Need help with my Apache blackberry

8 years ago

Is it too early for this to have died back? It was still in its pot, and I was planning on planting it out in December, but it started dying back badly, so I figured I'd better get it into the ground. The roots looked pretty healthy. It still has one tiny spindly cane that is about 8 inches long, which had leaves day before yesterday, but they died overnight, even though the stem is still green. I planted it on the hill, so it would get good drainage. Removed most of the original soil and planted it at the same depth as it was potted. Didn't amend the soil.

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Glenn Jones(9b)
8 years ago
Don't know but you will find out next spring
dirtygardener
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8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Glenn, you are no help at all LOL. I'm disappointed because it had three long canes, and I was hoping to get blackberries off of them next year. I guess if the roots are o.k., it will come back, if I don't kill it in the meantime. Lessons learned. If I had just planted it out, it would have grown and put out more 1st year canes, and been fine, probably.
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Glenn Jones(9b)
8 years ago
Down here they seldom die all the way down. How ever when I was in Alabama they did die down about this time of year. As long as the roots make it it should be fine. There tough and weed like. I would not be surprised if they come back with viger next year just mark were it is.
dirtygardener thanked Glenn Jones(9b)