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Will Chester and 3xCrown blackberry suckers come true
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Posted by
paulns NS zone 6a (
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Mon, Aug 18, 14 at 9:48
| The Chesters put up a few suckers every year, the Triple Crown now and again...Will they come true? I'd like to share plants with the people who ask about them. |
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RE: Will Chester and 3xCrown blackberry suckers come true
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- Posted by lkz5ia z5 west iowa (My Page) on
Mon, Aug 18, 14 at 11:25
| yep, that's how it works. |
RE: Will Chester and 3xCrown blackberry suckers come true
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- Posted by skyjs z8 OR, USA (My Page) on
Mon, Aug 18, 14 at 22:37
Mine all have. They taste great.
John S
PDX OR |
RE: Will Chester and 3xCrown blackberry suckers come true
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- Posted by paulns NS zone 6a (My Page) on
Tue, Aug 19, 14 at 12:22
| Maybe my question should have been, is it possible these varieties were grafted. I didn't see grafts/graft unions on them. There are so many kind of plant propagation they're still something of a mystery to me. |
RE: Will Chester and 3xCrown blackberry suckers come true
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| No, brambles are never grafted to my knowledge. The "union" is simply the crown of the plant from where the new canes originate. |
RE: Will Chester and 3xCrown blackberry suckers come true
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| You will occasionally get new plants from the roots of these semi-erect blackberries but it is much more likely that these varieties will propagate when the tip of a cane touches the ground for an extended period of time and forms roots directly from the cane, thus forming a new plant asexually (essentially a clone of the parent). |
RE: Will Chester and 3xCrown blackberry suckers come true
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- Posted by paulns NS zone 6a (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 22, 14 at 11:48
| Our climate causes some winter kill every year and seems to keep the canes shorter than they would be in warmer zones so they don't tip-root on their own and we haven't had much success with doing it manually... But thanks everyone, I'm reassured that the plants I share, given the same care, will produce as well as ours do. |
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