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  • From: Bill Bradshaw <billbradshaw AT direcway.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry Minimum Water Requirements
  • Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:18:34 -0600

I think you might have trouble getting the new blackberry canes to come up
through your weed cloth. Just my thoughts. TB
----- Original Message -----
From: "TxBeeFarmer" <TxBeeFarmer AT HotPop.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 9:42 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] Blackberry Minimum Water Requirements


> The University of Arkansas had great info on planting, fertilizing,
spacing,
> etc...
>
> Now I'm trying to figure out how much water each plant, not root cutting,
> will need this year. This will also help me determine how much water
> storage I'll need.
>
> Here's how the blackberries will be planted. Surface drip tape with 0.5
> gl/hr emitters on 20 inch spacing will be used. Each row will have
> continuous 36" weed cloth with holes cut for the plants. The irrigation
> tubing will run across the top. Plants will be at a 2' spacing in sandy
> loam soil. With all this in mind, my guess is 2 gl. per emitter every 3
> days will be enough between rains. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Too
> much? Too little?
>
> Thanks
> (West Texas) Mark
>
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