Rubus fruticosus
Blackberry
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Description
The blackberry produces kilograms of dark, sweet berries from mid-summer and grows almost everywhere. Thornless varieties such as 'Navaho' or 'Thornless Evergreen' are much more pleasant to harvest in the garden. When grown on a trellis, it remains tidy and well ventilated.
Care instructions
Plant in spring (April, week 15) in a sunny location with support for climbing. Guide the young canes along the wire and cut out spent canes at ground level immediately after harvest (September, week 38). Mulch well to keep the soil moist and reduce weeding.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
loamy, humus-rich, well-drained, lime-avoiding
Feeding
Heavy feeder
Pruning
Companion planting
Good neighbors
Rather not
Companion planting is partly traditional gardening lore. Where the reason is known, it is given.
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Diseases & pests
1 relevantFrom the knowledge base, automatically linked by affected species. How to spot and prevent them is covered in full in the lexicon.
Drosophila suzukii
The Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) is a small fruit fly that, unlike native species, pierces healthy, still ripening fruits with its serrated ovipositor to lay eggs.
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6 varieties‚Chester Thornless’
*‚Chester Thornless’* is a thornless late blackberry with vigorous, semi‑branched growth and especially high frost hardiness of the flower buds.
‚Loch Ness’
Loch Ness is a thornless, semi upright blackberry and one of the most reliable all rounders for the home garden.
‚Navaho’
Navaho is a thornless dessert blackberry with upright, compact growth that can be kept in check even in smaller gardens.
‚Theodor Reimers’
Theodor Reimers is an old, proven blackberry that has been growing in German gardens for more than a hundred years.
‚Thornless Evergreen’
Thornless Evergreen is a thornless, very robust blackberry grown for a heavy late summer crop.
‚Wilsons Frühe’
Wilsons Frühe is one of the oldest garden blackberries and is valued above all for its early ripening: you can pick the…
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