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I've been banging my head off the wall for two years trying to come up with a trellis idea. I love the really high one you showed. I'm going to steal that idea. T.Y.
I never comment on videos. But needed to tell you how helpful this video is. Thank you. Don't stop sharing your knowledge plz, you explain so clearly with everything one would want to know. Subscribed. x
Hi Stacey, I remember coming to your house more than 20 years ago to a bible study with JD. I'm still here in Victoria and growing figs and other fruit trees on a rooftop garden next to my apartment building. Cheers,
Put little flags on, or just keep visual track of smaller numbers of the canes that are fruiting, and you can prune them in late summer or even after harvest. They are already on their way to death and pruning early prevents the risks of over wintering any disease or fungus that they could contract or harbor. Looking great!
Thank you. New to growing blackberries. My plants are in honor of my love ones fighting cancer and having learned the benefit blackberries have with the fight. Just planted two months ago and they have really sprouted.
This was a fantastic video. I'm not sure how long you have been doing this but it is delightfully put together and informative. Thanks for the tutorial and best of luck!
Hi there - I bought a thornless blackberry late last year and can't wait till next Spring (I'm in Australia). I plan to grow it over a decorative garden arch which leads from one part of the garden to another. I also have many other types of berries which I bought at the same time - marionberry, tayberry, sylvanberry, josterberry, loganberry, youngberry, raspberry and thornless raspberry. I have not had experience with berries before (not counting strawberries of which I have about 250 plants) and I am leaning towards just concentrating on the thornless varieties. I love your very informative videos - please keep them coming. 😍
Hey brother this video was really good! I was lost as to what to do with our little sapplig but you have given me plenty of great ideas with cheese on top, organic cheese as well, like from a cow! Rock on brother!
@@SustainableStace i live in zone 10b. Never have a frost during the winter, (but the temperature can be around 50F). In summer, maybe 110F and humid. I still have the berries, but they definitely work better in winter. Blackberries re the winners all the time, very strong even in summer, about 15ft. Raspberries grow with half the speed of blackberries. I always have fruit during winter-spring. Perhaps as I have no idea about pruning, they re not so productive. I don't know when to cut it down because of no dormant period. When it s hot, only blackberries n strawberries can flourish. However, i wish i could have fruit for icecream in hot weather.
Thank you so much for this explanation. I bought one of these two years ago and was wondering why I was only getting fruit on last year's growth. This year it really took off so I expect quite a harvest next season!!
Really enjoyed the 2 methods you grow your thornless blacberries! Will be coying your methods. I grow the Triple Crown's. Did them on a pergola-style support, 5 foot high. We pulled the canes down and roped them to the cross pieces of the pergola, not cutting off the height. Then we tried cutting them at 6 foot, but the length still was too much. Have to move the plants (not sure how they'll like that!) So now will be doing it your way, now I found you. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing what you've done with yours. I think that if you moved them while they were dormant they'll take off like a rocket when growing season arrives!
Shalom! I have enjoyed your plentiful great information on thornless Blackberries. I will certainly become a better gardener for gleaming from your expertise. Thank you so much and Blessings to you and yours.
Great video. Blackberries are the easiest fruit you can grow. I bought ONE thornless plant from the Cal Poly Pomona farm store years ago and now have about 8 and they are doing amazing. Very easy to care for and super productive.
Thank you for the information! I just picked up (4) thornless blackberry plants and hoping to get results like you have in your garden. I also have (4) blueberry plants that are doing quite well and hoping my (2) fig trees will start producing soon. Keep up the great job and I’m about to check out more of your videos.
I have wild blackberries all over my property, but you talked me into getting some of these. Planted six new TC's in the garden not long ago. Can't wait til next year! Thank a bunch for all the tips in both of your videos.
WOW how amazing- thank you for the clear explanation. I am getting my allotment in London (UK) next week so collecting lots of ideas for my patch. Will keep coming back for more ideas :)
Highly informative and clear, easy to understand presentation. Just subscribed. Timely tips for my second year thornless blackberry plants that are fruiting right now. Thank you
I came for garlic tips and here I am salivating over blackberries! I have been searching high and low for a thornless blackberry! Did you get this here on the island? They are always sold out and I can see why!
Hi Angi - they are truly amazing right ! I purchased my first plants years ago at a local farm & garden store called Buckerfields. If you'd like to purchase some from me this winter, I'll have extras which I can repot for you to pick up. Just message me and let me know :)
Great information. I purchased a few triple crowns about 8 years ago and have had an abundance of fruit. I also have given away many many plants to friends and strangers. They do make great gifts. The jelly and wine they produce is delicious.
Wow! Great information! I got some small Thornless blackberries and transplanted them this your to a new location. Your video had some great information!! I can't wait to see the FRUITS of my Labor LOL!
