Florida Blackberry Canes Grow 20 ft.

The triple crown blackberries are not doing all that great in the hot August sun. They were looking great last month. Leaves are burning and I used the wrong preventative pesticide so they're stressed out.

Here's a neat story....
I've been weaving the canes in/out of the trellis. One 20-footer had grown so long that it draped over the trellis and touched the ground. The tip of the cane appeared to have been grabbed by some sub-terranean force and pulled beneath the grass and into the soil.
I pulled the cane from the grass to find a very healthy new root system. So, the cane was growing both ends into the ground!

This is not unusual, just kind of neat. Many other plants (e.g., mint) do the same thing.

So, I chopped off the top 12 inches fo the cane and had myself a new plant. I just planted it and will track its progress.

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