There’s nothing like picking a plump, juicy-looking blackberry from the vines in your own yard and popping it into your mouth.
The tart, sweet flavor of homegrown blackberries is unbeatable. But, you might be wondering, how exactly do you grow these berries at home?
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If you’re wondering whether you’d be able to grow enormous berries like the ones you see in the store, or if they’d be smaller, or how long the lovely fruits have been around, you’ve come to the right place.
In this guide, we’ll dive into everything you’ve ever wanted to know about growing your own blackberries.
Here’s what I’ll cover:
What Are Blackberries?Blackberries are members of the Rosaceae family, along with such delightful plants as raspberries, roses, and apple trees.
Like closely related raspberries, blackberries are brambles: they’re usually thorny, grow thick and tangly, and can be upright or sprawling.
The fruits are not true berries at all, but rather, aggregate fruits made up of small round drupelets. Unlike raspberries, blackberries keep their core intact when picked.
Blackberries are perennial plants that bear fruit on biennial canes. They grow new green stems, known as primocanes, every year, and these typically bear leaves but not flowers on what are known as “floricane fruiting” plants.
In the second year, these primocanes become floricanes. They turn woody, sprout leaves and new stems from lateral buds branching off the main stem, and produce flowers on those lateral stems.
The flowers then become those irresistibly juicy, sweet-tart berries. After this, the floricanes
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