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RE: Expanding The Berry Patch: Some Tricks I Have Learned!

in #gardening7 years ago

Love the berries. Here in FL we have blackberries all over the property that grow wild everywhere. They were so bad when we first moved in that we had to deal with them like a week and cut them all back because we could not even get to the front of our house. We have been putting in post with wire rows for it to grow around the property line using it as a thorny fence outside our fences. The way we do it is take all the berries that I condsider not good enough for us to eat and take them out where I want the new ones to grow next year and just stomp them into the ground. When I do my rounds with my worm tea backpack sprayer I just stop by and give that area a little spray and the next season you will have them growing everywhere.

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I can't even imagine out of control wild blackberries. The thorns are so biting - I can see why it would be undesirable. I love the idea of a bramble hedge around your fence. I would love to do something like that as well. The fact that you just stomp them in the ground really shows how resilient these plants are!!