@@SustainableStace Well that is awesome! I cant believe how productive they can be! Thanks for the response. It means alot! I look forward to your video coming up!
i always found all i wanted wild in south carolina bush is about 4 ft tall they come in clusters start looking early spring you can see white blooms on the bush near a creek or steam is best we use those ice cream buckets fasten to you belt so you have both hands free
Good note Frank. Where I live (west coast of BC in Canada) they are wild and invasive. Vicious thorns, long vines and delicious fruit. I pick wild as well but generally need pruning shears and protective gear unless i can find a fenceline that they're growing over! Thornless are well . . . thornless and the berries are double or triple the size of the wild ones :)
I just put in my first thornless blackberries either Apache or triple crown and within the first year I had four blackberries each. A surprising start your video has me so excited about what’s going to happen in the future and how many berries I’m gonna have I have about eight blackberry bushes some thorns some nut.
Thank you very much! It was very helpful as I just planted mine last season and I need to know wht to do this summer. Great video. very inspiring and enouraging.
Thanks for this video. Very informative. I just bought two thornless black berry plants and trying to figure out where to plant them and how to take care of them. Your video took care of 1 part. Now just need to learn how and where is the best place to plant them. Just subscribed Happy Gardening
Thanks for the sub ! There's a second video to help out further on the thornless beauties: ua-cam.com/video/6zh5OVXjROo/v-deo.html blessings on your growing efforts.
Love your vids & what a great Blackberry spread! I planted a thornless Black Satin Black erry bush just to see what it will do & it is growing sooooo happily with lots of new vines so quickly. We harvested a few berries already & they are the best blackberries I've ever eaten! they are sooo sweet & flavorful! Thank you for the information you share. I find your videos to be great resources & appreciate that you get right to the point with no fluff. 😊
Hey Stacey, great tips there. Just wonder how the new shoots got propagated a few feet from the main plant? Did it come from the underground roots or from the seeds? Thanks.
all these years-20, I've been totally ripped apart from the 5 acres of blackberry bushes here--- I must invest in these gifts from God now! Who knew? Thanks so much for the vid
It's interesting how you and James Prigrioni differ with regards to the laterals. You say to not let them put too much energy into the laterals and to trim them at 20-30cm, James on the other hand top the plant (like you) but let the laterals grow out because he says Blackberries fruit on the laterals. Would you mind, Stace, adding your two cents here? My new canes arrive on Friday and I need to get it right. Regards, JN
Hi JN - thanks for asking! For yourself, getting new canes this season, you won't need to do any pruning this year so (whew!) you've got time. The other big piece of good news is that the Triple Crown variety I grow seems to be very forgiving - i.e. it seems I can do 'no wrong' - they just keep on growing and fruiting each season. You / James are correct b/c they do bear fruit on the laterals. Our variety tends to put out many (lower down the trunk laterals) if the upper ones are snipped and so . . . it finds a way to be productive no matter what. Also, if you reduce the length of the lateral you'll 'assist' the vine to produce fewer/bigger berries which is my preference. I've had laterals grow 20 feet (6 meters) BOTH ways in one season from the trunk stem. It gets to be a bit crazy :)
@@SustainableStace, thanks again for the thorough reply. I'm from South Africa so we are soon going into winter now, the canes coming are the ones that will bear. I have ordered from this place before and the plants were huge. They are listed as Rubus Fruticosus but hey, that could be anything as it is an umbrella term. I just know they make gigantic berries and they are delicious! The reason for my questions is not so much the pruning but the making of the trellis. I was thinking of building a 6 arm kniffen trellis where you top the cane at say 1.6 and grow out 3 lateral arms either side to a length of 1.5 to 2 meter (like you would a grape). That way the fruit will then be close to the laterals as my space is very limited to pass by there. These are the two thornless ones I'm planning to train and trellis like grapes. The thorny ones of which I ordered 3 plants I'm growing in a wider section in clumps and will be tied like you do yours. So yeah 😊, figuring out where to plant what in the limited space I have hence all my questions 😄. I think I have it pretty much figured out thanks to your very insightful videos. I've been growing Black Raspberries for quite a few years now and I noticed that they fruit very close to the laterals, right against them. That's what made me realise I can espalier them like grapes. Thanks a lot for your time Stace and keep up the great content. Blessings, JN
Planted a Blackberry three years ago. Live just north of San Antonio, Tx...It has yet to go dormant thru the winter, even this last winter when it hit 6°F for a week with 7" of snow on the ground. Didn't loose any leaves, thought for sure it would die from that extreme cold snap. How do I trim or cut it back ?
