This year and the last 2 years already, it promised to be a bumper crop but then all the berries seem to dry up overnight and turn to a berry of seeds but no fruit parts. This year I sprayed weekly with dish soap, eucalyptus oil, tea tree oil, neem oil and high phosphorus liquid fertilizer. It made the stink bugs go away for a few days, but the berries dried up anyway. I turned on the drip irrigation to daily. There was thick mulch over the soil. But the berries dried up just like the last 2 years. Some of my thornless blackberries are planted in a sheltered driveway which mainly gets sun midday to almost dusk. The other thornless blackberry patch is planted out in the full sun in richer soil. Both patches berries dried up. I pruned all the branches with dried berries hoping a new set of flowers would appear. I have 2 bee hives near the berry patches, so poor pollination is definitely not the culprit. 20 years ago, when I moved here to zone 9b, it was rare to get temperatures over 100ºF in the summer and basically never snowed in the winter. Since a few years ago, our summers have weeklong, even 10-days long, temperatures over 100º. This year, the temperature has been 110ºF for several days in a row. Some online sites describe fungus as the culprit. Some sites say it is the stink bugs. Some say it is the heat. What can I do to restore my thornless blackberry plants to fruiting?
That Is a tough one. One thing you said that stood out. You water every day. Blackberries are very drought tolerate. They do not like to be kept watered. That may be a issue, other than that I would lean toward a fungus.
I grew up on them wild ones, and man they are good... problem with them is they grow right along side Diamond Back Rattlesnakes... I had an up close and personal encounter with a really large one, I believe I was 14... it's been a long time, left a mark I will never forget, dang snake was hung in jeans... and I nearly died from fright... guess God decided it just wasn't my time. I keep my pine trees well sprayed, and generally stay on a piece of equipment when I'm out in the pines these days... Killed one over five feet long a couple years ago... Pines and Snakes just go together. Like you, I grow my blackberries in a well defined space these days... and leave the wild ones to the wild.
You just basically break the stem close to the soil and it terminates it. You can do it with a roller, but we've also done with the riding mower. Just put the deck all the way down and don't turn on the blades.
Where do you get your wheat grass straw? What do you do with the sunflowers? Are you using it to feed the bee's and as a cover? How do you terminate your grass that you are cutting do you till it in at the end? Oh, you literally just answered me lol. Janice
I really enjoy your videos, always end up learning something in the process, Given that Georgia is the second Blueberry producing state in the US I expected to see some in your dream garden, would you care to elaborate on why you don't have any.
I have two thornless blackberries. One had orange rust. Everything I’ve read is that it is best to remove the plant and destroy it, is that correct or is there anything that can be done? Also, can I take cuttings from the plant with the orange rust?
Yes, that is correct. Once a plant is infected with orange rust, there is no cure but to dig up and destroy infected plants. It is recommended that no black or purple brambles be planted in the same site for at least four years. I would not recommend taking cuttings as this orange rust does severely inhibit fruit production.
Our native thorned blackberries are definitely sweeter than the thornless ones, but they don't even come close to being as big. The thornless ones are 3x the size at least.
Mine are 6" long. PLUM AND JUICY dang deer gets em > i tried the thornless a number of kinds! They all died and had small berries> I really have better luck out of the thorn ones> Plus blackberries like sandy soil
Once you till in the buckwheat, how long do you have to wait till you plant the next crop? I ask because I would think that the buckwheat is going to take up and use the nitrogen to help break down and if you plant to soon after turning the buckwheat under, those new plants will not have nitrogen because the buckwheat is using it to break down.
Hi, awesome! Do you lift the straw around the blackberry bushes and put the fertilizer underneath? Or shall I just throw the fertilizer on top of the straw I have around my blackberry bushes? Please let me know, thank you! P.S. this video is fantastic, thank you for sharing it with us.
Why do you not harvest the Buckwheat Seed ? Buckwheat pancakes have been a staple in southern America for years. I would think organically grown Buckwheat would be in demand ?
