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What Blackberries Like: Secrets of Growing a Popular Crop That Not Every Gardener Knows
02.06.2023 14:51
Blackberries are a delicious berry that you can grow in your own garden.
ADVICE.NEWS told how to care for the crop in order to regularly get a decent harvest.
Caring for Blackberries
Blackberries love the sun and really don’t like cold winds, so generously sunlit places near a fence, buildings, etc. will be ideal for them, especially since blackberry bushes will have to be shaded during the ripening period of the berries.
In addition, it is necessary to provide support for varieties that need it.
Another part of blackberry care is pruning. Most often, blackberries are pruned in the spring, immediately after snow and frost. At the same time, the buds should not yet hatch. It is also important to prune the bush in the fall. This should be done after harvesting.
It is also necessary to feed the plant correctly. You can use both organic and mineral fertilizers. Compost or rotted manure is suitable as organic fertilizer.
When does blackberry begin to bear fruit after planting?
After planting, blackberry bushes enter the active fruiting phase the following year, because this plant belongs to the group of crops with a two-year development cycle.
In the first year, blackberries actively grow vegetative-green mass, and in the following season they bloom and bear fruit.