It sounds like it's very vigorous. During the time when it 'should' be dormant I'd suggest you prune it. Make it the shape and size you want it to be - they bounce back well from pruning! Remove some lower branches so energy is directed up the main vine and be sure to trim/nip the endmost section of the main vine to send it a message to push energy out for flowering and fruiting. I bet it's going to be a rockstar plant for you!
Hi Stacey. I just bought 4 blackberry root bulbs at home depot. They are about 3 lb in size. They have a single shoot about a foot lon. I live in Iowa. Poor soil in my yard so i mxed sand with good garden soil. The area is about 15 sq. ft and is well drained. Questions. should I fertilize? How often do I water? Is earthworm casting a good fertilizer? Thank you
I bought 3 different varieties of thornless blackberries and I'm so excited to get them growing! How long until they start producing? What kind of fertilizer and when do you recommend? Great video! ❤
Congrats on your new berry plants. I've got another whole video about Thornless Blackberries where I cover lots more content: ua-cam.com/video/6zh5OVXjROo/v-deo.html Time to first production will depend on how big they are and how quickly they get established. If they're healthy, then certainly next year you should see lots of fruit. Our thornless blackberries get a shovel of compost or rotted manure around the base in spring and that's it!
Count me in too. I just bought my first thornless blackberry plant today, now I just need to decide where in my yard I want to plant it. I'm subscribed.
There's 2 or 3 root systems supporting the canes on that arbor. Each year I prune/remove the wood which has just finished producing fruit and leave the new wood so that it will produce fruit the following year.
Hi Danielle, I'm glad you found this video helpful. I have a second one which may come in handy - answering questions that arise over time: ua-cam.com/video/6zh5OVXjROo/v-deo.html wishing you well :) Stace
I planted a small orchard of these last year. I got my first small harvest the first year. You are going to love these. They are sweet with just the right amount of tart. SO GOOD.
I mulched with woodchips and compost the pee-tar out of them and buried several chicken eggs near each plant. About a foot away (eggs), or so. I didnt fertilize other than that. I let the birds have the fruit this year. They are doing fantastically this year.
Superb video!! I just got answers to every question I've had over the last bunch of years growing thornless berries! We haven't done everything right, but have still had yummy blackberry summers! ONE MORE QUESTION THO: towards the end of the "season", I noticed some berries had little white worms in them. Sometimes, I just closed my eyes and ate them anyway, but if other people noticed, they wouldn't eat them. Do I need to spray the plants, or just eat the berries quicker?!!
I don't have worms on mine but your mention of it had me digging for info. It seems your situation is common. It seems while the worms are safe to eat (they are a young form of a fruit fly) most suggest rinsing / washing the berries before eating. I think rinsing the berries would be safer than spraying them!
@@SustainableStace Thanks for checking into this. Those little worms were IN the berry - if you pulled off one that had gotten a little mushy, probably from those critters squirming around. Although, rinsing is a good idea....1. don't think it would affect the worms inside and 2. not many of our berries even make it in the house :D We just stand out there and eat them!! But your pruning information has already been invaluable! We had not taken out the old canes and the plants as a whole looked a little pathetic this year. So cleaned them out after watching this today and hoping for some improved growth this season. Thanks again!!
Hi! Brand new gardener here and I’d love to start growing blackberries and your video has amazing info so thank you! I’m in zone 10 and would need to grow them in a container pot about 3ft by 3ft. Do you have any recommendations on how many plants I should put in it and also how tall the pot should be? Thanks for any help!!
HI Shannon - so exciting :) A pot that's 3 x 3 sounds big and heavy ! As for depth, you'd want something at least 18" or 24" deep I think. I'd suggest that if you have a 3 x 3 pot you try for 3 or 4 canes and set them up in equally spaced from one another in a triangle or square formation. wishing you well.
Sustainable Stace thank you so much for replying I really appreciate it! 3 x 3 is just the area size I have available to work with so I’ll play around and see what works best. This info is super helpful and I can’t wait to give it a shot :)
it's a great soil question. i can only speak from my experience. we have heavy, clay soil and I give very little attention to my thornless blackberries and they flourish. but, i suspect that they would do well (maybe better) in other, lighter soils.
Planting them 3 or 4 feet apart (1 meter or so) is best. You get to choose what you want to trellis - they are so versatile. Also on my channel is "Thornless Blackberries 2" which answers many more questions about growing these beauties! Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/6zh5OVXjROo/v-deo.html
Just found your channel! So glad I did. My blackberry, not a thornless variety, isn't doing so hot, sadly Ive neglected it to the point of abuse but, it's determined to thrive! It has very healthy shoots popping up about ten feet away from the original spot in the middle of a pathway. I want to get a thornless blackberry but was wondering if I should eradicate the plant I have now, so they don't cross pollinate? Or is that not a problem I need to worry about. Keep it up man, good job. Renewed my interest with this video. Thanks.
