Re: New Potential Weed
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: New Potential Weed
- From: J* A* <j*@nemo.mech.eng.usyd.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:13:23 +1100 (EST)
At 14:33 19/11/98 -0800, Barry wrote:
> Its interesting also to note that blackberry bushes here dont go out
>of control, but in Hawaii they can cover everything in their thorny
>canes.
I would have thought that Hawaii would be a bit warm to be optimum for
blackberries. Here in NSW, they are a great pest in the highlands and
tableland areas, but seem to be much less invasive down here on the coast.
I have feral blackberries in a couple of places in my garden, but they
hardly increase at all and I get few berries. I always assumed they needed
cool winters (frosts) to do well.
And even more so for raspberries, which only seem to go feral further south
in Victoria.
John.
