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Here in southeastern Massachusetts - my blackberries are in heavy bloom. My 
raspberries have just started to form blossoms. Normally it's the other way 
round. The only thing I can think of is we had an early flush of very warm 
weather that might have triggered the blackberries but not the raspberries.

Barbara Marsilius Link
Agraria Farm

On Jun 9, 2011, at 12:01 PM, nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

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> We had a weird spring and everything bloomed out of order. I think each 
> plant times its spring development a little differently. Some rely on hours 
> of sunlight, some on time above 40 degrees, some on time above 70 degrees 
> (I'm making the precise numbers up, but I'm pretty sure the idea is right) 
> and some on moisure and other growing conditions, and most on some 
> combination of those -- but every plant weights the factors differently.
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> I have always been intrigued at how spring unfolds differently in different 
> places, due to a different 'normal' mix of those factors.&nbsp;
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> -- GindaOn Jun 9, 2011 9:03 AM, Jim Fruth &lt;jimfruth@charter.net&gt; 
> wrote: 
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>    In a normal year, around the end of June, my red raspberries bloom, 
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> closely followed by the black raspberries.  Then, in a few weeks, the 
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> blackberries begin blooming.  This year, however, the blackberries have 
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> started blooming with the raspberries appearing to be on schedule.  Anyone 
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> care to guess what might cause the blackberries to bloom early?
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> Jim Fruth
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> Brambleberry Fruit Farm
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