blackberries Melbourne (forum)

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Hi
Has anyone in inner Melbourne been able to harvest ripe thornless blackberries? I don't mean pick fruits from blackberry farms as their plants seem to all have thorns. We grow chester thornless. However, most of the fruit invariably get cooked by the jan/Feb heat before they ripen. We are looking for a sweet, thornless December ripening variety to replace Chester. Thornless youngberry sounds interesting. I'm wondering if any in Melbourne has grown these or another sweet thornless blackberry. Thanks

Time: 12th June 2016 8:44pm

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denise1 says...
Do you get enough water in the heat.Maybe put some white frostcloth over to keep out searing heat.

Time: 14th June 2016 6:56am

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anonymous33 says...
Thanks for your reply Denise. We have had shade cloth over it one year and that made no difference. But we were only watering twice a week (as we do other fruit trees and they were fine). Many Chester blackberries are sold in nurseries in Melbourne - I wonder if anyone actually gets to harvest them ripe.
Lynne

Time: 18th June 2016 11:38pm

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