Gardening

dixiegrrrrl

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1. FWIW

Sat May 31, 2014, 05:21 PM

May 2014

The berries are related to roses. all do well with sufficient sunlight, and in case of drought, heavy mulch and frequent watering.
Your berries will come back, some of them at least. they spread by underground runners, trust me, nothing really kills all of them.
The only thing that really screws up berry production is too much rain and not enough sun. Then mold spreads.
So if you can figure out a way to keep them decently watered, they should do well.
Think of pine mulch, if you can..nice and acid and blocks heat from the roots.

Good luck.

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Zone 5 midwest gardeners with blackberries or raspberries??? A question for you. [View all] Skidmore May 2014 OP

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