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Post by mnjrutherford on Apr 22, 2009 7:45:23 GMT -5
Well Grunt, I've only had thornless once. We got them at a particular spot in the middle of the thorny bushes along the Adobe Creek in Los Altos Hills. We never bothered with them because the fruits were small, sparse, and flavorless. I'm really excited about what's coming along this year so that we can get a comparison between the wild thornys and the domestic thornless. I've heard so many good things about the thornless, I'm hoping the ones we came across were just an aberration.
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Post by pugs on Apr 22, 2009 19:11:15 GMT -5
Thanks for the hint mnjrutherford, I'll try it.
For those who have never seen these blackberries before, the patches can get over 10 feet tall and spread everywhere. When I was a kid, the whole family would all go out to pick them. With plywood, 2x12 buckets etc. One of my brothers was jumping up and down on a board, trying to get it set better, and fell off. He fell through 10 feet of berry vines. The old dead ones in the middle of the patch hurt more than the green thorns.
I'll post a picture, of the vines, once I figure out how to get it off the camera.
Pugs
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Post by mnjrutherford on Apr 22, 2009 20:07:45 GMT -5
 OMG! I can so empathize! One of the few times my husband came picking with me I managed to fall face down in a patch! When I knew I was going down I managed to cover my face with my hands. Even with all the protection, my face was still vulnerable. Regardless, Mike pulled me pretty much straight up and out like a human crane. Boy was I grateful! 
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Post by canadamike on Aug 24, 2009 16:04:02 GMT -5
Ah! Those MIke...they're som'thing aren't they??  |
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Post by freedomsailer on Jan 14, 2010 12:07:50 GMT -5
i have failed 3 years straight here to grow mint, they always came up looked good and healthy then poof .. turn yellow and die. hehee but im gonna try again this year.
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Post by freedomsailer on Jan 14, 2010 12:09:39 GMT -5
oh another thing, my Grandmaw's sage loves it down here its spreading wildly so by this summer i should have a really good sage gargen. hehee i aint lernt how to edit a post yet. LOL so u get to see my scary face again .. hahahhaa
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Post by ottawagardener on Jan 14, 2010 14:19:56 GMT -5
Hmmm... that is impressive. I have some old family mint passed down through the generations that seems to be able to survive all matter of bad treatment. Be happy to send you some rhizomes to try and kill. Have you tried growing it in a part shade location?
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jan 14, 2010 14:27:30 GMT -5
oh another thing, my Grandmaw's sage loves it down here its spreading wildly so by this summer i should have a really good sage gargen. hehee i aint lernt how to edit a post yet. LOL so u get to see my scary face again .. hahahhaa It's wonderful that you are having success with your Grandmaw's Sage!! Now on to editing posts.... How is it that you can post pics but y'all can't figure out how to edit what you wrote?  Top right hand corner of your post should have 3 icons; Quote, Modify and something else I can't remember... Click on "Modify" and Edit away, FreedomSailer.... |
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Post by freedomsailer on Jan 14, 2010 17:14:56 GMT -5
LOL thanks alot bluelacedredhead ill check into that. i just contune to harvest all the wild mint thats grows here. or maybe find something to swap or trade to ottawagardener
for some of her "unkillable" mint LOL
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Post by Dan on Jan 14, 2010 17:24:13 GMT -5
while i haven't necessarily intentionally been trying to kill mint, i've been trying to migrate it from one area to another. it runs rampant from my neighbords yard into my garden area, it's everywhere!
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 15, 2010 4:54:20 GMT -5
LOL thanks alot bluelacedredhead ill check into that. i just contune to harvest all the wild mint thats grows here. or maybe find something to swap or trade to ottawagardener for some of her "unkillable" mint LOL You want just regular peppermint? I'll be more than happy to rip out some for ya (in a few months). It's under 2 ft of snow at the moment. I have tons of Lemon Balm too if you need it. |
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Post by ottawagardener on Jan 15, 2010 8:35:34 GMT -5
Flowerpower: I hear you about the lemon balm...
We can add garlic chives to the list of nearly indestructible. Actually A. tuberosum has survived being left in a pot in my basement in near dark for nearly 2 months without water, left in the same point outside in torrential rain without drainage holes for a summer, grown in nearly full shade, and grown in full sun in very sandy soil. I have to say that I impressed. It also seeds itself with abandon here. Oh and it tastes good.
P.S. I don't normally mistreat my plants that much. I just had this extra pot of garlic chives that I kept forgetting about...
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jan 15, 2010 9:46:20 GMT -5
Herbs in general seem to be pretty tolerant. Amazing isn't it? Perhaps that "power" to survive is created by all the compounds that make herbs so nutritionally potent?
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Post by bunkie on Jan 15, 2010 10:42:24 GMT -5
i totally agree jo! we have lots of mint that grows wild down by our little stream. comes back every year and stays in this one spot! Michel, I'll make you some blackberry jelly this summer and then you can decide how it tastes. I doubt I could get some to you fresh, by mail. Pugs i send jams our homemade jams and jellies through the mail all the time pugs! just be sur to wrap the jars really well. I prefer the ones that can't maul you when you try to pick them. We have Chester Thornless, and I have never tasted finer. I still wince every time I reach into the plant to pick berries. Some pain based survival mechanisms just won't quit.  we have had a scottish (can't remember the name) thornless blackberry for several years now, and i too still 'wince' every time i reach in to pick the berries. so funny! |
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Post by pugs on Jan 15, 2010 11:26:28 GMT -5
Thanks bunkie, I forgot all about that promise! And I didn't make any jelly either.
OK, I'll have to get that on the calendar for this year.
Pugs
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OMG! I can so empathize! One of the few times my husband came picking with me I managed to fall face down in a patch! When I knew I was going down I managed to cover my face with my hands. Even with all the protection, my face was still vulnerable. Regardless, Mike pulled me pretty much straight up and out like a human crane. Boy was I grateful! 
