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Good memories are better cause they don’t include mosquitoes😁

These plants are still under patent protection so I can’t really speak to that, but probably like any other blackberry or rose.

I cut all the expired floricanes to the ground after harvest. The new primocanes start coming in well before the harvest is over so I was trying to describe how to cut the old stuff while leaving the new stuff. Are you suggesting I should cut everything, both primocane and floricane, to the ground?

Not that I am aware.

It’s been so dry and hot here for the last month I’m surprised mine are doing as well as they are.

First off, congratulations on your harvest!. Secondly, I am no expert, just some guy who did a lot of research before planting a crop then documented what I did; right or wrong. Yes, you can definitely tip the primocanes after fruiting. It will make the canes look much nicer, promote lateral growth and reduce chances of viral infection. I tip some when I have time, but with 35 plants I get WAY TOO MANY blackberries so I don’t worry about it too much. I had about #100 less fruit this year compared to this video from last year (there are a couple of videos after this one) which I believe were caused by a) not tipping last year and b) Hurricane Idalia.

@@eardw2251 I’m no expert neither but we all share info and it helps us all in the long run . Thanks for your reply !

Have you had any issues with them?

Where I live, it’s an inch per week. I run the guys on a drip irrigation system pushing 35 gal/hr of water over an area of 400ft2. 1” of rain would be 33.3 ft3 which is about 250 gallons. During hot weather, I try to irrigate twice a week for 4hrs each session. My soil is mostly sand with compost mixed in and drains real well. Temperatures near 100° are frequent.

Thanks for the reply. I think we will adjust our timers on the plants. How was your blackberry season? We had a nice harvest, but the heat shortened the harvest.

​@@earltharrisjr6955 good harvest ;way more than I needed..limited a bit by hurricane damage last September and my decision not to tip them.

No big deal; still had way too many blackberries😊

Good luck to you! I’d always heard that blackberries and raspberries should be planted far apart. I don’t recall why but thought I’d let you know.. In some ways our gardening limitations are based on the same criteria - hot and long summers with short warm winters. We just get more water in a given month than you do in a year! That gives us a lot more viruses to contend with and I’d guess the advice was based on that.

@@eardw2251 Thanks for that, and yes we have quite a bit in common with our climates except the rainfall. My situation would be irrigated and virtually no fungal issues. I have been reading that black raspberries can vector viruses to red raspberries if they are planted nearby. I am only experimenting with a few red raspberries to see if they can produce in our climate here. Cheers!

I’ve used livestock panels before, but they are expensive and a pain to remove dead vines from after all the work to weave them in. That and drip irrigation was on my mind when I elected to make a single long row instead of 5 or 6 individual sections. I would have loved to build a maze otherwise😁..

The wild berries here are about where your Osage, travelers and sweetie pie are. I’d imagine the PAF might get hit by a late freeze eventually as they bloom and fruit so early. I think a guy out in Texas put out a video about that but I have been lucky.

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I bought the online from Ison’s Nursery.

Thank you so much !

You’re probably catching a small perennial wildflower plot I planted last year. If it works out I’m gonna put in more as bee forage.

@@eardw2251 I did the same thing 2 years ago but got hit with a major drought. I’ll start again this fall with a raised bed and 2 long rows that I can still irrigate until they get established.

Hope you don’t mind but I dropped a link to your videos. I made jelly two years ago, and it was good, but when my choice is between blackberry and muscadine jelly I always take the blackberry.. Wine is easier and doesn’t blow up my kitchen😁

@@eardw2251 thanks for the plug! It’s getting humid here in Texas so I have to start on my Asian persimmons video before I start melting.

Thanks

You may change your mind if you see the most recent update☺ But when I’m caught up it’s mostly a hoe and I spread compost between the plants in winter. . No, I gave up on landscape fabric yeas ago; Bermuda grass loved living under that stuff.

Thanks!

Sorry to hear about last years difficulties, believe me, I understand. Thanks for the tip on sweet berries!

You’re right about that. And the flavor of the “perfect” berry is gonna vary from person to person. My wife loves eating fresh Granny Smith apples while I love golden delicious🤔 Thank you for your kind wishes and the same to you.

