This rambling berry is from Raintree Nursery, purchased probably ten years ago. It hasn’t produced well for me, mostly because it lives on the northern-most berry trellis in the orchard bed and has been overgrown by a muscular camellia and shaded out by the berries in front of it. This year, however, because of the plant’s typical lengthy canes, I might have found a solution. I took a twelve-foot cane and laid it on top of the three berry trellises. The cane gets pretty much full sun up there and has set a lot of berries. I’m excited to see how they turn out.
For 2020, I am nurturing several other long canes to bend over the trellis tops again next year. Also, I’m going to cover a couple of bunches of berries with nylon bags to see if they ripen better and stay bug-free that way. I can’t wait to taste them!
