[Terri]

I am wanting to expand my little blackberry business, but the kind of berries that I have has the WORST thorns!

I was hoping to try a different variety, but most of the "hardy" THORNLESS blackberries offered are only hardy in zone 5. We live on the border of zone 4 & 5.

I was hoping that my fellow Midwesterners with blackberries could tell me what has done well for them.

Also, when you want more bushes, do you dig up the roots (like I have been doing), or do you take cuttings?

 

[cwgrl23]

I too am interested in a thornless blackberry Is there anyone out there that knows of one that is hardy for Zone 4?

 

[southerngurl]

The berries will not taste as good! The thornless types don't have a nice sweet berry like the thorned ones.

Eh, just quit being a wimp and grow the natural kind. Makes the berries that much sweeter.

 

[Grandmotherbear]

Haven't tried it yet myself, but my books say to pile some dirt over the tip of the cane and give it a few weeks. It will root and then can be cut free from the parent.