Hi David, Thanks for your encouragement. I'm glad your interest is renewed! I don't think you'll have any negative effects due to cross pollination. Wishing you success in the garden.
Hi David - sorry for the delayed reply . . . .I don't believe you'll have a problem with cross -pollination. It is so good to watch plants thrive, despite our abuse!
If you have a climate that sometimes has cooler, wet summers, (as here in the NL) make sure you cut open the plant so that the sun can reach in. (specially in the bulky trellis form). Otherwise a mould can ruin the fruit that is not exposed to the sun. Mine doesn't propagate under the ground, but when the normal shoots touch the ground for a period, it gets roots and you can do it that way. 2 plants, 10-15kg annually, with once every 5 year a failed crop due to mould or very late frost. I use the same plastic wrapped wire 🙂 Main uses: pancakes and jam. The jam is made with high pectin sugar,(75% fruit over-all). Add other kinds of fruit like loganberry,black/red currant for variation, specially 10-30% black currant is nice.
Great video, very helpful. Thank you. It would also be helpful if you put your general location in your about section. Just your zone or northeast US, etc, so if I see your blackberries are flowering on July 1, I can judge when mine will.
Great idea Cindy! More recently I've been trying to reference that in my vids and I will add it to my description. So you know - we live on Vancouver Island (west coast of Canada) and we're in growing Zone 8.
Thanks for the great information I just bought two plants. I have a question if you may be able to see this? For the arbor in your backyard that has the arch you built and you are letting it grow kind of wild? Do you also cut back the last years dead flowering wood for that too?
I want to grow one on a balcony. What's the best size pot to keep it in permanently. Also how far horizontally do I need to let it grow to be healthy .....in other words what's the smallest I can keep this plant
For pot size: I think you'd have success with a 10 gallon / 40 liter pot. For plant size: I'd try to let it grow 4 feet tall and then lateral, one or both ways, for a 2-3 feet i.e. a T shape.
Hi Denise, welcome to the channel! I believe that if your plants are healthy that YES, as 2 year olds they should produce fruit this year. Staking of some type is usually helpful to support the stalks when they are heavy with fruit. Also, if you take time to prune the ends of the thinnest / youngest growth it should help stimulate fruiting back down the stalk. Good luck :)
You'd need large containers for thornless blackberries - I'd suggest something akin to 1/2 a wine barrel. Mine are very agreeable in terms of soil. Try for garden soil - pH that's slightly below neutral and see how it goes!
Love he’s talking about berries and has a pineapple shirt.
I guess I'm a champion of all fruit :)
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I've been banging my head off the wall for two years trying to come up with a trellis idea. I love the really high one you showed. I'm going to steal that idea. T.Y.
YES! Steal away Michael.
No bs, straight to the points. Well done and thank you very much. I'm a subscriber now.
One of the best gardening videos I've seen!!! Great content!
Best blackberry video I have seen, excellent presentation. Thank you.
good news - I'm glad you liked it !
''PASS ON THE LOVE''...I like that👍😊👍❤
I never comment on videos. But needed to tell you how helpful this video is. Thank you. Don't stop sharing your knowledge plz, you explain so clearly with everything one would want to know. Subscribed. x
Thank you for the kind and encouraging words Victoria!
Hi Stacey, I remember coming to your house more than 20 years ago to a bible study with JD. I'm still here in Victoria and growing figs and other fruit trees on a rooftop garden next to my apartment building. Cheers,
Hi John - that's a blast from the past. Thanks for re-connecting!
I need this guy to be my guru. Everything is explained clearly. Brilliant. 👌🏻👌🏻
Love it. I'll be your Garden Guru!
What time of year do the Berry's com in
Put little flags on, or just keep visual track of smaller numbers of the canes that are fruiting, and you can prune them in late summer or even after harvest. They are already on their way to death and pruning early prevents the risks of over wintering any disease or fungus that they could contract or harbor. Looking great!
Good idea - early pruning can be a great way to ensure healthier, disease free plants!
Thank you. New to growing blackberries. My plants are in honor of my love ones fighting cancer and having learned the benefit blackberries have with the fight. Just planted two months ago and they have really sprouted.
Sounds like a powerful connection to people you love. Blessings as you grow!
This was a fantastic video. I'm not sure how long you have been doing this but it is delightfully put together and informative. Thanks for the tutorial and best of luck!
Thanks Mark. I'm glad you found it informative.
Best video I've seen on Triple Crown BB. I grow TC on my fence and they are absolutely amazing. Thanks for the knowledge.
Great feedback - thanks for the encouragement!
Just found your videos and appreciate the simplicity
I'm glad we found each other :)
Welcome to the channel!
