A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2007 What is this prickly vine???

This subject sounds like I am in a game show LOL

Anyway, in attempt to regain control of the flower beds from the weeds, I stumbled across a very painful vine.

It has leaves grouped into threes, and the stem is a whitish color, and there are millons of small thorns (OUCH)

My husband thinks that it is a rasberry vine, but I have not idea. I'm still trying to figure out if I want to keep it or not, since it REALLY hurts.

I am including a website with pics (they are down to the bottom of the page) Prickly vine

I agree with your husband. Looks like a raspberry plant to me too.

Peejeeratties,

I'd say Black Raspberry's!!!

Yummy Fruits, but can get a little outta control if you let them ramble...
I let them grow in my "wild area" and 3 years later, I finally got a good crop, but now they are going all over the place...

But, questions, have you seen any flowers/fruit on them yet?
They look young to me, so I am thinking no.....

I would definately WAIT until you send in pictures of the flowers and fruit before you eat anything!!!!
It is soooooo better to be SAFE THAN SORRY!!!

When they are young, they don't produce, but should by next year I would think???????

Please keep us posted

Weezie

P/S Welcome to The Garden Helper's Forum by the way!! We are very glad you found us!!!

The whitish-green coloring of the cane means it's probably first-year growth and won't bear fruit this season. Next year the cane should be brown and you should get some berries.

Thanks for the info.

I guess I will keep it around unless it decides to mutilate my fingers again. LOL

It hasn't shown any signs of flowers or even buds, so it looks like we will have to wait till next year for that.

Is there anything special I need to do for them???

Thanks

Shirley

They like acid soil, so if your soil is alkaline, a little Miracid would help them. They also need lots of sunshine. My raspberry patch that I had for years has just about completely disappeared since being shaded by a fast growing maple.

If they need lots of sunshine, then how do I go about moving them? They are under a HUGE tree with quite a bit of shade. Really pretty much every where in our yard is shaded for most of the day. Are they going to be sad little plants now?