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  • From: Joyce Paski <elderberrywine4u AT yahoo.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry Problem
  • Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 16:40:10 -0700 (PDT)



TxBeeFarmer <TxBeeFarmer AT HotPop.com> wrote:
I have three kinds of thornless blackberries. They grow great and look
great, but no berries, or at least very few. They bloom in great numbers,
but after the blooms, what look like immature berries, just dry up and never
mature. What could be happening?

I had raspberries that did the same thing.  It turned out I was giving them too much fertilizer (nitrogen).  I gave them some peat and bone meal early the following spring and never had another problem. 


Joyce Paski
Swamp Creek Farm, Zone 3



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