Author Topic: Can I grow Navaho blackberries in zone 10b?  (Read 1697 times)

katydid2

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Can I grow Navaho blackberries in zone 10b?
« on: October 31, 2018, 07:21:44 PM »
I want to know if I can grow Navaho blackberries or kiwi in zone 10b? Thanks, everybody!

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Re: Can I grow Navaho blackberries in zone 10b?
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2018, 08:00:28 PM »
Yes you can grow both.

Kiwi does require a male and female plant for pollination I believe, just FYI.

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Re: Can I grow Navaho blackberries in zone 10b?
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2018, 08:38:29 PM »
Blackberries have chill requirements.  Check the specs on the different types.  They might not fruit well in miami.
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Re: Can I grow Navaho blackberries in zone 10b?
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2018, 11:16:26 PM »
I have a few varieties of blackberry that have been fruiting for me here outside of Hilo at 600-700' altitude.  I decided to give them a try based upon a guy a short way down the coast (at similar altitude) that was successfully fruiting Natchez.  I'd need to check which ones are fruiting for me.  Correspondence with a prof at University of Arkansas put Natchez at 300-400 chill hours so I selected clones that were the same or less.  I see Navaho listed as 800 chill hours so I would try one with less if I were you.

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Re: Can I grow Navaho blackberries in zone 10b?
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2018, 11:54:56 PM »
I grew a lot of different types of black berries and the primeocanes did the best.  We are in a very warm low chill area here.  PRIME JIM was by far the best type out of half a dozen or more I tried. That will probably fruit year round in Miami or Hawaii.
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Re: Can I grow Navaho blackberries in zone 10b?
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2018, 01:21:53 AM »
I would suggest older varieties Brazos and roxborough.  They grow and fruit well in 10a phoenix.

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Re: Can I grow Navaho blackberries in zone 10b?
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2018, 09:45:00 AM »
I want to know if I can grow Navaho blackberries or kiwi in zone 10b? Thanks, everybody!

Should grow fine. I grow Navaho & Von Blackberries with no issues. Just watch younger plants, I lost a Triple Crown variety during one of our recent brutal summers.
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Re: Can I grow Navaho blackberries in zone 10b?
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2018, 07:18:01 PM »
Kiwi has a chill requirement to flower: "There have been several attempts to grow kiwifruits in northern and central Florida, and a few vines are growing experimentally in the southern part of the state and even on the Florida Keys but, so far, only the plants at Tallahassee have fruited to any extent."

https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/kiwifruit_ars.html#Climate