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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

You have the right ideas and concerns. A friend at work gave me some 
thornless raspberries, bare-root, about 10 years ago. I put them in the 
ground and now they are turning up among the apple root stocks and in the 
iris bed. These will be dug up to give to another friend this spring. If you 
pot whatever cv. you want and keep 'em reasonably well, you probably won't 
get fruit this year, but can have the satisfaction of getting a start on next 
year. By then you may be in a more stable situation and can plan for fruit. 
(My thornless rasps bear on last year's canes. I cut away all those that 
fruited the previous season. Be aware that some varieties bear on current 
growth, but I think they are less common.)

Dave Liezen


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> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:47:27 -0500
> From: c.s.carnevale@gmail.com
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [nafex] Container-Grown Bramble Berries
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am looking for advice on growing blackberries and raspberries. I am
> currently in a rental house that I may stay in for just as little as 6
> months or as long as a few years, but would like to get started with
> growing berries as soon as possible with the goals of fruit production and
> propagating new plants. So my questions for you are:
>
> 1) Have you had (or heard of) success growing blackberries or raspberries
> in containers for a length of a few years and getting decent fruit? Any
> variety recommendations for container growing?
>
> 2) What about if I were to use the potted plants merely for propagation
> stock rather than for fruit production? Would they be robust enough in
> pots to give healthy cuttings/layerings?
>
> I am also considering just planting plants in the ground at my rental house
> and starting new plants from them to take with me when I leave, but I'm
> concerned about brambles getting too weedy once they are no longer
> managed. I wouldn't want to leave a messy situation for the
> landlord/neighbors/future tenants. Any advice on how to address this
> situation?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Chris Carnevale
> Charleston, South Carolina
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