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My ponkas are in food grade 55 gal drums cut to about two thirds height . They are very productive. You may want to consider a larger wicking tub for a few of your best poncas. For reproduction consider laying few of this years canes sideways on top of a separate wicking tub next to your blackberry tub.Cover with a few inches of soil and weight down with bricks till next spring growth. Each node has potential for rooting a new plant hence several plants from each stem .

Do you syntropic agriculture by ernst götsch. Could be very usful for berry production

Did the onions keep better using this method?

You can paint the containers and give much better sun protection. I used latex outdoor paint once upon a time and they still look great.

I like that free labor there….teaching that grandson good working habits!

Hon, you look like you have been in the sun all day! Take it easy.

Earthboxes are great, I believe they will do well.

Got to do what works for you I have picked 105 pounds of tomato's 15 plants the best year we have ever had.

Do you think the earth boxes will be big enough

Are totally against putting them straight in the ground again

My Poncas are popping up all over the place. May be the containers. Them and the Prime Ark Freedoms are my heavy spreader.

I’m on year three with the Sweetie Pie blackberries. I have six plants. This year it was incredible. I put up 30 quarts in the freezer and made 16 pints of jam and 8 half pints jelly. I’m so impressed with these berries. I’m up by the Oklahoma border. I had more blooms than I can tell you and they developed beautiful berries. We were picking every day. They are about 3 foot wide by 4 foot long and seven foot tall. They are the sweetest blackberry I have ever tasted. You should give them a try. I planing on starting more from cuttings. You can never have enough blackberries in my opinion. 😉

also, the "new hotness" after Ponca is supposed to be Immaculate. I got one recently from Berries Unlimited and am looking forward to trying it next summer

If you can get some empty PVM tubs made by Positive Feed in Sealy Texas, they are excellent heavy duty tubs that will last many years. I have some that are 20 years old. Also, Crystalyx mineral tubs are my second choice. I think you should go ahead and prune out your dead canes on your Poncas and hit them with some fertilizer. Not sure what you mean when you say they don't reproduce well. If they are healthy they will send up new canes.

I have Poncas in long narrow raised beds. They handle the colder winters in NE Oklahoma just fine. They have been heavy producers but of larger fruit than you describe. Their output of new canes is approximately three per plant. Pruning the tops as you suggest, is the key to heavy fruit production. I use rainwater in my drip system and firmly believe that contributes to their success.

i'm trying a Home Depot HDX container filled up with dirt, growing some Brison blackberries in it. You could do HDX containers and dripper emitters instead of wicking

Orange tubs look shorter and wider. Could be and issue transplanting if they are that much shorter.

do you have a way to control mosquitoes with the Earthboxes/CityPickers containers?

Very interested in the Earth Box idea, (no ideal what an earth box is). I have read that to get really sweet and big blackberries though you need more than one variety....so you might be shooting yourself in the foot if you get rid of the second row. Just a thought...Jim

You may want to resurch this, but an old guy who worked on supply boats told me that the color makes a difference with poly rope. He said that the black will last longer in the sun. Something to do with uv rays. Could this be the reason why earth boxes are black.

Alan, my Poncas are in slightly raised beds and they did OK this year. Three canes gave my about 2/3 of a gallon zip-top bag. You're right though; they aren't huge! My Navajos and Natchez are in a rebuilding mode this season. The cold hit them hard.

Man i need to be your neighbor, he gets all the good stuff you throw at him over the years, you could do one long row of raised bed with galvanized metal roof 2 ft tall, 3 ft wide pressure treaded top sides and corners plus joints. Just a thought, either way earthbox be good.

I've got mine in the V-raised beds as the 1st year the tub busted, may have already had cracks... we are planting more this way as ours have just gone nuts and are doing so well... Do let us know how they do in the Earthboxes... while i dont see us using those for Blackberries, we do have some Blueberries in a couple, not exactly thrilled with how theyve done in those, the tubs have worked great, however for the Blueberries. Blessings ❤

used 55 gal blue poly barrels last forever in the fla sun. Cut them in 1/2. Usually $20 max used

Try the earth box! Would like to see that. Been wanting to try it myself.

