From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 6/1/2021 9:06 AM, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   >> Hi All,   
   >>   
   >> My Blackberry plants are three years old now (and   
   >> still no flowers or fruit).  Each spring, the branches   
   >> go green with leaves, but some don't.  On the dead   
   >> ones, do I let mother nature take its cource and   
   >> them fall off naturally or should I prune the dead   
   >> ones?   
   >   
   >    in an arid environment dead material is valuable as   
   > mulch and protection against the wind drying things out.   
   >   
   >    thorny mulch may not be the best material but when   
   > nothing else is available it would have to do.   
   >   
   >    around here, as much as i can i get things buried   
   > once i know they're done.  that way the worms and   
   > fungi can get to work on them asap.   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
   >   
      
      His Arapaho's are thornless - I have some in my berry patch .   
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   Snag   
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