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Picking blackberries - more global warming?
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Couldn't believe my eyes today when I saw a couple picking wild blackberries from a hedgerow as I passed by.
Is my memory playing tricks or don't they normally ripen around the end of August?
I have some cultivated blackberries growing in my garden but they are still l tiny green nodules due to the lack of rain.
Is my memory playing tricks or don't they normally ripen around the end of August?
I have some cultivated blackberries growing in my garden but they are still l tiny green nodules due to the lack of rain.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Here in the West Midlands it is usual to pick blackberries from late July.
This site confirms it:
http://www.uktvfood.co.uk/index.cfm?uktv=insea son.month&sID=5180
This site confirms it:
http://www.uktvfood.co.uk/index.cfm?uktv=insea son.month&sID=5180
It is unusual Wendy, but as kazza says everything is all over the place this summer. They could be earlier due to the increase in insects that's needed to pollinate them .... certainly no shortage of those this year!
Yes, generally it was the last week in August that people went Blackberry picking, but so far I haven't seen that many, even the cultivated ones at our local PYO are few and far between.
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Rubus+ fruticosus
Yes, generally it was the last week in August that people went Blackberry picking, but so far I haven't seen that many, even the cultivated ones at our local PYO are few and far between.
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Rubus+ fruticosus
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