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Thanks, will prune back. Everything in my yard is contained--by Dad. I never
have to worry (except about things dying). And, should the blackberry do
something it ought not, it is strategically placed so that if it grows too far
this way the cows will get it or if it grows too far that way the horses will
get it. One year he got mad at the forsythia, was in his way for some reason,
he gave it a mohawk. I actually had people stop and ask my if there was a
reason why we gave it a mohawk. Used to be a lovely full bush, now it's a
spindly thing. <sigh> But, we do have the prettiest peonies in the area.
People always stop to ask what we do to make them look that good. My response,
Dad hates them because they attract ants (they were here when we bought the
house) and tries regularly to kill them. They look at me like I'm telling
stories to keep my green thumb secrets mine. LOL
TTFN
Penny
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From: Jeff Strong <jeff_faithwalker@yahoo.com>
To: Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 7:00:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Organic_Gardening] Blackberry question

Yes you should prune it back. Secondly have you contained the root system for
that is one of the ways it spreads. In my neck of the woods Black berries while
yummy to eat are extremely invasive and are a scourge in which we celebrate guys

like your Dad as Heroes. We make up songs to boast their exploits and toast
their health and long life for they deliver our yards from the plantings of Orcs

and Goblins.......
jeff

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From: Penny Swann <pennybugs@yahoo.com>
To: Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 10:38:35 AM
Subject: [Organic_Gardening] Blackberry question

I have a blackberry that I planted years and years ago (maybe 6?) I put it in a

bad spot and it kept getting tilled or weedwhacked. The year before last I
finally got smart and put a tomato cage around it before my dad started yard
work (his favorite tool is a chainsaw, if you live outside you've got to be
tough). That year it finally grew a little and produced about a cereal bowlful
of berries. I left the tomato cage on it and last year it grew like crazy and
produced like crazy. Dad came in yesterday and told me it was dead. We've had
an awful cold spring and things are only just starting to leaf, so I told him to

give it a little more time. Today I went out and looked at it, it has tons of
growth from last year, but no leaves. After checking carefully at the base I
found some new growth coming up. Should I cut out all of last year's growth?
Part of it? Should I have cut last year's growth out last fall? This is my
first blackberry bush and I really love the berries, I want to do right by it.
TTFN
Penny
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