We just bought three "Arapaho Thornless blackberry Bushes". Has anyone
tried these, and if so what are your thoughts? Suppose to be good from
zones 6A - 10B, Wal-Mart 6 bucks.
Thanks,
Tom Church
Wesley Chapel, FL
tchurch@ij.net
> We just bought three "Arapaho Thornless blackberry Bushes". Has anyone
> tried these, and if so what are your thoughts? Suppose to be good from
> zones 6A - 10B, Wal-Mart 6 bucks.
Mine have barely survived, although they turn out to get a lot more shade
than I expected...have had few fruits.
Debbie in Williamsburg, VA
Debbie, any idea why yours have barely survived? How long have you had them?
Thanks.
Tom
> Debbie, any idea why yours have barely survived? How long have you had them?
> Thanks.
> Tom
I've had them 4 years and lost all but 2 (had 6) pretty quickly. We have
lots of wild blackberries that thrive right nearby so I assume these don't
like the heat or are more sensitive in some other way. To be fair, I did
expect some nearby shrubs to succumb to deer damage and they have come
back--the reason I speculated that they are in lower light than I would
plant them.
Debbie in Williamsburg, VA USDA Zone 7/8 Sunset zone 31/32
blackberries like lots of water ... anyone ever enjoyed the wild blackberries
in the Pac Northwest? awesome! (but I am in Fla so I can only
reminisce...alas)
Never tasted them in the PNW but have collected and feasted on them in =
different parts of Canada and always end up with the scars to prove it. =
We have wild blackberries less than a block away but my neighbour (who is =
at home) usually gets to them first. I just finished a bottle of her =
jelly - yummy.
Penny in Halifax, N.S.
> R Mccormick
blackberries like lots of water ... anyone ever enjoyed the wild blackberri=
es
in the Pac Northwest? awesome! (but I am in Fla so I can only
reminisce...alas)
Has anyone had any luck with their blackberries this season?
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Yes!!!!!!!!
My blackberries have never been as big as this year. They are hughe!
Gabri??lle
--- elmer maiden
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while we're on the topic...pruning instructions? I planted some bareroot
thornless blackberries this spring. After a slow start, they really took
off. The plants are absolutely huge and arching all over the place. I
know they bear on second year canes. In light of this should I not prune
at all, prune a little or what? Thanks!
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Sheryl Jones*sljones1@facstaff.wisc.edu
Zone 4/5A Madison, WI
http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/field/3349
elmer maiden wrote:
> Has anyone had any luck with their blackberries this season?
Blackberries are growing wild here in Hardanger-Norway - and there were a
lot of them this year - someplaces it became a little bit dry, but seems
that they can take it. they are smaller and not thornless, but taste good.
I have had different blackberries in my garden, both thornless and with
thorns - and I didn't like the wild growth, meters on metres! so I had a
big job to kill it through serveral years - are still killing :-( the wild
one is more than good enough for me.
A tips:
I often mix them with some blue plums when making jam, it looks and taste
blackberry, but in fact it has a better consitence and becomes a lot more jam.
Arnhild
Hi Sheryl
I prune my thornless blackberrie around januari. You cut all the
branches that have already had fruits in the last summer. The branches
left are the new ones; they will have fruits in the new year.
If it is difficult to see whether a branch has had fruits you could
mark them in the summer with a little piece of rope when the
blackberries are stil visible.
Gabri??lle
--- Sheryl Jones
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