which is your favorite raspberry and blackberry?
I got some polana and autumn britton this year but thought about maybe getting another variety next year. I'm thinking about prelude since I heard good reviews on another site about it but I wanted your opinion of your favorite for northern climates. also, what is your favorite blackberry?
I totally prefer black raspberries, they not only have wonderful flavor and are prolific but are very easy to propagate by just laying one down on the ground or burying the tip in the ground, and they will bear all summer (if the birds don't eat all the unripe ones like they did here this year..the buggers).
I still got a good harvest and they will rebear again, but birds can be a problem with any berries..I didn't net them.
I still got a good harvest and they will rebear again, but birds can be a problem with any berries..I didn't net them.
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I used to have blackberries that were I suppose wild. Very thorny -- VERY VERY thorny. I planted a thornless variety (Triple Crown) and am now in the process of eliminating all thorned shoots. The thornless canes are much easier to deal with and train. It's a bit over vigorous and have set down roots here and there -- welcome while it's still being established, but no doubt can become a problem later on. I've cut off and planted one rooted shoot in another part of the garden. I didn't net it this year, but it'll be easier to net than the thorned one (that was what decided me to get rid of it. The net got SO ENTANGLED I was nearly weeping with frustration).
I planted Kiwi Gold raspberries. I really like that the birds don't bother it at all. We're only seeing meager harvest still, but it's filling out the alloted space fast, so I can expect a bigger yield next year. I'm harvesting the tip borne 2nd crop right now.
I planted Kiwi Gold raspberries. I really like that the birds don't bother it at all. We're only seeing meager harvest still, but it's filling out the alloted space fast, so I can expect a bigger yield next year. I'm harvesting the tip borne 2nd crop right now.
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