Loved the overhead trellis idea. TC grow so vigorously that its a great idea to just send them up up and up.
Yes indeed!
Best video. Thanks for showing the various options and planting methods.
Hi there - I bought a thornless blackberry late last year and can't wait till next Spring (I'm in Australia). I plan to grow it over a decorative garden arch which leads from one part of the garden to another. I also have many other types of berries which I bought at the same time - marionberry, tayberry, sylvanberry, josterberry, loganberry, youngberry, raspberry and thornless raspberry. I have not had experience with berries before (not counting strawberries of which I have about 250 plants) and I am leaning towards just concentrating on the thornless varieties. I love your very informative videos - please keep them coming. 😍
Hi Annette - it sounds like you are very committed to berries! I'm glad the video was helpful. Wishing you best of luck on the next steps in Spring :)
Thanks for the encouragement Annette! I'm in awe of the variety of berries you are growing. Best of luck on your coming harvests - it sounds exciting.
I'm so excited to grow these on our cattle panel arch!
Hi Rachel - great idea! That will work very well :)
All the info I needed and no fluff. Subscribed
Welcome to the channel - thanks for the sub!
love it. Tells us what's coming, to the point, eloquent and handsome, and then summary, YES!
Thank you!
Excellent video, thx for sharing, lots of junk blackberry vids in results, this one hit the nail on the head, much appreciated!
I love your blackberry videos the most and hope you make more
I've just recorded a 2nd Thornless Blackberry video. It will be out before long.
Hey brother this video was really good!
I was lost as to what to do with our little sapplig but you have given me plenty of great ideas with cheese on top, organic cheese as well, like from a cow!
Rock on brother!
The first time i watch all planting video without any skip =))) brief, direct and easy to remember. Thank so much
That's an encouraging comment - I'm glad you liked the video!
@@SustainableStace i live in zone 10b. Never have a frost during the winter, (but the temperature can be around 50F). In summer, maybe 110F and humid. I still have the berries, but they definitely work better in winter. Blackberries re the winners all the time, very strong even in summer, about 15ft. Raspberries grow with half the speed of blackberries.
I always have fruit during winter-spring. Perhaps as I have no idea about pruning, they re not so productive. I don't know when to cut it down because of no dormant period.
When it s hot, only blackberries n strawberries can flourish. However, i wish i could have fruit for icecream in hot weather.
What a gem of a video, glad I found it, I want to grow blackberries
Thank you so much for this explanation. I bought one of these two years ago and was wondering why I was only getting fruit on last year's growth. This year it really took off so I expect quite a harvest next season!!
Really enjoyed the 2 methods you grow your thornless blacberries! Will be coying your methods. I grow the Triple Crown's. Did them on a pergola-style support, 5 foot high. We pulled the canes down and roped them to the cross pieces of the pergola, not cutting off the height. Then we tried cutting them at 6 foot, but the length still was too much. Have to move the plants (not sure how they'll like that!) So now will be doing it your way, now I found you. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing what you've done with yours. I think that if you moved them while they were dormant they'll take off like a rocket when growing season arrives!
Shalom! I have enjoyed your plentiful great information on thornless Blackberries. I will certainly become a better gardener for gleaming from your expertise. Thank you so much and Blessings to you and yours.
This was the info I was looking for! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome vid...thankyou for taking the time to show us
You are welcome Ella. Welcome to the channel!
Great video. Blackberries are the easiest fruit you can grow. I bought ONE thornless plant from the Cal Poly Pomona farm store years ago and now have about 8 and they are doing amazing. Very easy to care for and super productive.
Yes - great to hear!
Thank you! Excellent info, plainly put, no extra frills - just what I needed to know - how to plant first, then everything else!
Hello Luisa, I'm glad it was just what you needed. Thanks for the encouraging comments! Happy growing.
Thank you for the information! I just picked up (4) thornless blackberry plants and hoping to get results like you have in your garden. I also have (4) blueberry plants that are doing quite well and hoping my (2) fig trees will start producing soon. Keep up the great job and I’m about to check out more of your videos.
DIY Gaines which state do you live in? I am in South Mississippi and the blueberry plants are doing well, but my fig trees are growing slowly.
I have wild blackberries all over my property, but you talked me into getting some of these. Planted six new TC's in the garden not long ago. Can't wait til next year! Thank a bunch for all the tips in both of your videos.
You're very welcome Jon.
I talked you into it - love it!
WOW how amazing- thank you for the clear explanation. I am getting my allotment in London (UK) next week so collecting lots of ideas for my patch. Will keep coming back for more ideas :)
Good luck collecting ideas and inspiration. Thanks for the encouragement!
Just found you! Subscribed and will be planting thornless blackberries in the spring!
