Triple Crown Blackberry Problem
harlan
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Comments (17)I'm in zone 8a around Montgomery AL and I tried growing TC a few years ago. The problem we found with them was they started to ripen around the end of June just as the 90 degree heat and humidity starts to show up. Now, we have no afternoon shade and they just seemed to cook in the sun without ever really cooling off at night. We might have had a different success if we had afternoon shade and cooler evenings. However, after 3 years of trying, we finally replaced them with Navaho, Arapaho and Natchez and have been very pleased with their result in the same location. But, again, we're in central Alabama where heat and humidity rule in the summer....See MoreTriple Crown Blackberry Seedlings
Comments (7)Triple Crown Pedigree: Carbondale 47 x Arkansas 545 So your seedlings may revert towards one of those two blackberry parents that created the 3crown hybrid, you can research those two. Seedlings are not easily confused with suckers; the seedlings are truly tiny plants with tiny root systems. One pull and you know....See MoreTriple Crown and Chester blackberry question
Comments (7)My canes are trained on the trellis. I have tried to tip them at 42-48" to force the laterals to grow. Some canes, I leave long to let the tips grow roots for more plants. I have also read that training them to the ground and covering them to insulate them for the winter is an alternative. Those canes get thick and to get them to lay on the ground will be a challenge, let alone the amount of work (if you have a lot of them) and them to train and weave them back on the trellis in the spring. I may try a section and see if that can work? I also read that a "V" trellis may be the answer in that the floricanes are on one side and the primocanes on the other. This way they are separate and it would be easier to cover and insulate. Insulating them on the ground would be easier, plus the snow helps to insulate from the frigid weather...See MoreTriple crown blackberry flavor vs wild blackberries
Comments (2)I have Triple Crown, Apache and Navaho and the TC makes the most perfect berries and they are earlier than all the others but they are not very sweet. They aren't bland, just kinda sour. They work well when cooking (when you add sugar to them). The Navaho has the best eat-it-in-the-field flavor and the berries are very large - but they always have some voids on them (poor pollination) and often some botrytis too....See Morefruitgirl
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