That could be how you are spreading them!
You found the source!
If birds are eating them, and then doing what birds do... they are being planted in other places.
Either remove the fruiting ones, or cover them, to be sure the birds don't spread them, or you are helping your enemy the berries, win!
Then again, how far do birds travel to eat? And then to go to the bathroom afterwards, it may not be possible to eliminate their planting them.
-
Ozark Lady
- Greener Thumb
- Posts: 1862
- Joined: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:28 pm
- Location: NW Arkansas, USA zone 7A elevation 1561 feet
-
The Helpful Gardener
- Mod
- Posts: 7491
- Joined: Mon Feb 09, 2004 9:17 pm
- Location: Colchester, CT
-
GeorgiaGirl
- Senior Member
- Posts: 228
- Joined: Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:08 pm
- Location: Metro Atlanta, GA (zone 7)
GOOD POINT... I am having surgery tomorrow but as soon as I get home those fruiting ones are OUTA THERE!!! I have plenty of thornless canes that I've planted; I'll enjoy blackberries from those only!! (I must say I'm VERY relieved that I must have missed 2-year canes in the past and that's how they have been spreading... I was picturing a 24'-long rhizome tunneling under my driveway!!! 