Highly informative and clear, easy to understand presentation. Just subscribed. Timely tips for my second year thornless blackberry plants that are fruiting right now. Thank you
Welcome aboard! Good luck as you continue to grow :)
I came for garlic tips and here I am salivating over blackberries! I have been searching high and low for a thornless blackberry! Did you get this here on the island? They are always sold out and I can see why!
Hi Angi - they are truly amazing right !
I purchased my first plants years ago at a local farm & garden store called Buckerfields.
If you'd like to purchase some from me this winter, I'll have extras which I can repot for you to pick up.
Just message me and let me know :)
@@SustainableStace I would love that! I was just there yesterday picking up garlic and I got some apples too! 🍎
Hi! I'm wondering if you have any blackberries plants for sale?
Great information. I purchased a few triple crowns about 8 years ago and have had an abundance of fruit. I also have given away many many plants to friends and strangers. They do make great gifts. The jelly and wine they produce is delicious.
Fantastic to hear Chris. Welcome to the channel & thanks for sharing!
Wow! Great information! I got some small Thornless blackberries and transplanted them this your to a new location. Your video had some great information!! I can't wait to see the FRUITS of my Labor LOL!
Well done Steve! Within the next month or two I'll release another video on thornless blackberries with additional info.
@@SustainableStace Well that is awesome! I cant believe how productive they can be! Thanks for the response. It means alot! I look forward to your video coming up!
i always found all i wanted wild in south carolina bush is about 4 ft tall they come in clusters start looking early spring you can see white blooms on the bush near a creek or steam is best we use those ice cream buckets fasten to you belt so you have both hands free
Good note Frank. Where I live (west coast of BC in Canada) they are wild and invasive. Vicious thorns, long vines and delicious fruit. I pick wild as well but generally need pruning shears and protective gear unless i can find a fenceline that they're growing over!
Thornless are well . . . thornless and the berries are double or triple the size of the wild ones :)
Great video. Can you share the cultivar you used please?
Hi Sarah - our thornless blackberries are called 'triple crown'
I’m in Malaysia & I just got a thornless blackberry… it grows well here & thanks for your tips
Ooh, that's great to hear. Thanks Tarence !
happy growing
I just put in my first thornless blackberries either Apache or triple crown and within the first year I had four blackberries each. A surprising start your video has me so excited about what’s going to happen in the future and how many berries I’m gonna have I have about eight blackberry bushes some thorns some nut.
It's going to be amazing! Happy growing.
Thank you very much! It was very helpful as I just planted mine last season and I need to know wht to do this summer. Great video. very inspiring and enouraging.
Glad it was helpful!
I wish you were my neighbor, so I could get some plants from you. I love blackberries.
@ Amanda Gochenour, why not just order a plant from a nearby nursery? Well worth the small investment.
Thank you so much. Excellent video. You're a great teacher. You don't give us all your personal blah blah blah. Awesome video!
Thanks Ani!
Good job my friend, amazing work. Happy for you. Blessings.
Thank you very much & blessings to you.
Great video. Do you fertilze your berries? Thanks again for great video!
I've generally fertilized my strawberries, raspberries and blueberries but NOT by thornless blackberries b/c they don't seem to need it!
should I prune it to promote branching to optimise fruiting?
Thanks for this video. Very informative. I just bought two thornless black berry plants and trying to figure out where to plant them and how to take care of them. Your video took care of 1 part. Now just need to learn how and where is the best place to plant them.
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Thanks for the sub !
There's a second video to help out further on the thornless beauties: ua-cam.com/video/6zh5OVXjROo/v-deo.html
blessings on your growing efforts.
Great video. I just bought two plants. This was helpful
right on - happy growing!
Very helpful !
Most appreciated !
Feel encouraged.
Love your vids & what a great Blackberry spread! I planted a thornless Black Satin Black erry bush just to see what it will do & it is growing sooooo happily with lots of new vines so quickly. We harvested a few berries already & they are the best blackberries I've ever eaten! they are sooo sweet & flavorful! Thank you for the information you share. I find your videos to be great resources & appreciate that you get right to the point with no fluff. 😊
Thanks Kelly - fluff free gardening !
I have a black satin i bought last year. Are they really big fruit? I can hardly wait for them to crop this year.
I had no idea this kind of thornless blackberry even existed and now I can't wait to try and grow some!! thanks! 😁
Oh YES, I'm glad you're inspired to do this!
Hey Stacey, great tips there. Just wonder how the new shoots got propagated a few feet from the main plant? Did it come from the underground roots or from the seeds? Thanks.
The new shoots come from underground root system.
all these years-20, I've been totally ripped apart from the 5 acres of blackberry bushes here--- I must invest in these gifts from God now! Who knew? Thanks so much for the vid
I'm glad you liked the video Fran!
this sight filled me with awe. just got a small one, but it has thorns, so we'll see...
