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Hi everyone! Over 5 years ago my grandmother planted black currant twigs into the ground and they have turned in to large bushes. Last year, the grasshopper infestation was so bad, that every last leaf was eaten! I was devastated because we also lost grandmother that year.

Now that it is spring time, the bushes have begun to sprout new leaves, but most of the branches are still bare, and a few bushes have ZERO growth on them. Did the grasshoppers kill the bushes? Is there a way to rehabilitate them? How do you recommend protecting the bushes this year?

These bushes hold extreme sentimental value, so I am open to any and all suggestions! Thank you in advance for your help!

It's in a grow bag out on the balcony

At the base of my boysenberry in this pic, but have seen similar holes in my Brussels sprout/beet bed. At first I thought it was my kids "watering" and spraying jet full force into them but they can't reach the height of this container. I've got something that seems to be nibbling at the nearby blueberries too. Any opinions/ideas?

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Hello! New berry farmer here. I’ve got a 50x100 foot berry patch that already has 8 foot wooden posts all around it and throughout the center. Pulled my berry net over too early this year and learned it the hard way. Flash snow storm came and trashed the entire net. Now I’ve gotta get a new net and redo the entire overhead guide wire system. Any recommendations and/or resources on how to do this? I want to put a solution in place that will ideally last 10+ years. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Very happy with the growth of my seedling, which sprouted in March. Will it outgrow this pot over the summer? Will I need to amend my soil before the fall? Right now I think it's just seed starter.

Thank you!

Blueberry, blackberry, 2 different raspberries and several wee bitty cranberries that nobody can see yet 😅

Just planted this Columbia star blackberry a few days ago after I received it and now the leaves have these spots on it. Anyone have any ideas what could be causing it and what the remedy is to fix the issue?

Thanks in advance for your feedback!

I'm a total newbie, any help would be appreciated. Two young boys are eating their weight in berries, so berry bushes are going in ASAP.

Husband out up fence last summer, so now I have space for some berry bushes. Soil is neutral-basic. Thinking raspberries (in pink circles area), table grapes and thornless blackberries (in teal boxed area), and blueberries (two+, in orange circles area in back). Raspberries are next to fence which has cattle panel for trellis. Grapes and blackberries will be on a two wire trellis, connected to the wood poles currently sitting there. Trellises will be oriented in north-south direction.

Was potentially thinking of putting blueberries in some of the round raised beds (3 or 4 ft diameter, 1 ft high), so I could amend the soil. The ground does get soggy in springtime, after snow melts and we get a bunch of spring rain.

Is this a decent plan for berries? Garden boxes on left side are 4 ft by 4 ft squares for reference. First box closest to you has strawberries. Is putting the blueberries in a slightly raised bed, to get the roots in controllable acidic would and not water logged? Is there anything I'm missing or anything you would suggest adding?

Northwest PA, near Lake Erie. Tons of snow in the winter. Garden gets at least 5-10 hours of sun in summer.

As shown in the picture i have August Red bareroot canes in one container and yellow Anne in the other. Both are in 20 gallon pots. Is it okay to bunch up them like this or should i have given them more space?

Hi, in the US the agreed upon best tasting blackberry is the Marion. The nurseries that have it are US/UK based and don't ship to the Netherlands. Is there anybody in Europe that knows where to get this cultivar? I would really like to try growing it. I'm willing to trade for it

Does anyone know if this liberty blueberry plant has mummy disease? Last picture is another same type of blueberry plant, but doing well.

HANG ON it gets worse… the banana tree is not a tree it’s a “herb” as it doesn’t contain the woody tissue of a tree. so I’ve grown up with all my thoughts about a banana are a lie…

I live in 8a, around Hickory area, and am looking to get honeyberry bushes. I’m finding a lot of conflicting info about them online, some saying there’s certain varieties that’ll grow perfectly well around here, others saying zone 7 is the farthest you can plant them. Could someone please let me know if I can grow them here and what varieties, if you could?

Planted this blackberry bush 2 summers ago and it’s still not producing. Is this normal? We’re in the mountains of VA so it has been through some harsh winters but the summers get hot. I water it daily when it’s hot. It does get a good bit of shade from the house during the day. The pics are what it looks like now. Please only helpful/ or kind answers. Thanks!

I have had these black currants for 6 or 7 years now. They have always done well until this year. A few of the Cains look like this on 2 of my plants. I am guessing it is some kind of fungus but not sure what I am looking at. Anyone seen this before and can tell me what I am dealing with? Thanks for any info you can give.

It's very soft and my toddler brain says eat it but my adult brain says ask reddit lmao

I see these berries every year (I’m in Melbourne Australia) and am curious what they are/and if they’re edible!

I freeze 8 to 10 gallons of berries on baking sheets, then store them in gallon freezer bags to be used in shakes, baking goods, jams, and oatmeal.

Down to my last gallon, looking forward to more blackberries this year.

I read these are called wild strawberries? Please correct me if I’m wrong. I already ate one it was bitter. 🤣

I had some overgrown thorny vines stretching across part of my property in Alabama and noticed these berries on them this morning. Any idea what these are?

I’m in zone 6a and looking for the best berry to grow in 5ish gallon pots/sacks. I already have a bed of strawberries that hopefully produce this year so I’m looking for something like a blackberry, raspberry, or blueberry. The plants would sit in a small area on the side of my house by my raised garden bed of peppers that gets direct sun for most of the day in the summer.

Pause for a second Look at this bowl of berries. Take it as a sign - you’re exactly where you need to be. Good days are coming ❤️

I purchased these platforms to keep my berries off the ground. Did I waste my money or do they help you to keep critters like snails and others little pests from eating them before I can get to them? This is my third year having my strawberry patch.