Just uproot it in its entirety? Hmm, I’ll think about that. On the plus side, the tiny fruits are turning purple-ish now so…we’ll see! 
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Instead you could heavily mulch it in spring after the ground has been wet or watered, but not close to the stems or it might rot the plant.
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I wasn’t aware of how much water a blackberry bush required, and this is my first growing season here at this place…so wasn’t clear on the soil type etc. All I saw was Blackberry bush and immediately thought of jam and pie 
anyway…it has wild roses in amongst it so I’ll have to think about them too…don’t want to ruin them 
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I see it’s a thing. It’s nice to see that the dratted stuff can come in useful because it’s certainly incredibly strong when you catch your foot in it. So - do you have a “handy-dandy” dog comb?
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I didn’t think they needed too much water as it seems to burrow deep and get to groundwater somewhere. Wild blackberries made a delish topping for a recent trifle & this was after the most prolonged dry spell.
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Darn it! No I don’t…I knew I was going wrong somewhere and making my life difficult! 
I need to comb my cordage 
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Is it a wild bush? If so the fruit won’t be very big on some of the bushes.
Went out and picked 2 1/4 lbs , lot better than expected, the rain must have helped earlier in the week, still plenty to ripen as well, another storm wouldn’t go amiss.
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Well well well…lookit this! Seems as if my blackberries are on the turn! 
I ate the black one. It was thrilling! 
It was also bitter… 
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It probably wasn’t ripe enough.
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I don’t think it was either, Logan…but the sweet taste of success however…more than made up for it! There’s more to come hopefully!
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Never tasted a bitter blackberry to be honest, stick with it… plenty of sugar and spice should do the trick.
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Oh no…I want the taste of wild blackberries, for good or for bad. I’m not covering up their juicy goodness with sugar & spice. 
Gin, maybe…
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At risk of going (slightly) off topic this stuff is lovely!
I’m still trying to get my head around the spices involved.
I suppose it’s a secret recipe.
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Yes there’s a lot more of them from the picture Pixieknuckles.
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A watched pot and all that 
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sigh
I know, I know…but Winter is coming and I need to stock up 
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I suppose you could pick and freeze them as they ripen.
The blackberry season is all but over down here I’ve never seen anything like it before, it’s still only August!
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Yes but you guys had a real heatwave, which would have meant rapid ripening.
Not sure mine are ready yet for picking…I’ll see how we are placed in a week or so before I think about freezing them 
I just wish they would hurry up!!
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