Loved the video. You explained so well. I'm waiting to get my hands on a Blackberry from the nursery the next time. I've subscribed. Great job.
Great to hear Nevelle!
Thanks for subbing
outstanding video man
Thanks Jake - I'm glad you enjoyed it!
It's interesting how you and James Prigrioni differ with regards to the laterals. You say to not let them put too much energy into the laterals and to trim them at 20-30cm, James on the other hand top the plant (like you) but let the laterals grow out because he says Blackberries fruit on the laterals.
Would you mind, Stace, adding your two cents here? My new canes arrive on Friday and I need to get it right.
Regards,
JN
Hi JN - thanks for asking!
For yourself, getting new canes this season, you won't need to do any pruning this year so (whew!) you've got time.
The other big piece of good news is that the Triple Crown variety I grow seems to be very forgiving - i.e. it seems I can do 'no wrong' - they just keep on growing and fruiting each season.
You / James are correct b/c they do bear fruit on the laterals. Our variety tends to put out many (lower down the trunk laterals) if the upper ones are snipped and so . . . it finds a way to be productive no matter what. Also, if you reduce the length of the lateral you'll 'assist' the vine to produce fewer/bigger berries which is my preference.
I've had laterals grow 20 feet (6 meters) BOTH ways in one season from the trunk stem. It gets to be a bit crazy :)
@@SustainableStace, thanks again for the thorough reply. I'm from South Africa so we are soon going into winter now, the canes coming are the ones that will bear.
I have ordered from this place before and the plants were huge. They are listed as Rubus Fruticosus but hey, that could be anything as it is an umbrella term. I just know they make gigantic berries and they are delicious!
The reason for my questions is not so much the pruning but the making of the trellis. I was thinking of building a 6 arm kniffen trellis where you top the cane at say 1.6 and grow out 3 lateral arms either side to a length of 1.5 to 2 meter (like you would a grape). That way the fruit will then be close to the laterals as my space is very limited to pass by there. These are the two thornless ones I'm planning to train and trellis like grapes. The thorny ones of which I ordered 3 plants I'm growing in a wider section in clumps and will be tied like you do yours.
So yeah 😊, figuring out where to plant what in the limited space I have hence all my questions 😄. I think I have it pretty much figured out thanks to your very insightful videos. I've been growing Black Raspberries for quite a few years now and I noticed that they fruit very close to the laterals, right against them. That's what made me realise I can espalier them like grapes.
Thanks a lot for your time Stace and keep up the great content.
Blessings,
JN
I really appreciate the way you demonstrate and explain. Thank you.
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Planted a Blackberry three years ago. Live just north of San Antonio, Tx...It has yet to go dormant thru the winter, even this last winter when it hit 6°F for a week with 7" of snow on the ground. Didn't loose any leaves, thought for sure it would die from that extreme cold snap. How do I trim or cut it back ?
It sounds like it's very vigorous. During the time when it 'should' be dormant I'd suggest you prune it.
Make it the shape and size you want it to be - they bounce back well from pruning! Remove some lower branches so energy is directed up the main vine and be sure to trim/nip the endmost section of the main vine to send it a message to push energy out for flowering and fruiting.
I bet it's going to be a rockstar plant for you!
My favourite berry out of all I grow:)
wahoo - 3 cheers for thornless blackberries :)
@@SustainableStace the most easy and profilic plant ever!
among blueberry, tayberry and raspberries ( summer and autumn ones)!
Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
You are so welcome!
Love the energy! I’m planting 40 of the “Natchez” variety this year on my fence line. Great tips. Thank you!
You're welcome Rhonda - you're destined to have a lot of blackberries!
Thank you! So helpful! You're awesome!
Cool info these are some of favs. Can you plant the berries and seeds to start new plants ?
Hi William - I always have volunteers which i believe come from underground roots travelling. I'm unsure if seeds will grow new plants.
Thanks for sharing !
How do you feed the plant ? Fertilizer ?
I don't even fertilize - they seem so capable of gathering what they need!
Hi Stacey. I just bought 4 blackberry root bulbs at home depot. They are about 3 lb in size. They have a single shoot about a foot lon. I live in Iowa. Poor soil in my yard so i mxed sand with good garden soil. The area is about 15 sq. ft and is well drained. Questions. should I fertilize? How often do I water? Is earthworm casting a good fertilizer? Thank you
Thanks for the great tips! Fantastic video!
I'm glad it was helpful Jose. You're welcomel!
I bought 3 different varieties of thornless blackberries and I'm so excited to get them growing! How long until they start producing? What kind of fertilizer and when do you recommend? Great video! ❤
Congrats on your new berry plants.
