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- Q.Blackberry Pruning-I’ve Read Your Article Back In 2017 Regarding The Subject. As A Long-term Volunteer Of The Mutual Girls Club - here in Bartlesville, clarify something for me please. I have uncovered what I believe to be a Hilmalaya Blackberry patch ...
- Q.Do Transplanted Blackberries Bloom The First Year? The Plants Are 4-5 Years Old. - The white on the plants is Seven Dust, to treat the Japanese beetles.
- Q.What Causes Gray To Black To Brown Decay Starting In The Center Of My Blackberry Leaves Between The Veins? - Canes are in good condition and I don't see any insect damage. The damage is on my thornless variety primacanes ...
- Q.How To Make My Blackberries Sweet? - I think they are thimble berries because they are quite large and look like a thimble
- Q.Traveler Blackberry In Drought—no Berries—old Brown Canes Cut Off—what Now? - As my first attachment shows, I cut off the old part of this shrub, which only produced a very few ...
- Q.Blackberry Container Growing Medium - How big a container and what mix of growing materials
- Q.I Have Horrible Blackberry Bushes. If I Lay Heavy Wood Or Other Heavy Objects On The Bushes, Will This Kill The Bushes? - I'm a senior and I've tried every way to hack, poison, damage, and anything else to these big nasty blackberry ...
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July 7, 2019Q.Blackberry pruning-I’ve read your article back in 2017 regarding the subject. As a long-term volunteer of the Mutual Girls Club
here in Bartlesville, clarify something for me please. I have uncovered what I believe to be a Hilmalaya Blackberry patch that has been smothered in a dense wooded area. Your instruction read as follows: Spring--cut canes back to 24 inches. I did not do that this spring as all canes are now first year growth. Next spring does that mean to cut all bushes back to 24 inches? This fall all of the canes are new and I plan to let them grow and clean up the patch next fall per your directions. Is that correct? Hopefully the girls will get to pick some berries one day. Thanks, Bob Korthase
- Answered by
Downtoearthdigs on
July 8, 2019A.Some pruning should be done every spring to keep the plants from becoming tangled and to improve their ability to bear. Prune trailing blackberries in the spring for good growth habits. Prune each main cane back to 3-4’. Then cut back side branches to about 12”, leaving five or six buds on each. Erect and semi-erect varieties should be tipped or cut back to 3-4’ in midsummer. This forces lateral branches to emerge from buds below this point.
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- Asked by
Anonymous on
July 26, 2019Q.Do transplanted blackberries bloom the first year? The plants are 4-5 years old.
The white on the plants is Seven Dust, to treat the Japanese beetles.
- Answered by
Downtoearthdigs on
July 27, 2019A.Blackberry plants do not fruit the same year they are planted. Primocanes appear in the first year and remain into the second year when they become floricanes, which produce flowers and fruit.
This article will help you with Japanese Beetle issues.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/japanese-beetles.htmWas this answer useful?00 - Asked by
wdstevens1 on
August 7, 2019
23235Q.What causes gray to black to brown decay starting in the center of my blackberry leaves between the veins?
Canes are in good condition and I don't see any insect damage. The damage is on my thornless variety primacanes grown in hot and humid central Virginia. Images show the progression.
Answered by
BushDoctor on
August 7, 2019
Certified ExpertA.That appears to be a severe calcium deficiency! This can be resolved quite easily, though.
DOLOMITIC LIME will provide, both, calcium and magnesium to the plant. Adding IRON SULFATE will help acidify the pH of the soil from treatment, as well as provide sulfur, iron, and is a good preventative for fungal infections.
This article will help you to care for Blackberry plants: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/growing-blackberry-bushes.htm
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Scubagirl on
August 13, 2019
Wintersville, Ohio 43953Q.how to make my blackberries sweet?
I think they are thimble berries because they are quite large and look like a thimble
- Answered by
Scubagirl on
August 13, 2019A.I have a trumpet bush/tree that has since collapsed and I have cut it down. Now the runners are everywhere. How do I get rid of this dilemma?
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krystalmk on
August 15, 2019
47032Q.Traveler Blackberry in drought—no berries—old brown canes cut off—what now?
As my first attachment shows, I cut off the old part of this shrub, which only produced a very few scrawny berries this year. I was advised to prune that part off. But should I cut it it all the way down to the trunk? The Traveler blackberry must be different from the old ones we had before they died out. They gave tons of berries (every other year would be an “off” time for them) and we could wait until spring to cut off the dead canes. That seemed fine for them. But this shrub has had 2 sections, the tall side that stands about 6’ in height but has never borne berries, and the other part that spread outward but did produce a few berries. This Drought we are currently dealing with in S. Indiana has everything shriveled, not just the berry shrub. So disappointing. — The second picture shows blossoms on the 6’ part of the shrub. Should I expect any fruit anymore this season, even if it’s only a handful?
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
August 16, 2019
Certified ExpertA.If you have applied all other care to no avail, then the last explanation will be a disease. Unfortunately, blackberries have many diseases, and most of them do not show symptoms except for lack of production.
This article will explain in more detail: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/blackberries-not-fruiting.htm
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Anonymous on
August 19, 2019Q.Blackberry container growing medium
How big a container and what mix of growing materials
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
August 20, 2019
Certified ExpertA.This article should help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/container-grown-blackberries.htmWas this answer useful?00 - Asked by
C? on
October 3, 2019
Eugene. Oregon 97404Q.I have horrible blackberry bushes. If I lay heavy wood or other heavy objects on the bushes, will this kill the bushes?
I'm a senior and I've tried every way to hack, poison, damage, and anything else to these big nasty blackberry bushes. They quickly grow back; if I battle them myself I get poisoned by the unavoidable thorns, very badly., I can't afford to hire some company to do it over and over. I am partially disabled. Isn't there a trick of putting heavy objects, lots of lumber, right ON THE BUSHES. SO THEY CANT GET AIR? Hey, like a big order of gravel!? does THAT WORK? DOES this also work for rose bushes? Round up is now categorized as causing cancer. ---it's so darn stupid to use, I can't even get the system to work! Also, the spray gets in the wind and blows back on you. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANKS! in Eugene Oregon
- Answered by
MichiganDot on
October 4, 2019A.It sounds like you are dealing the the invasive Himalayan blackberry. Covering blackberry will force the roots to grow outside the lumber or gravel area. It will not kill them. Links to articles on control follows: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/invasive-blackberry-control.htm
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