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Brooklyn: blackberry, gooseberry and currant recommendations
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Posted by yeshwant91 Z7a NYC (My Page) on Thu, Jul 12, 07 at 12:18
| I am looking for cultivar recommendations:
Blackberry: Have a 5'x3' area reclaimed from the patio.
Hence, need erect, thornless, hardy, and highly productive cultivar (possibly only 1 plant). What has the best tasting large sized fruit? I was thinking of Apache. Any other recommendations?
I also have some partial shade areas and was thinking of planting currants or gooseberries, as they seem to be the only ones that will produce well in the shade. What do they taste like? Any preferences in cultivars especially with regard to taste and productivity for both, as well as for disease resistance for the gooseberry? Do they adequately self-pollinate? I was thinking Rovada for the currant and Poorman or Invicta for the gooseberry. They also seem to be landscape-worthy plants.
Please give me your picks or experiences with the above fruits.
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RE: Brooklyn: blackberry, gooseberry and currant recommendations
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| I have been enjoying black currants for the past few years. A friend gave me two small plants about five years ago. I grow the plants in 18-inch diameter plastic containers. They are in full sun and bear fruit every July. The soil mix is compost/manure with a large dose of perlite, and two to four inches of pine bark or cedar bark mulch. The taste is tart; I enjoy it but birds and squirrels ignore the bushes. No experience with blackberries or gooseberries. My blueberry bushes, are about four years old, and grow in 20-inch diameter plastic containers. Same soil mix as the black currants. We enjoy heavy production of medium size, sweet blueberries every July. They need protection from squirrels and birds -- plastic netting works. Hope this is helpful. |
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