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- Q.How Do I Kill Blackberry Bushes? - My son bought this house with a long driveway......and there is a HUGE blackberry bush.........50 feet long, 10 feet wide ...
- Q.BlackBerry Problem - How can I help my BlackBerry bush. Woke bush had white powdery substance all over it. Flowers died there several ...
- Q.Blackberries Not Fully Developing - Every year, My blackberry bushes flower but the the fruits are just three tiny pin size green balls and they ...
- Q.Do Brambles Rot Fences - One of my neighbours keeps complaining that the brambles growing at the bottom of my other neighbours garden is rotting ...
- Q.Why Are My Blackberry Plants Not Growing Canes? - I purchased thornless blackberries several years ago and they just don't grow any canes for berries. At best the plants ...
- Q.Blackberry Pruning - I have trained a wild blackberry over a bench arbour, and am getting promising fruiting this year. However there are ...
- Q.If You Cut A Blackberry Patch Down To The Ground Will It Revive Itself…so Many Issues From Wet Weather, Birds, Deer, And Not Having - someone to talk with or see my issues..hopefully your advice will get me started to try to save my patch ...
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Anonymous on
June 19, 2020Q.How do I kill blackberry bushes?
My son bought this house with a long driveway......and there is a HUGE blackberry bush.........50 feet long, 10 feet wide and 6 feet tall. I have cut out 99% but there is new growth daily. HELP!
Answered by
GKH_Susan on
June 22, 2020
Certified ExpertA.You will have to keep all new growth cut as often as possible. Pour boiling water on all parts of the plant and the area surrounding it. This will usually do most of the work. If these manual methods don't work, you will have to turn to chemical herbicides, such as a brush killer.
This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/invasive-blackberry-control.htm
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- Asked by
Shellstaf on
June 23, 2020
48239Q.BlackBerry Problem
How can I help my BlackBerry bush. Woke bush had white powdery substance all over it. Flowers died there several berries that look dead. What happened to my bush? Is there anything I can do to get my berries to ripen or save my bush. Last year it produced several vowels of berries. ??
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
June 23, 2020
Certified ExpertA.Unfortunately, your photo did not come through. It does sound like, either, powdery mildew or downy mildew.
Here are some articles that will help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/disease/downy-mildew.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/growing-blackberry-bushes.htm
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Slauraux on
July 3, 2020
60563Q.Blackberries Not Fully Developing
Every year, My blackberry bushes flower but the the fruits are just three tiny pin size green balls and they stay that way. Is there anything I can do? The red currents and raspberries ext to them are fine.
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
July 6, 2020
Certified ExpertA.This is a complex subject, and will be fungal or bacteria. Some of these will attack, only, certain species of blackberries. This article will explain:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/blackberries-not-fruiting.htm
This may require assistance from your local extension service.
Here is a link that will help you to find the closest one to you:
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Anonymous on
July 11, 2020Q.Do brambles rot fences
One of my neighbours keeps complaining that the brambles growing at the bottom of my other neighbours garden is rotting his fence - is this possible?
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
July 13, 2020
Certified ExpertA.I could see the possibility if the brambles are right up against his fence and so has constant vegetation and moisture against it.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/fegen/what-are-brambles.htm
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RoxanneC on
July 25, 2020
14435Q.Why Are My Blackberry Plants Not Growing Canes?
I purchased thornless blackberries several years ago and they just don't grow any canes for berries. At best the plants 6" high. I conditioned the soil when planted and keep them watered in the hot summer. Soil drains well. They just stay close to the ground. What can I do to have them grow upwards and produce fruit?
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
July 27, 2020
Certified ExpertA.This could be an overall set of nutrient deficiencies, or pH imbalance. I would recommend testing the soil for nutrient and pH deficiencies and amend accordingly. These articles will help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/testing-soil.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/soil-ph-plants.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/organic/the-importance-of-soil-for-an-organic-garden.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/improving-garden-soil.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/growing-blackberry-bushes.htm
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FetchMeMyTools on
July 28, 2020
TownQ.Blackberry Pruning
I have trained a wild blackberry over a bench arbour, and am getting promising fruiting this year. However there are also very very strong and vigorous but non fruit bearing arms; do i cut these back or let them be? Are they going to be the fruit bearing arms next year?
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
July 28, 2020
Certified ExpertA.You will want to leave them alone for now. Those will be your fruit bearing canes next year.
This article will help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/blackberry-pruning.htm
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Anonymous on
August 8, 2020Q.If you cut a blackberry patch down to the ground will it revive itself…so many issues from wet weather, birds, deer, and not having
someone to talk with or see my issues..hopefully your advice will get me started to try to save my patch or not.. with a computer I'm like a 2 year old trying to fly a jet airplane...just learning and saw your ASK A GARDEN QUESTION...I know I won't get a crop next year but maybe I can get a hand on it for the following year...
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
August 9, 2020
Certified ExpertA.If you want the bushes to produce again it would be best to cut back the canes to 6 inches or so, starting with the outside ones and moving to the interior of the bush. Here's an article that will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/blackberry-pruning.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/growing-blackberry-bushes.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/watering-blackberries.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/fertilizing-blackberry-plants.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/blackberries-not-fruiting.htm
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