from Nourse a few times now and have been blown away by the quality of the plants delivered. Highly highly recommend.
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January 2023 by Caroline Douglas
I'll be honest -- I completely abused the raspberry plants that I got. They sat in my garage for like 3 days without planting, then spent another few in my fridge. But they took! And they produced some berries the first year!
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January 2023 by Paul J. Flatley
I ordered 25 blueberry plants (3 varieties - small plugs) and 25 raspberry (Joan J -bare root) and 5 blackberry (Natchez) from Nourse Farms for my property in Maine (Zone 5A). All arrived in good condition, boxed and packaged well with damp roots via UPS.I had the soil for the blueberry plants prepared well in advance of their arrival, a mixture of topsoil, compost, and a lot of spagnum peat moss (6 bales for a 75 foot mounded row). The day the plants arrived they were strong green stems with reddish buds and no leaves. They were immediately put in the ground. The instructions stated clearly to put the plants in the ground immediately. I believe the growth of the blueberry plants resulted from preparing the soil in advance, planting when they arrived, watering them thoroughly and irrigating them continuously with a drip line on a timer.I also had the soil (compost and topsoil mixed) for the raspberry and blackberry plants prepared in advance. The raspberry roots were in good shape with some new shoots already forming. The Blackberry plants were little plugs with 1 or two leaves each. They were each planted upon arrival and are growing well. 30 days after, of 25 bare root raspberry plants, all have now popped leaves. Most have a primocane or two, 4 to 8 inches tall with 12 to 18 leaves.Of the 5 blackberry plants, all are thriving, 6 inches tall with 12 to 18 leaves.The Nourse Farms website gives you instructions and they have a few videos on YouTube. I read the instructions and watched the videos before my plants arrived. If you follow the instructions, your berry plants will thrive. I'm thoroughly pleased.Five Stars.
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January 2023 by cr nunn
I have purchased bramble plugs on multiple occasions from Nourse Farms. The experiences are uniformly positive from the ordering of the tiny plant cultures through the successful yielding of berries and the healthy plants. And the staff at Nourse are always responsive to questions and accommodating to changes in delivery needs. An A-1 operation!
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January 2023 by Kelly McCartney
Exceptional experience ordering two blueberry bushes for home planting from Nourse Farms. They provide great information and detail from the moment you place your order. Nourse made sure that I got the blueberry bushes at the right time for planting in my area. They sent the bushes with a booklet that provided detailed information on how to successfully plant them. My bushes transplanted beautifully and are growing well. Will definitely order from Nourse in the future.
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January 2023 by Andreas Preiss
I have ordered quite a bit from Nourse farms, Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries and this year blueberries. At Nourse they're great about giving you a heads up when your plants are about to ship so you have a chance to get the spot ready ahead of time. All the plants so far have arrive healthy, well established and do well once planted.
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January 2023 by CynicalCreator Cynical_Creator
Ordered 5 blackberries, 5 red raspberries, 25 strawberries several months in advance, shipped to Michigan and all arrived together on the week they were supposed to, super healthy and well packaged with clear instructions for planting and care. Already getting raspberries and strawberries just 3 months after planting. Only place I'll ever order from again
