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  1. ryan.c

    ryan.c Gardener

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    i want some wild bramble for my garden ,i read on the RSPB website
    ". When the tip of a stem droops to the ground, it takes root, sending up a new plant."
    does this happen often in the wild or would i have to do it myself and come back to the same spot in say a week?
     
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    It happens all the time, I've got the proof in my back garden, they're a nuisance and I'm trying to kill them off.

    This only happens if it's already attached to a 'mother' plant. So you will have to dig up a piece, roots attached and re-plant to start it off. It will take a while for it to establish.

    Don't plant it near slatted fence panels as it will weave through and eventually break up the fence. :)
     
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    Ryan, why not try a cultivated, thornless variety? Much less invasive.:dbgrtmb:
     
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    because it wont be native ;) and plus i love the berries :D, there's a thornless red variety of it growing wild in the woods ,i would love to get some of that ,but i don't know if it's the same it seems more "shrubish"
     
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    Of course they are native, they were bred in Britain for goodness sake. Don`t know where the red one came from, it is obviously NOT a Blackberry.:WINK1::dbgrtmb:
     
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    fine :p :heehee: i'll get a boring old thornless one ,but i think i'll go for red rather than black berry ;) ,good point it's can't be a black berry :scratch: :heehee:.......... whatever it is it's nice to eat :heehee: ,i was picking them yesterday in the woods whilst i was out ,that is what was left ,most of them had been eaten by the birds :cry3:
     
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    Ryan, I am just trying to protect you from brambles. If you shop around you may still be able to get hold of a cultivared THORNED variety.:thumbsup:
     
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    If you can find the variety Fantasia, you will be in your element.:heehee::D
     
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    it would be potted ,don't know if that would control it or not :) ,
     
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    Posts crossed there, Check my post above yours.:thumbsup:
     
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    i'll have a look for it :)
    thanks for the help
     
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    The one in the woods could be a loganberry perhaps. We've got a few around here. :)
     
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