Thanks, I hope it helps.

@@eardw2251 Definitely 😁 As I'm growing Black Satin Blackberry at the moment for my first time and I just have it in a 15 gallon Container.. Any advice will be Greatly appreciated 🙏 Thanks again Friend

@@Godisincontrol325 I have not tried growing blackberries in containers so my advice would be terrible. Here is a link to a series done by TreehouseVinyard that may be helpful.ruclips.net/p/PL7BwNm10YInzF-7QBFOeh-uxoT0SZv6gd&si=cPmo58qh0iNz4MIO

@@eardw2251 Thank you very much 🙏

Thanks for the kind words Eddie👍

If you haven’t found the videos from Ison’s Nursery about muscadines I recommend them. when mine were growing up, they looked just like the ones in their videos.

@@eardw2251 I’ve seen their videos, just curious what varieties you planted. I have 60+ vines I planted from 4 years ago and added some every year.

@@TreehouseVineyard 10 Ison and 10 Sugargate. Last season I got 700-800 pounds from the Ison and maybe 200 from the Sugargate. Sugargates are sweeter and more “musky” but far less productive. You must be running a pick your own cause that is a lot of muscadines.

@@eardw2251 I added 2 Sugargate and it is the sweetest muscadine I have. I just a hobby but it kinda grew with all the recommendations from the muscadine Facebook group. I’m done adding now since the pruning is tough.

@@TreehouseVineyard heard that. Somehow I feel we would enjoy sitting around a fire, drinking some homemade vino and talking about this stuff for hours. I salute you sir!

Thanks for the recommendations, I’ll take a look.

Thanks Robert. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. I am actually pretty happy they survived the storm and of course I have 10 years of firewood and had a lot of fun cutting wood with the neighbors. Silver linings abound if we only look right?

Thanks for the tip! I may give that a try next season. I have never seen an earthworm in my soil, must not like the chemistry.

Hi Ryan. The posts are se 18 feet apart and the wires are set 18”, 36” and 54” above the ground

Thank you and your quite welcome.

Great idea; I’ll put something up here in a few days when there are a bunch of red berries.

I just ordered some plants, look forward to your update.

I couldn’t answer, I haven’t used any.

You are gonna have a huge harvest next year if they are anything like mine; I would expect 1200#’s from the Prime ark alone if we have a good year. You can’t be more than 30 miles away from me and mine are just past peak blossom for the floricane crop. I took some damage from Hurricane Idalia (vines on the east side of the wire broken off at the top, vines on the west side laid on the ground) that might impact yield, but not enough for me to care. I would love to see your plantings!

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Why do you recommend Pine Bark mulch?

Glad it helped! I’m seeing a few blooms on the plants already (February 2024).

I bought one PA Traveler and it arrived with just a couple small leaves a couple days ago. I sure hope this will fair for me in Central FL. I'm on the West Coast. If it shows promise, I will order a bunch more. Used to pick wild ones as a kid up north.@@eardw2251

What a nice thing to say: Thank you!

Thanks! Just out of curiosity, did you plant TC plugs or something else?

Thanks! Good luck!

Hey, thanks! I worked in a lot of compost before planting, then each winter top-dress with more. I tilled the ground then hilled up the soil to make a single row. The end posts I think were 5” posts and the middle posts were 3-4”. Although most of the vines blew down during hurricane Idalia, the posts and wire were unaffected. I don’t use mulch (other than the top-dressing with compost) but weed every couple of months. We have Bermuda grass here so I feel your pain!

Hi Brian. I really couldn’t tell you how well Natchez or Triple Crown would grow in your area. Blackberries are remarkably adaptable plants but you live in a very warm area with few chill hours. If I could be so bold, I’d love to hear how yours do over the next year. I’m very curious if your vines will die out over the winter, and if not, will they set fruit?

I’m sure they would propagate just fine through first-year stem cuttings just like any other blackberry or rose, but.it’s not legal without paying a royalty fee.

@@eardw2251when does the patent expire?