Are my blackberry bushes dead or alive?

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Strawberry_Gram Hiawatha, KS(Zone 5b) Jun 09, 2008

I traded for some balckberry buches on DG and when they arrived the leaves were all dry and crumbly. The roots were wraped in wet paper towels and newspaper and in a plastic bag and still wet. I soaked them in water for a few hours, trimed the canes to 6 or 8 inches and then planted with peat moss mixed in the soil. It has been about two weeks and the canes look dead. Sould I be patient or dig them up and start over?

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SCNewbie Anderson, SC(Zone 7b) Jun 09, 2008

I just bought 3 canes of Boysenberry from eBay & 2 of them look like what you described. BUT, the 3rd one has a new cane emerging from the dirt, so I think all of them might be ok as long as the root system is.

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Strawberry_Gram Hiawatha, KS(Zone 5b) Jun 09, 2008

How long did you have them in the ground before you saw the new cane start to emerge?

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SCNewbie Anderson, SC(Zone 7b) Jun 09, 2008

I think about a week-10days.

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