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Loganberries

Loganberries are easy to grow, you just need a small start, if you know someone who has one, just lean over a vine and cover it with a little dirt and in a month or two you will have a new plant.

Loganberries are well worth growing despite the thorns, which are small and numerous. We use the berries mainly for jam or syrup.

These plants I started from a vine at my Grandparents house about 12 years ago.



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 Loganberries are easy to grow, you just need a small start, if you know someone who has one, just lean over a vine and cover it with a little dirt and in a month or two you will have a new plant.


Care

Loganberries are easy to take care of, all you need to do is to cut them back in early spring, cut them to about 3 or 4 feet in length, and cut out the old canes, the old canes will be brown in color and the new ones will be a little more red in color.

We tie the canes to a t-post with some old hay ropes, in order to give them a little support. Some people make a fancy trellis or use posts and wire, I found that method takes too much time.

Loganberries already pruned.

Spring Time

Loganberries emerging through the soil in the spring.

Loganberries emerging through the soil in the spring.



Harvesting

Harvesting is easy except for the thorns, all of the big juicy berries always seem to be under the leaves in the shade and even the back of the leaves have thorns.

We just rinse them lightly and freeze then in a freezer zip lock bag, as we save them to make jam in the winter when we have more time. The ones that we want to save for pancakes or muffins we freeze on a cookie sheet first then put them in the zip lock so they do not get mushed together.