# Growing Loganberries Question
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-loganberries-question/723723
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 28, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-loganberries-question/723723 "2015-06-28T18:36:00Z")
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### Author:  [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-loganberries-question/723723/1 "2015-06-28T18:36:00Z")
Where I live in NW Montana we have wild berry bushes everywhere, so I decided to plant some cultivated varieties in my garden. I planted raspberries, blueberries and loganberries a few years ago. The raspberries have done great, the loganberries just so-so, and the blueberries not at all, although this year the blueberries are doing better than they have in the past.
I tie the raspberry canes to the chicken wire fencing, which acts like a trellis and works great, but the loganberries grow more horizontally than vertically. Should I tie them up like the raspberries, or just leave them alone? Eventually I will run out of space on the ground for them to grow…
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### Author:  [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2015, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-loganberries-question/723723/2 "2015-06-29T07:00:48Z")
Blueberrys are very sensitive to the type of soil. They require [acidic soils rich in organic matter](http://www.burpee.com/fruit-plants/blueberry-plants/how-to-grow-blueberry-plants-article10389.html), e.g. a peat bed like for rhododendrons ([blueberry growth requirements](https://www.google.ch/#q=blueberry+growth+requirements)).
Loganberries, like blackberries, need some support if you don’t want them to grow in a tangled heap. Berries grow on year-old canes, so [prune out the older canes](http://www.gardeningblog.net/how-to-grow/loganberries/).([Loganberry growth requirements](https://www.google.ch/#q=loganberry+growth+requirements))