- Wild blackberries for the natural garden
- Plant cultivars and harvest large blackberries
- Direct blackberries in certain directions
- tips and tricks
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Blackberries are among the rather undemanding plants in the local flora. While removing wild blackberries can be a challenge, cultivars produce aromatic fruit with little maintenance.
Wild blackberries for the natural garden
Wild blackberries often inspire with a particularly fruity and spicy taste that cultivated garden varieties without thorns can hardly keep up with. Before planting, you should consider whether you might want to rely on the unbridled growth power of wild blackberries in a more natural garden. Although their fruits are generally smaller, the rampant spread of the plants often results in a respectable yield in a small area. You can usually find offshoots of wild blackberries on roadsides and embankments, which usually do not cause any difficulties in growing. Be aware, however, that regular pruning of these blackberry species is necessary if you don't want them to spread throughout the garden.
Plant cultivars and harvest large blackberries
Modern breeds of blackberries offer the advantage that they produce fruits with a particularly deep black color and particularly large fruits. The fact that many of these cultivars have now been cultivated as thornless blackberries protects them from scratches and painful injuries during the ripening period. Before planting blackberries, the soil at the planned site should be well loosened and manure or compost should be added for fertilization. This allows the blackberry roots to branch out well and ensure rapid growth.
Direct blackberries in certain directions
The thick tendrils of the blackberry bushes sometimes reach a length of up to three or four meters. A trellis shape is ideal to ensure good accessibility when cutting and harvesting. For this you need the following materials:
- several wooden stakes or straight branches
- tension wires
- Binding bast or coconut twine
Drive the wooden stakes into the ground and attach the tension wires to them running across them and at intervals of 20 to 30 centimeters. Then direct individual tendrils along these and fix them with some bast or coconut twine.
tips and tricks
A trellis made of blackberries not only looks beautiful, it also protects the blackberry plants from some diseases thanks to the air and light-permeable shape.