Hi Doc,
I found three websites [using PlantFacts - http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/] that address blackberry propagation
techniques. Hopefully they will give you some ideas and options.
Propagating Deciduous Fruit Plants Common to Georgia - most comprehensive
site I've found, with detailed steps through the different propagation
processes. http://www.ces.uga.edu/pubcd/B818.htm
At 04:21 AM 06/27/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi folks, this year in my area of SC is the most prolific
>of any year, I have ever seen.
>One group of vines is bearing fruit (drupe?) which is
>as big as some of those I've seen on commercial cultivars.
>Some of them are over an inch long.
>Now what do I do to save these vines? I know better than to
>disturb them in the growing season, but I don't want to
>miss collecting a few of these vines. I'm hoping that it
>isn't a location or microclimate thing.
>I tried to start some commercial varieties a few years back
>in a different location but they all got the virus that
>cause all the leaves to bunch up.
>Every year we are bothered by the wild vines and few dinky
>berries except this year and there are thousands and thousands.
>Doc Lisenby Zone 7/8 So. Car.
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