Blackberries are always a fun summer treat. I have a blackberry plant in the back of our property.
Blackberries are funny plants. They grow one year and produce fruit the next. And that's it.
I should have ripe berries by the end of June and will pick them once they look more dull than glossy.
After all the berries are picked, I'll chop it down right to the ground. Next year the plant will start to sprout and grow again.
As it sprouts weave the growth between two poles with wires 3 and 5 feet in height. I'll fasten them to the trellis in a fan pattern.
I won't get fruit again until the following year because as I trellis the plant it will be in it's growing season.
The best way to have blackberries all year long is to plant one this year and another next year.
That way you'll always have a plant that has fruit and another plant that is in it's growing season.
Blackberries are funny plants. They grow one year and produce fruit the next. And that's it.
I should have ripe berries by the end of June and will pick them once they look more dull than glossy.
After all the berries are picked, I'll chop it down right to the ground. Next year the plant will start to sprout and grow again.
As it sprouts weave the growth between two poles with wires 3 and 5 feet in height. I'll fasten them to the trellis in a fan pattern.
I won't get fruit again until the following year because as I trellis the plant it will be in it's growing season.
The best way to have blackberries all year long is to plant one this year and another next year.
That way you'll always have a plant that has fruit and another plant that is in it's growing season.
