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897tgigvib

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Oh my God, that's awesome Mary!!!

:weee

Bay, my generator went to generator heaven. I'm on the solar power of 2 panels in the woods.

I'll definitely be redoing my berry bed this winter!

Thank you Mary!! :hugs
 

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Mary, make sure you give Marshall the nicest one!
You bet bay! I have to talk to him about getting the plant to him. The woman said to keep them in their containers a little longer to make sure they are very well rooted. But with fall and winter coming I don't know what to do. Should I mail yours to younow or in October? I guess I could overwinter Marshall's here for him.

Mary
 

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It is still too hot here for shipping, it would liquefy in route! October is cool and mild, so that would be a better time for shipping.
 

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I have a question about the fall/winter care for my blackberry. It is still in a large pot, and is twice the size of when @ninnymary gave it to me. Is there anything special I need to do for it? ( I don't want to plant it because there is a possibility of moving within the next year).
 

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@Wishin' what about "planting" the pot for the insulation of the earth in a sheltered spot? Mulch it real well for added protection. Anybody else have any ideas?
 

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Wishin, you're good on the computer, have you googled it? Maybe Marshall or someone else who has berries might know?

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@Wishin'
I'd either leave it in the same pot over winter, or maybe during mid winter uppot it to a slightly larger pot.

If you live in a zone colder than zone 5 keep it inside in a cool room. I'm just not sure of the variety's zone preference. Or at least bring it inside during the worst of the cold spells or if it looks like it's coming out of dormancy too soon for your zone.

Lots of Blackberry varieties are actually semi-deciduous. In the colder zones they can tolerate their leaves all either fall off nicely or freeze into crispy critters and then fall off. In zones 7 or warmer some of the leaves will hang on all winter with a deep reddish cast, and might even stay while the spring buds swell and open. Each variety really works differently about that. Boysenberry for example drops all her leaves. Tay and Himalaya hang on to them more.

For an unknown growth habit variety in a pot, Just try to move it to places as the weather changes so it thinks it's having a zone 5, 6, or 7 winter.

I'd kind of think she can be pruned back some, at least to make it easier for your big move, and to be able to move the pot around easier, but I'd wait to do that at least until she shows signs of dormancy.

Oh, and during winter water lightly, but just enough to keep the soil from getting bone dry.

Blackberry's normal wild habitat is along streams, course, each wild "species" has a different habitat, but most are wild growing near water, and I hear tell they like very slightly acidic soil. I don't think that means acidic enough to feed them azalea fertilizer.

I'm kind of dizzy this morning for some reason. I had my flu shot so don't know what it is.

 
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