... do you prune them?
The variety I have - Illini - would probably get ten feet tall if they didn't fall over sideways first. They're vigorous, winter hardy, and ... SOUR! But seriously, should I be pruning them to keep them "in bounds"? |
I can't help you but will keep watching as I just planted 3 last year.
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We dont prune ours, neithre does my mom. Maybe we should?
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They grow rampantly wild in Oregon. We don't have to plant them!
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We have pruned them back, but only 1/2 at a time. It seems like we didn't get berries off of the newer growth.
Our bushes if not pruned, the stalks get very large and woody, and the thorns are huge. |
Ours are growing wild in the neighboring lot (hope noone ever buys it!). The deer get most of them! The rest we seem to eat as we pick!
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You PLANT them??? LOL
Our entire back yard would be taken over in one summer if we did not hack them back every week. I bet our house would be covered after 2 years. They grow new branches every year to bear fruit, so cutting them back is probably a good thing. If you insist on "growing" them. Seriously, you can walk down almost any street around here and just eat as you go when the blackberries get ripe. |
My husband grows one in a huge pot and yes prunes at end of season...We do get blackberry's as we eat them as we pick them...just a snack...
I guess a seed dropped and a vine started under our deck so I just transplanted into the garden...Hoping it takes off but by the sounds of it I might regret that. |
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