ISO Prime-Ark Freedom Blackberry

TorontoJoe said:
They're in the ground. Ended up with 4 nice little plants to work with.

I forgot to take a pic... and now I sat down after working in the yard all day so I can't get back up to go take one now :LOL: Will try tomorrow.... They're not big yet

I ended up planting against a south facing fence. I wanted to avoid them shading other plants, Also, I figured in this spot I can always tie trellis them to the fence... There's also nothing else near it in the ground. My I-258 is the closest and that's probably 5 meters (16ft) away.

There's also a raccoon trap right on the other side of the fence... so hopefully it goes for that before my berries! :p

@ktrain - no rush but when you get a chance could you please post a few pics of yours? Of the 4 I planted, one was around knee high and three just over the ankle. I'm kind of curious as to what to expect in terms of growth this year.
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Blackberries grow super vigorously, expect like 6ft canes by winter haha as long as you feed them right. Mine love berry-tone early season or when planted, and balanced water soluble bi-weekly
 
@TorontoJoe

So this patch has been here for around 3 years, I just pruned out the really long/tall ones.
But....other than that I have not been out there to care for them...like I should be. lol
In this bed there are probably 20 canes shooting up.
Though I am noticing some curled up leaves so I think it is lacking some nutrient.
Time to overhaul the bed and get it cleaned up....then feed.

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ktrain said:
@TorontoJoe

So this patch has been here for around 3 years, I just pruned out the really long/tall ones.
But....other than that I have not been out there to care for them...like I should be. lol
In this bed there are probably 20 canes shooting up.
Though I am noticing some curled up leaves so I think it is lacking some nutrient.
Time to overhaul the bed and get it cleaned up....then feed.

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Is the rope just to keep them from toppling over?
 
TorontoJoe said:
Is the rope just to keep them from toppling over?
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Yes, I didn't have a trellis or even want to put one in at the time because we are renovating that whole area.
The Blue berries and Raspberries are in there too, but the beds are old and falling apart.
So I did that as a temporary measure.
But they will fall over if you don't have something.
 
ktrain said:
Yes, I didn't have a trellis or even want to put one in at the time because we are renovating that whole area.
The Blue berries and Raspberries are in there too, but the beds are old and falling apart.
So I did that as a temporary measure.
But they will fall over if you don't have something.
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Now I’m happy about my decision to put it against the fence. :)
 
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