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Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions
- From: "Michelle Johnson" <lmfarm AT svtv.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:06:42 -0500
Did they mention how they control weed growth within the raspberry canes? We moved our raspberries to our orchard to run in rows between our fruit trees, and no matter how much I weed and mulch, the grass roots continue to be a problem. I don’t want to use landscape fabric that might inhibit new cane growth. Any suggestions? Thanks Michelle
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We recently attended the brambles field night at the Piketon, Ohio OSU South Centers research station, which was highly interesting. They no longer recommend trelling brambles -- formerly they used high-tensile wire and clips with, I think, a 6-foot plant spacing. Instead, they are recommending heading back the canes at about 2 feet tall to break apical dominance, thereby inducing development of laterals, which are in turn clipped at 18-22 inches. Plant spacing is 2 feet in the row for thorny and 1 foot for thornless, due to the more aggressive spreading of the thorny varieties.
That's how I remember it, anyway :). The folks at Piketon are really helpful. Their annual horticultural field night is coming up in mid-August. 5 bucks a pop, and they've got a tour, dinner and research summaries. Pretty good deal... For more information:
Julie B. Strawser ############################################################# WRT Japanese beetles, I used a method this year totally unsuited to a large planting but which worked for me fairly well. I cut the top 4" off a 2-liter pop bottle to make a funnel, then held that over regular pop bottles and shook the beetles into the bottle off my grapes and blackberries. It seemed if I got them when they were actively flying and scouting that the damage was somewhat reduced, and I had robins nesting in the grapes and didn't want to spray. Filled 6 bottles with beetles, which is a heck of a lot of bugs. The beetles can't get out of the narrow top of the bottles. ATM the beetles are attracted to some milkweed plant flowers in the blackberry patch, which are acting as trap plants. I can shake them into a bottle. Same thing works somewhat for blister beetles on potatoes. Grandkids enjoy hunting beetles.
Kind regards, Bill Huhman central Ohio
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Jay Atkerson <jay AT mcreccwb.com> wrote: I have two blackberry and raspberry questions:
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[Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions,
Jay Atkerson, 07/30/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions, courtney mcleod, 07/30/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions,
BillOhio, 07/30/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions,
Richard Robinson, 07/30/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions, Richard Robinson, 07/30/2008
- [Market-farming] Feeding schedule?, Danielle Conger, 07/31/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions, Michelle Johnson, 07/30/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions,
Richard Robinson, 07/30/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions,
Pat Meadows, 07/30/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions, Dean Brock, 07/30/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions, Glen Eco Farm, 07/30/2008
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[Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions,
Wyatt Jones, 07/30/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] beetles and milky spore, Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 07/30/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Blackberry and Raspberry Questions, tonitime, 07/30/2008
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