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[–] 23 points 4 months ago (18 children)

Wait, do blackberries also grow like weeds? I've never had much interest in gardening, but like the one plant I'd genuinely like to have, due to loving the fruit, would be blackberry

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  • [–] 43 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Blackberry is evil.

    If it is not native to your country don't plant it! Nothing eats it, grows extremely quickly and is very hard to get rid of.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Rubus Ursinus (Pacific blackberry) and Allegheniensis and a few others are native to the US. They're still prickly but not evil, we have some in the backyard and the turkeys love them.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Blackberries grow in thick brambles with nasty thorns. It also has a hardy root system that allows it to regrow if you just cut it down. They also spread a few feet per year, so keeping them contained is a constant (and often painful) battle. If you go too long without paying attention to it, your entire yard will be a mess of thorny brambles that are nearly impossible to kill.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    or you can put them on wires like grapes. idk if it's unusual luck or skill issue, but my blackberries get stem rust every couple of years and they have to be cut down, they do grow back from roots but it keeps them from spreading too far

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    The bramble types do. They'll spread out a few feet every year and new plants will pop up everywhere. They're hard to prune because of the nasty thorns, and as long as there's roots, they'll grow back.

    You can get a thornless variety that's much easier to contain. I have one in my front yard that hasn't spread at all.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    yes, and they have sharp thorns, makes removal them very difficult. apparently is the himlayin blackberry is the notirous hard to kill weed.

    the himalyin blackberry is capable of regenerating from root fragments, even if you pull out the whole plant, a small part of it can regenerate.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Well, good news!

    You'll certainly have a lot of blackberries if you plant them.

    The bushes down near the river by me are about 20 feet thick and 8 feet high. The only other thing growing near them are nettles. It's a genuinely fearsome plant.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Are you in the US? There are a couple of native blackberries that don't grow in brambles, but they are still quite pokey. This one basically grows as a couple of arching canes, usually on a tree line with a few others.

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