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I think is I'm glad of Minnesota Temps. 🔵⚪🔵 SISUPOWER!

I'm with you on them clobbers the bigger the better

I have a test row of 4 stark ark black gems going. I am hoping they perform like freedoms with a little more sweetness.

I just took out my Prime Arc 45 thorn bushes this morning ,tired of getting stuck by the thorns especially when you take blood thinner ,bleed like a stuck hog. The berries were not that impressive. I have potted a bunch of Freedom and Poncas .Hope to get them in the ground later in the fall.

Much love❤❤Love this

Happy Growing!

I'm making some big changes to my container blackberry process. After 4 years of successfully raising blackberries in containers, I'm considering changing out my Wicking Tubs for EarthBoxes. I think the EarthBox would be just as good of an environment as the Wicking Tubs have been. So, what do you think... would I be crazy to make the swap? Let me know your pros and cons in the comments below. Stay safe! alan Check out my Website. I've written dozens of articles pertaining to all areas of homesteading and self sufficiency. Here's the link: homesteadadvisor.com/ If you enjoyed this video and would like to see more videos like this. please give this video a thumbs up and leave me a comment! Please subscribe, it would really help my channel! Thank you for watching! ❤

I’ve had to block off under the chicken coop because they like to lay under there. Now I have some laying on the dirt of their yard. It’s a pain! They have so many nice nesting boxes and they all choose 2 or 3 out of the 6. If the box is busy I have some rebels that do this dumb stuff.

I would like ro know what you use as soil and how you did your watering systems. Thanks

I definitely plan to attempt this 😮

I strain mine in a knee-high (hose). When cooler, I hang it and squeeze as much of the juice that I can. I make seedless because most of my friends and relatives have false teeth. LOL

Ready to plant my blackberries in the Earth Boxes. My 5 Triple Crown plants have been growing in 3 gallon pots since last summer. Should I plant two of them per Earth Box, or only 1 per box since they are somewhat larger now?

Leave the husk on it. Protects it from freezer burn

Thank you! I won’t wash mine either.☺️😋

I can grow great corn, and then the wind comes and my beautiful corn gets blown over, I am wondering if I could hill it or would that harm it ?

How come you have your blackberries in containers? I assume they will be root bound very quickly. Please let me know

I received the 5 Earth Boxes to plant my Triple Crown blackberries in. They have been growing in 3 gallon pots since I potted them up from the 1-gallon pots they were shipped in when I received them last summer. My plan was to have one plant growing in each Earth Box. In your video you plant 2 in each one. Given the size of mine now (in 3-gallon pots), should I plant one or 2 in each Earth Box? Thank you.

I just got mine expensive little sucker, but I loathe going to get my haircut. Haircuts also aren’t cheap, this will pay for itself in a year and save me money the rest of my life. Thanks for the video.

Great recipe, made a batch today, turned out just like you said. Thanks again for a great video.

How often should a farmer inseminate to get a successful pregnancy?

I planted 3 plants 3 yrs. ago in a raised bed. I have been cutting them to the ground in the winter. When I discovered your method of pruning, I cut them to about 40 inches this season and tied the prima canes to my wire support. I have lots of laterals and berries ready to ripen. I live in the southwestern area of VA. My question is, should I limit the number of primacanes coming from the original plants next year? They are quite vigorous and taking over the entire raised bed. I will probably need more supports, but should i thin?

My hens won’t leave their perch. They leave the coop and go to the outside perch in the run or run to the patio and then perch on my patio chairs. They won’t eat or drink. They are 20 weeks old and are afraid of the roosters. I had one lay the first egg behind our grill. Help?? Nice nesting boxes in coop. They are constantly chased by the roosters. I have never had this happen before. Buff Orphingtons.

I planted some prime ark freedom blackberries in May and they got up to about 4 feet and I topped them. They are doing great, but I’m not getting any flower buds. Can I expect berries this fall or will I have to cut the second growth back or just let them grow?

blackberries send rhizomes underground. it's how I got mine to begin with.