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Craigson

Craigson

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Ive got anice black raspberry patch, a couple mulberry trees including a monster 40footer that covers my back yard with squishy purpleness lol.
Just planted a bluecrop blueberry bush.
Also run everbearing and a one and done strawberry in the garden. All are just starting to produce. Gonna have a ton of pickin to do in a couple weeks.
 
NoMoreBottles

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xtsho said:
Anyone familiar with Tayberry? It's a cross between a red raspberry and a blackberry. Named for the Tay river in Scotland. Well I happened across one at Fred Meyer and couldn't help myself. It was only $8 for a nice sized plant. Now I have to figure out where to put it. When I do I might run back and get a couple more even though I don't have any room. I might have to start growing fruits and vegetables in the front yard.
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Tayberries are excellent. Lots of very small thorns, be careful its kind of like grabbing the wrong part of a cactus. I grow them as well as blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, boysenberries, marionberries (not to be confused with former mayor of DC), loganberries and mulberries. Also have some pear, cherry and apples trees. Black raspberries and wineberries grow wild everywhere around my place. Basically I see black bears all day everyday when things are fruiting. They, along with birds, create more plants every year.
 
too larry

too larry

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The wife and I picked about a cup of blueberries off our bushes this morning. Sister is in Denver, so we are supposed to pick hers too. Will check on them tomorrow.

Also ate a few huckleberries down at the pond earlier in the week. But it looks like the frost hurt that crop. Not too many on the bushes.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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too larry said:
The wife and I picked about a cup of blueberries off our bushes this morning. Sister is in Denver, so we are supposed to pick hers too. Will check on them tomorrow.

Also ate a few huckleberries down at the pond earlier in the week. But it looks like the frost hurt that crop. Not too many on the bushes.
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I'd grow huckleberries if I had the room. Fortunately they grow wild here in Oregon and I know some locations that are just loaded with huge bushes that have large berries. They usually start ripening in August. I usually pick in the Columbia Gorge and in the forest on the south side of Mt Hood.
 
macsnax

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So does anyone here have experience cloning berries? I found a method online to bend the top down and bury it. Out pops a new one. I'm trying this on a raspberry right now.IMG_20180617_163138878.jpg

I also took a cut like you would take any other cutting. I guess time will tell.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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macsnax said:
So does anyone here have experience cloning berries? I found a method online to bend the top down and bury it. Out pops a new one. I'm trying this on a raspberry right now.View attachment 4153110

I also took a cut like you would take any other cutting. I guess time will tell.
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The way you're doing it in the picture is a great way. If you do it in a pot of soil you can easily move it anywhere you want. Good luck.
 
macsnax

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Well I'm glad that I'm on the right track. But I feel a little stupid..... I had already planned on transplanting it into a pot when it's ready. Should have thought that one out better. Oh well, I'm learning as I go. Thanks for the heads up man.
 
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xtsho

xtsho

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macsnax said:
Well I'm glad that I'm on the right track. But I feel a little stupid..... I had already planned on transplanting it into a pot when it's ready. Should have thought that one out better. Oh well, I'm learning as I go. Thanks for the heads up man.
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If you just did it recently just scoop it up where you have it in the ground and put it in a pot. I'm going to start couple clones of Tayberry later tonight in 1.5 liter pots using that cloning method.
 
macsnax

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xtsho said:
If you just did it recently just scoop it up where you have it in the ground and put it in a pot. I'm going to start couple clones of Tayberry later tonight in 1.5 liter pots using that cloning method.
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I put the top in the ground friday, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to move it at this point. I'll just wait it out, I'm not really expecting anything from them this year. I planted this raspberry in my grandmother's back yard about 5 years ago. It gets no attention and rarely produces berries. I just recently decided if I could get a handful of clones off it, that it would be nice to have some raspberries at my house. I appreciate the tips, I don't have much experience with berries.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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macsnax said:
I put the top in the ground friday, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to move it at this point. I'll just wait it out, I'm not really expecting anything from them this year. I planted this raspberry in my grandmother's back yard about 5 years ago. It gets no attention and rarely produces berries. I just recently decided if I could get a handful of clones off it, that it would be nice to have some raspberries at my house. I appreciate the tips, I don't have much experience with berries.
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I'm no expert either. I I know less about berries than I know. If that makes any sense. I just enjoy growing things.
 
too larry

too larry

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I picked blueberries over at Sister's this week. Just a few ready. It will be years before my little bushes are like this.

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too larry

too larry

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macsnax said:
Well I'm glad that I'm on the right track. But I feel a little stupid..... I had already planned on transplanting it into a pot when it's ready. Should have thought that one out better. Oh well, I'm learning as I go. Thanks for the heads up man.
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You can sink your pot so it's flush with the ground. Then use a heavy coat hanger bent into a "Y" like a tent stake to hold the plant down. Less stress than the bricks, I would think.

When the roots grow, you just snip off the limb coming in, and you are in business.
 
macsnax

macsnax

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too larry said:
You can sink your pot so it's flush with the ground. Then use a heavy coat hanger bent into a "Y" like a tent stake to hold the plant down. Less stress than the bricks, I would think.

When the roots grow, you just snip off the limb coming in, and you are in business.
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I pulled the bricks yesterday because I already have new growth coming up. I'll post pics later. How long should I wait to cut the main stem?
 
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