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Hi Mike,
Because they grow wild up here and I have them all over the place I
never thought of it, but I don't know
why that wouldn't work if the pot was big enough as they have quite a
large root structure. You'd want to keep
the branches from touching the ground as they will 'take root' just about
anwhere they touch along the ground.
As for the size.....shall we start with about one acre? ;-) I think
if you'd start one in a large pot
the branches would probably go out about 4 or 5 feet in all directions in
one year. There would, of course,
need to be some bees in the area to polinate the blossoms when they come
out with their pretty little white
flowers in order to bare fruit.
That might be an interesting experiment.
Bob Saville
Mike Dean wrote:
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> Bob, how big does the plants need to get to bear fruit? Could they be
potted. In a large, outdoor pot? That
> might keep them from spreading.
>
> Mike Dean
>
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> Hi Larry,
> My daughtor lives in Spokane WA which is much different in both
weather and soil from here in western
> Oregon. Several years ago while visiting me she picked some wild
'Oregon Blackberries' and fell in love
> with them. I cut several 'shoots' for her and she took them home with
her. Since they are wild here and
> extremely hard to get rid of once they get a start in an unwanted area I
warned her about keeping an eye
> on the growth and spreading of them if they started growing in her area.
> She took them home and planted them in a corner of her back yard and
waited to see if they would grow.
> Within about two or three seasons they had taken over her backyard, went
under the wood fence and into her
> neighbors back yard. Once they create a 'bulb' under the ground they go
out in all directions and the
> only way to perminately get rid of them is to keep digging until you
locate the 'big' bulb and all of it's
> root 'shoots'.
> Now, having said all this, if you stay on top of them and keep them
from getting too large they bear
> some fantastic berries. If you want to try it in Utah, get some shoots
the next time you visit western
> Oregon and enjoy the berries if they survive the trip home, the
different soil, temperature change, etc.
> Personally, I think they'd probably grow nearly anywhere that the
weather isn't toooooo extreme. They
> like lots of water and when they start to bare the new berries they like
lots of sun along with the
> water. The ripe berries are quite large, very black and extreemly
sweet and juicy. Personally, I like
> their flavor better than either the Loganberries or the Marionberries,
but maybe I'm just prejudice
> because they are so plentiful around here.
> About two months ago I took out a pretty large patch of Blackberry
Bushes on a slope in the field just
> below my house. I cut them all down with the 'Brush-hog' on the back of
my tractor. Then I got the
> 'Weed-eater' after them and cut them down to the dirt. Yesterday I
noticed that there are several new,
> bright green leaves comiing up out of the ground already. I dug down and
got several of the bulbs but I
> obviously missed some.
> Do this at your own risk, but I think the risk is worth the
delicious berries and yes, the thorns are
> definately 'viscious'!!
>
> Bob Saville
> Eugene, OR
>
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