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Ive cut a load of brambles back to the ground last year, if I now let them grow, will hey produce fruit this year?

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RATTER15 | 11:48 Fri 01st Apr 2011 | Gardening
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The field that we are trying to turn into a garden was covered in brambles for over 40 years, I cut everything back to ground level.

Some of the brambles are now coming back up, will they produce fruit this year? if not I will just dig them out.
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probably not enough to make a pie - brambles send out 'runners' and thorny ones at that, best dig them out
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lol, if I had 1 blackberry on each bush I think I could have enough to make a pie.

I think blackberrys only grow on last years growth that didnt produce, if im thinking right.
I had brambles that covered the whole of my garden about 10 years ago. My dad kept hacking them down but they kept coming back. They always fruited (is that a word?) but were riddled with tiny wormy things.
keep a couple of strong stems per plant . cut out the rest and tie the stems along a framework of wires so the stems run horizontally and parallel to the ground shorten the stems to about 6 growth buds you should get fruit or keep spraying them with weed killer dig them out and plant a proper cultivar like oregon thornless
They will fruit with bigger juicier blackberrys. Pick before birds get them else the birds drop seeds everywhere in their droppings.
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Thank you all :-)

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