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Thu, Apr 21, 11 at 19:40
| Hi everyone.
I'm about to plant blueberries and raspberries and wondering if they popular with the underground crowd -- are gophers prone to eating their roots? If so I think I will plant them in baskets. Thanks! |
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- Posted by hoosierquilt z10a/23 Vista Calif (My Page) on Thu, Apr 21, 11 at 22:26
| Gophers will eat anything, Elvie. I don't plant my blueberries in the ground since it's so hard to keep the soil acidic enough. I can be done, but it's a LOT of work. Easier to grow them in pots in California, so that might be a consideration if you're concerned about gophers. Can't speak to raspberries, but if they're near gopher activity, they will be a target. Patty S. |
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| Aren't berries in the rose family? Gophers love rose roots, I'm sure they'd love berry roots too. When I planted my blackberries I put them in gopher baskets. So far so good. |
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| Well if so, they don't seem to make a dent in the neighbors blackberries which border and creep under my fence. |
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