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Originally Posted by Snarkie
I have several acres of blackberries I've been trying to eradicate at the Preserve for almost 25 years. They're pretty close to the variety you have out there.
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Okay, I suspect not. I'm not "out there"--I'm "down there". Having gardened in the Northeast all of my life, I'm in FL now and trying to master massive bugs, humidity, odd moldy situations and something called "2 season" gardening. Haha! Nobody has a clue when to plant an onion set. I just purchased $1 worth at the local feed store; supposedly they should have been planted in October. Except there were none to buy then. (And then there's the advice of vernalizing them for 6 weeks in the fridge which I'm doing and thinking I might just keep some chilled until next October--what's 50 cents?) Residents with only lawn and ornamentals love to tell you how to raise food except they gave up years ago but still know best. Even the Master Gardeners and the AG extension give conflicting information. Sheesh.
But if your blackberries are not tiny ones but meaty like the wild thorny ones I cultivated when living in MD (40 or so to fill a pint) then you've got a winner. And I'd be interested....