The berries have arrived 🍓🫐

@BruceB @RandyK ... I am with you guys, If I see something growing somewhere and looks interesting I want to try it.

If you don't have a way to identify, I was watching this guy years ago on YT and he said if you take a small bit of the juice and wipe it on your lip, if poison it will cause a sensation of discomfort of some type, letting you know you should not consume it.

I have yet to test this theory...may need to ask a Dr. lol
 
ktrain said:
Just a quick AI search result...but makes sense. lol

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Yikes! Yeah, not trying anything unless I'm sure I know what it is...

I think using a couple of plant identification apps can help ID plants though. I used this last year to find out what a certain berry was that I was not familiar with...Wineberries. Found out it is a non-native, invasive berry plant, but definitely edible. And they are tasty!
 
My Wife and I were attending a Memorial Day celebration in a neighboring village, and were headed to the car. She stopped and looked up and exclaimed is that a cherry tree. It was a huge cherry tree. It was a huge, ripening,tart cherry tree completely covered in red cherries. Of course I plucked a few. Tart and delicious! A lady emerged from the alley across the street, and you guessed it. "Are you stealing my cherries?" "Why yes I am!" We all laughed and said take all you want. Yep I am an urban grazer!
 
BNaula1 said:
Probably the earliest I’ve gotten my blackberries to start producing in ground.

Last year I had them ripen around July / August but this year it’s looking like I’ll get them much early!
It’s only May 8th here in zone 7 and I have pollinated flowers already :) attached are my Navaho blackberries, pink lemonade blueberries and some June bearing strawberries
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Do you water them often? Mine are in ground going on year 3 and they’re still small plants (like 1.5 ft tall). Deer keep eating them—maybe that’s keeping them from doing much. I hardly ever water them though.
 
Higueras said:
Do you water them often? Mine are in ground going on year 3 and they’re still small plants (like 1.5 ft tall). Deer keep eating them—maybe that’s keeping them from doing much. I hardly ever water them though.
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I water them just as often as my fig trees 👍🏽 it’s all about your soil though.

Is your soil acidic? Also I fertilize twice using berry-tone early & mid season :)
 
BNaula1 said:
I water them just as often as my fig trees 👍🏽 it’s all about your soil though.

Is your soil acidic? Also I fertilize twice using berry-tone early & mid season :)
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We got clay soil here and I haven’t done anything to make the soil acidic 🥲. I’ll try actually taking care of them this year and see how they do 🤔😂. Thanks
 
Higueras said:
We got clay soil here and I haven’t done anything to make the soil acidic 🥲. I’ll try actually taking care of them this year and see how they do 🤔😂. Thanks
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I have clay soil aswell, the thick kind that doesn’t drain at all haha. I don’t plant anything inground here unless it’s a mature tree.

All my berries are in containers or raised beds 👍🏽 I use peat moss and fine pine bark in the soil mix to make it slightly more acidic for those. And Berry-tone twice per season :)
 
First bowl of strawbs....

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Mr. chipmunk didn't do too much damages to my strawberry beds yesterday, so I had very good harvest yesterday. I thanked him when I saw him in my garden and he jumped right into my strawberry bed!
 
mech_pa said:
Mr. chipmunk didn't do too much damages to my strawberry beds yesterday, so I had very good harvest yesterday. I thanked him when I saw him in my garden and he jumped right into my strawberry bed!
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My chipmonks haven't been active yet, but they will be coming for sure, as they do every year. I usually cover my strawberries with an insect net right after they flower and set fruit. That helps keep a lot of pests away - birds, chipmunks, insects, and squirrels. My dogs too... if they see a ripe berry, they will go for it.
 
First two Glenco raspberries of the year. Thornless variety, first year with it.

Got it as a short 1’ bareroot cane around March. Sorry I don’t have a current picture of it but it shot out 4-5 canes which are about 6ft in height 😂 extremely vigorous.
 

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BNaula1 said:
First two Glenco raspberries of the year. Thornless variety, first year with it.

Got it as a short 1’ bareroot cane around March. Sorry I don’t have a current picture of it but it shot out 4-5 canes which are about 6ft in height 😂 extremely vigorous.
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They look tasty! I love the colour. Whats your review of the flavour so far?
 
BNaula1 said:
First two Glenco raspberries of the year. Thornless variety, first year with it.

Got it as a short 1’ bareroot cane around March. Sorry I don’t have a current picture of it but it shot out 4-5 canes which are about 6ft in height 😂 extremely vigorous.
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Did you get them because they are thornless? Lately, I specifically want thorny varieties... sure, they are a pain to deal with, but they excel at keeping birds away... Those damn robins are everywhere here and they love my berries.
 
Figgin' A said:
Did you get them because they are thornless? Lately, I specifically want thorny varieties... sure, they are a pain to deal with, but they excel at keeping birds away... Those damn robins are everywhere here and they love my berries.
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Yep that’s the only reason I got them! My daughter has a bad habit of picking berries on her own and last year she had a few mishaps with the raspberries I was growing (Heritage & Rose Gold) so I ended up replacing those two with Glencoe
 
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