Deer detest blackberries thorns as do people. Thats why people buy thornless but i have my reasons for these heirlooms and their uses are many Blackberries by the gallons . Free fence around your orchard is one use for them. If i was in Africa and the lions wanted to eat me i feel i would be as safe as if i was home in bed with those berries growing around my orchard. One apple is very safe in the blackberry patch from deer. The blackberries are a haven for quail and rabbits. You might be trading one problem for another. Blackberries are just a fence of a different type. My orchard around the house is fenced and the outer orchard is not fenced. The deer eat leaves and berries from the edges of the berries patch but never go in the middle of the patch. Would you? The plants can grow up to 20 feet tall no problem.
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