It only takes a smidge of Oregon soil for plants to thrive here. This blackberry bush has been growing out of the concrete median for months. It finally made berries!

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[–] 21 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Neat that they grew. But don't eat them. Between road grime and exhaust fumes, they aren't safe.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Probably not a good idea to eat them 😕

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago*

    Life, uh, finds a way. If that was in my neighborhood I'd be worried that there was not only car detritus on it (exhaust scum, tire rubber, random metal bits, etc.), but also dog detritus.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ain't nobody telling blackberries where they can and can't grow. The honey badger of berries. The most based berry.

    I kinda wish raspberries were as hardy, since they are the most delicious of berries.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They're pretty close. Raspberries are almost as hard to kill.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Blackberries will grow in anything. They are evil

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    My hatred of blackberries is unending. I'm angry enough that I have to mow the grass, but there is nothing I loathe more than having to regularly take a machete to the encroaching mass of thorny monsters that are invading my yard and attempting to make it uninhabitable by my children. If I was given the option to make any species of any living thing immediately extinct, I would choose blackberries without a moment's hesitation, and then throw a party to celebrate the oppression I've been freed from.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I took back a half acre of those things. Believe me when I say that I am 100% with you. I wish a blight wipes them out so much. If you are able, digging up the ball root makes removing them easier. They are almost impossible to eradicate but if you can get the root ball out, they are totally weakened. I bought a pawn shop weed eater and those plastic blades. I went through so many blades and the weed eater died a sad long death.

    I hate those plants like nothing else

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Black heavy metal berry! ... I mean that literally

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I often walk close to roads for a while in shorts. You wouldn't believe the disgusting grease that washes down my legs when I shower after that. Big roads are vile to be around.

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    My patch is getting overgrown...

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Don't eat the exhaust berries!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    They look to me like they’re growing out of your hand. How do you explain that?

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