BerriesRosaceae
Blackberries.
PerennialDeer favorite
At a glance
The spec sheet.
- Direct sow / out
- Spring
- Germ
- Purchased canes
- Days to harvest
- Fruit year 2
- Spacing
- 4 ft apart, rows 8 ft
- Depth
- 4"
- Square-foot
- Own bed with trellis
- Qty target
- 4–6 canes for a family + preserves.
Plant
Erect and semi-trailing thornless varieties (Triple Crown, Chester) are the manageable ones. Plant as a hedgerow along a fence.
Care
Trellis at 3 and 5 ft. Cut floricanes after harvest. Blackberries fruit later than raspberries (Aug–early Sept).
Harvest
Wait until fully black and dull, not shiny — shiny berries are still tart. Every 2 days during peak.
Freeze whole, jam, pie filling, cobbler bases, cordial.