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Blackberries in a container garden?
Has anyone been successful growing blackberries in large tubs or half
barrels? If so, what varieties do best? I am zone 6. Thanks for any ideas. Boron |
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Blackberries in a container garden?
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:58:48 -0500, Boron Elgar
wrote: Has anyone been successful growing blackberries in large tubs or half barrels? If so, what varieties do best? I am zone 6. Thanks for any ideas. Boron Can't help with the answer but I have exactly the same question. However, we have bought a blackberry - it just says its a bramble - doesn't give any more specific details about its type. Also, sorry, newbee question, what's zone 6? |
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Blackberries in a container garden?
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:51:58 GMT, Steve Newport
wrote: On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:58:48 -0500, Boron Elgar wrote: Has anyone been successful growing blackberries in large tubs or half barrels? If so, what varieties do best? I am zone 6. Thanks for any ideas. Boron Can't help with the answer but I have exactly the same question. However, we have bought a blackberry - it just says its a bramble - doesn't give any more specific details about its type. Also, sorry, newbee question, what's zone 6? Sorry about the zone mentions..here in the US, the entire country has been designated with a number, by, IIRC, the US Dept of Agriculture. When buying perennials, they are categorized by these zones. This way, someone will not wind up buying a tender shrub which will thrive in a mild climate, but fail to make it through a harsh winter. Here is the map for my state. http://www.growit.com/bin/USDAZoneMaps.exe?MyState=NJ Boron |
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Blackberries in a container garden?
Sorry about the zone mentions..here in the US, the entire country has been designated with a number, by, IIRC, the US Dept of Agriculture. When buying perennials, they are categorized by these zones. This way, someone will not wind up buying a tender shrub which will thrive in a mild climate, but fail to make it through a harsh winter. Here is the map for my state. http://www.growit.com/bin/USDAZoneMaps.exe?MyState=NJ Boron Thanks. Interesting. |
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Blackberries in a container garden?
Boron Elgar wrote: Has anyone been successful growing blackberries in large tubs or half barrels? If so, what varieties do best? I am zone 6. Thanks for any ideas. Boron Since you got no other bites, my .02 say it is a bad idea. Brambles just require too much space. Unless you could put a large trellis behind the tub, train them, then water them diligently. Still, if you only have tubs, I'd put them to more productive use. With brambles you'd get a pound of berries out of a container that will give you ten pounds of other things. |
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On 18 Jan 2006 16:30:11 -0800, "simy1" wrote:
Boron Elgar wrote: Has anyone been successful growing blackberries in large tubs or half barrels? If so, what varieties do best? I am zone 6. Thanks for any ideas. Boron Since you got no other bites, my .02 say it is a bad idea. Brambles just require too much space. Unless you could put a large trellis behind the tub, train them, then water them diligently. Still, if you only have tubs, I'd put them to more productive use. With brambles you'd get a pound of berries out of a container that will give you ten pounds of other things. Sigh...that is pretty much the conclusion to which I came. Still, the plants are cheap, and I have a big barrel that I can fill with compost. What the heck... Boron |
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Blackberries in a container garden?
So give it a try and let us know how it goes.
LJ "Boron Elgar" wrote in message ... On 18 Jan 2006 16:30:11 -0800, "simy1" wrote: Boron Elgar wrote: Has anyone been successful growing blackberries in large tubs or half barrels? If so, what varieties do best? I am zone 6. Thanks for any ideas. Boron Since you got no other bites, my .02 say it is a bad idea. Brambles just require too much space. Unless you could put a large trellis behind the tub, train them, then water them diligently. Still, if you only have tubs, I'd put them to more productive use. With brambles you'd get a pound of berries out of a container that will give you ten pounds of other things. Sigh...that is pretty much the conclusion to which I came. Still, the plants are cheap, and I have a big barrel that I can fill with compost. What the heck... Boron |
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Blackberries in a container garden?
how about melons? This year I am trying the Galia (green inside, cool
season). And they love compost and have taproots that go all the way down the barrel. |
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Blackberries in a container garden?
Boron Elgar wrote:
Steve Newport wrote: Boron Elgar wrote: I am zone 6. Also, sorry, newbee question, what's zone 6? Sorry about the zone mentions..here in the US, the entire country has been designated with a number, by, IIRC, the US Dept of Agriculture. When buying perennials, they are categorized by these zones. This way, someone will not wind up buying a tender shrub which will thrive in a mild climate, but fail to make it through a harsh winter. Here is the map for my state. http://www.growit.com/bin/USDAZoneMaps.exe?MyState=NJ I've seen similar maps for the European continent posted here in the last year. I suspect that most of the world has such maps available somewhere. Having zones that work across a continent is very usefull. Having them work worldwide would be even better. I'm in zone 5b suburban Chicago. This spring I plan on starting some European billberries. Since blueberries and blackberries will grow here I figure their European kin should also. Still undecided ground or container, though. Open to suggestions and following this thread because of the similarity. |
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Blackberries in a container garden?
On 19 Jan 2006 07:49:01 -0800, "Doug Freyburger"
wrote: Boron Elgar wrote: Steve Newport wrote: Boron Elgar wrote: I am zone 6. Also, sorry, newbee question, what's zone 6? Sorry about the zone mentions..here in the US, the entire country has been designated with a number, by, IIRC, the US Dept of Agriculture. When buying perennials, they are categorized by these zones. This way, someone will not wind up buying a tender shrub which will thrive in a mild climate, but fail to make it through a harsh winter. Here is the map for my state. http://www.growit.com/bin/USDAZoneMaps.exe?MyState=NJ I've seen similar maps for the European continent posted here in the last year. I suspect that most of the world has such maps available somewhere. Having zones that work across a continent is very usefull. Having them work worldwide would be even better. I'm in zone 5b suburban Chicago. This spring I plan on starting some European billberries. Since blueberries and blackberries will grow here I figure their European kin should also. Still undecided ground or container, though. Open to suggestions and following this thread because of the similarity. I would not hesitate to grow blueberries in a container, as long as it was winter protected, as they are compact & bushy, but the blackberries fruit on new canes & I do not know what will happen in a container. Still it is worth a 10 dollar experiment to find out. Boron |
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