You can grow purple hull peas as a cover crop and still harvest them. Just make sure you plant them really thick so you get the benefits of the cover crop.
Just make sure you do it before the cover crop goes to seed. You usually have a couple weeks between flowering time and when viable seed is produced by the plants. Besides that, you can "cut them in" whenever works for you, depending on your next desired planting date.
I AM SO THANKFUL FOR VIDEOS LIKE THIS. Being a gardener for years I feel we ALL can learn something new Everyday!! Thank you!
Wonderful to hear.
I think the idea of giving away some finished gourd bowls on the Row by Row show is fabulous 👍🏽
Just planted 10 navajo thornless
Thanks for info !!
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This year and the last 2 years already, it promised to be a bumper crop but then all the berries seem to dry up overnight and turn to a berry of seeds but no fruit parts. This year I sprayed weekly with dish soap, eucalyptus oil, tea tree oil, neem oil and high phosphorus liquid fertilizer. It made the stink bugs go away for a few days, but the berries dried up anyway. I turned on the drip irrigation to daily. There was thick mulch over the soil. But the berries dried up just like the last 2 years.
Some of my thornless blackberries are planted in a sheltered driveway which mainly gets sun midday to almost dusk. The other thornless blackberry patch is planted out in the full sun in richer soil. Both patches berries dried up.
I pruned all the branches with dried berries hoping a new set of flowers would appear. I have 2 bee hives near the berry patches, so poor pollination is definitely not the culprit. 20 years ago, when I moved here to zone 9b, it was rare to get temperatures over 100ºF in the summer and basically never snowed in the winter. Since a few years ago, our summers have weeklong, even 10-days long, temperatures over 100º. This year, the temperature has been 110ºF for several days in a row.
Some online sites describe fungus as the culprit. Some sites say it is the stink bugs. Some say it is the heat. What can I do to restore my thornless blackberry plants to fruiting?
That Is a tough one. One thing you said that stood out. You water every day. Blackberries are very drought tolerate. They do not like to be kept watered.
That may be a issue, other than that I would lean toward a fungus.
I grew up on them wild ones, and man they are good... problem with them is they grow right along side Diamond Back Rattlesnakes... I had an up close and personal encounter with a really large one, I believe I was 14... it's been a long time, left a mark I will never forget, dang snake was hung in jeans... and I nearly died from fright... guess God decided it just wasn't my time. I keep my pine trees well sprayed, and generally stay on a piece of equipment when I'm out in the pines these days... Killed one over five feet long a couple years ago... Pines and Snakes just go together. Like you, I grow my blackberries in a well defined space these days... and leave the wild ones to the wild.
Well said. Let the snakes have the wild ones.
Would like to hear an explanation of the crimping process on the buck wheat cover crop. Appreciate all your support and great videos. 👍
You just basically break the stem close to the soil and it terminates it. You can do it with a roller, but we've also done with the riding mower. Just put the deck all the way down and don't turn on the blades.
Hoss Tools thanks
I just bought ARKANSAS this year and waiting for them...San Diego
Where do you get your wheat grass straw? What do you do with the sunflowers? Are you using it to feed the bee's and as a cover? How do you terminate your grass that you are cutting do you till it in at the end? Oh, you literally just answered me lol. Janice
There's a place at the local farmers market that sells it for $6 a bale. It ain't cheap, but works well for blackberries.
Thank you
Beautiful sunflowers! I've seen some you dry out and feed to the chickens. Can you do that with those?
Yes you can!
Hi Travis, which fertilizer are you feeding your blackberry bushes?? Blessings.
We gave them our 20-20-20 and MicroBoost in the spring. Haven't really fertilized them since it got really hot.
@@gardeningwithhoss thankyou, I'll remember that for spring feed for mine.
I'm growing Navaho
Just planted navajo myself
i had blackberry up to sep
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I really enjoy your videos, always end up learning something in the process, Given that Georgia is the second Blueberry producing state in the US I expected to see some in your dream garden, would you care to elaborate on why you don't have any.
I have a couple bushes in my backyard. They do okay -- some good years and some just alright ones. The blackberries are more consistent.
I have two thornless blackberries. One had orange rust. Everything I’ve read is that it is best to remove the plant and destroy it, is that correct or is there anything that can be done? Also, can I take cuttings from the plant with the orange rust?
Yes, that is correct. Once a plant is infected with orange rust, there is no cure but to dig up and destroy infected plants. It is recommended that no black or purple brambles be planted in the same site for at least four years. I would not recommend taking cuttings as this orange rust does severely inhibit fruit production.
Thank you for your quick reply. Would I be able to plant gooseberry there? Or any other suggestions of a fruit that would be safe?
Hate to say this! but thorn blackberries are the best They with stand drought , cold winters and disease better And the biggest, juicy berries
Our native thorned blackberries are definitely sweeter than the thornless ones, but they don't even come close to being as big. The thornless ones are 3x the size at least.
Mine are 6" long. PLUM AND JUICY dang deer gets em > i tried the thornless a number of kinds! They all died and had small berries> I really have better luck out of the thorn ones> Plus blackberries like sandy soil
Once you till in the buckwheat, how long do you have to wait till you plant the next crop? I ask because I would think that the buckwheat is going to take up and use the nitrogen to help break down and if you plant to soon after turning the buckwheat under, those new plants will not have nitrogen because the buckwheat is using it to break down.
We wait until the plant material is broken down enough for us to get good seed to soil contact on the next planting.
Hi, awesome! Do you lift the straw around the blackberry bushes and put the fertilizer underneath? Or shall I just throw the fertilizer on top of the straw I have around my blackberry bushes? Please let me know, thank you! P.S. this video is fantastic, thank you for sharing it with us.
We inject it through the drip tape most of the times, but you can put it down by the base of the plant.
@@gardeningwithhoss thank you
Hey Travis how did your rutabaga do as transplants did they do well Thanks❤️
Really well. We'll be transplanting them from now on.
Why do you not harvest the Buckwheat Seed ? Buckwheat pancakes have been a staple in southern America for years. I would think organically grown Buckwheat would be in demand ?
We don't have a good way to harvest it on a small scale.
Can you dig up a blackberry bush a wild one and plant it somewhere else or will it kill the plant
You can.
Do you sell sunflowers for sunflower seed itself?
We'll be adding a Black Oil Sunflower soon which could be used to harvest the seed.
How big is your home stead
2 acres.
Sun hemp good wall between me and neighbor?
Oh yeah!
Would these cover crops be better for my soil than the purple hull peas I've been using in midsummer?
I like growing the purple hull to eat.
You can grow purple hull peas as a cover crop and still harvest them. Just make sure you plant them really thick so you get the benefits of the cover crop.
@@gardeningwithhoss nice , thanks
what is the best time of year to cut in your cover crop?
Just make sure you do it before the cover crop goes to seed. You usually have a couple weeks between flowering time and when viable seed is produced by the plants. Besides that, you can "cut them in" whenever works for you, depending on your next desired planting date.
Would goats knock the sun hemp down?
Oh yeah. Many folks plant it for goats. They love it from what I hear.
How do I get blackberry seeds from
You plant blackberries from bare root cuttings. You can purchase them at many online nurseries.
What should I do when all of my blackberry foliage is purple and the canes are purple
Sounds like blight. Remove and destroy the infected canes during dry weather to help prevent the spread of spores
@@gardeningwithhoss even if the inside of the cane is green I should destroy them is there anyway I can send you a picture
What type of soil?
We have a sandy loam in some parts, but the spot where these blackberries are planted has a decent amount of clay.
Hey. You. Guys. Would. Fiit. Right. In. Up. North
Looks like to me that push mower blade needs sharpening.
Probably wouldn't hurt.
Are you selling the bushes? I was not able to understand where you ordered them from.
We ordered ours from www.isons.com.
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I planted a thornless blackberry years ago and was so excited when it started fruiting. They did NOT taste good at all! Very disappointed.
If you expect them to be as sweet as the wild ones, you'll be disappointed. But the ones we've grown aren't that far off.