I've got another whole video about Thornless Blackberries where I cover lots more content: ua-cam.com/video/6zh5OVXjROo/v-deo.html
Time to first production will depend on how big they are and how quickly they get established.
If they're healthy, then certainly next year you should see lots of fruit.
Our thornless blackberries get a shovel of compost or rotted manure around the base in spring and that's it!
New subscriber here
Thanks for the knowledge on blackberries. Im takin on my 1st plant this year.
Hi Yvonne, thanks for being in touch. Wishing you a successful season!
Count me in too. I just bought my first thornless blackberry plant today, now I just need to decide where in my yard I want to plant it. I'm subscribed.
@@mangeload good luck with yours! Ive already had 2 berries turn black! So exciting!!!
Very helpful and straight forward. Thanks!
You're welcome!
How many plants do you have on that arbor? Do you prune it down each winter?
There's 2 or 3 root systems supporting the canes on that arbor.
Each year I prune/remove the wood which has just finished producing fruit and leave the new wood so that it will produce fruit the following year.
Nice I just put in a big trellis for my blackberry something to look forward to next season 👍
Awesome - that will be very rewarding to watch grow and produce. Good luck !
Great video, I really enjoyed the explanation and wish I was your neighbor 😃
Thanks Raul - I'm glad it was helpful.
I can let you know when property becomes available :)
Thank you so much! I just bought 2 blackberry plants and 2 raspberry plants and this video was extremely helpful and informative.
Hi Danielle,
I'm glad you found this video helpful. I have a second one which may come in handy - answering questions that arise over time: ua-cam.com/video/6zh5OVXjROo/v-deo.html
wishing you well :)
Stace
Thanks, ...that helped a lot. I just planted 3 Triple Crown blackberry plants about a month ago.
I planted a small orchard of these last year. I got my first small harvest the first year. You are going to love these. They are sweet with just the right amount of tart. SO GOOD.
I mulched with woodchips and compost the pee-tar out of them and buried several chicken eggs near each plant. About a foot away (eggs), or so. I didnt fertilize other than that. I let the birds have the fruit this year. They are doing fantastically this year.
Can you plant them now?
@@organicinohio5398 I am in Tennessee and I can still plant them.
@@ShotgunAndAShovel You are so lucky then! I'm in NEOhio and I guess I will wait till spring. Thank you for answering me and enjoy your blackberries!
Superb video!! I just got answers to every question I've had over the last bunch of years growing thornless berries! We haven't done everything right, but have still had yummy blackberry summers! ONE MORE QUESTION THO: towards the end of the "season", I noticed some berries had little white worms in them. Sometimes, I just closed my eyes and ate them anyway, but if other people noticed, they wouldn't eat them. Do I need to spray the plants, or just eat the berries quicker?!!
I don't have worms on mine but your mention of it had me digging for info. It seems your situation is common. It seems while the worms are safe to eat (they are a young form of a fruit fly) most suggest rinsing / washing the berries before eating.
I think rinsing the berries would be safer than spraying them!
@@SustainableStace Thanks for checking into this. Those little worms were IN the berry - if you pulled off one that had gotten a little mushy, probably from those critters squirming around. Although, rinsing is a good idea....1. don't think it would affect the worms inside and 2. not many of our berries even make it in the house :D We just stand out there and eat them!! But your pruning information has already been invaluable! We had not taken out the old canes and the plants as a whole looked a little pathetic this year. So cleaned them out after watching this today and hoping for some improved growth this season. Thanks again!!
Hi! Brand new gardener here and I’d love to start growing blackberries and your video has amazing info so thank you! I’m in zone 10 and would need to grow them in a container pot about 3ft by 3ft. Do you have any recommendations on how many plants I should put in it and also how tall the pot should be? Thanks for any help!!
HI Shannon - so exciting :)
A pot that's 3 x 3 sounds big and heavy !
As for depth, you'd want something at least 18" or 24" deep I think.
I'd suggest that if you have a 3 x 3 pot you try for 3 or 4 canes and set them up in equally spaced from one another in a triangle or square formation.
wishing you well.
Sustainable Stace thank you so much for replying I really appreciate it! 3 x 3 is just the area size I have available to work with so I’ll play around and see what works best. This info is super helpful and I can’t wait to give it a shot :)
What type of soil is right for them? Thanks for the video
it's a great soil question.
i can only speak from my experience.
we have heavy, clay soil and I give very little attention to my thornless blackberries and they flourish.
but, i suspect that they would do well (maybe better) in other, lighter soils.
How far apart should I plant my baby Chester and Triple Crowns? Which one should I turn into a trellis?! Tia.
Planting them 3 or 4 feet apart (1 meter or so) is best.
You get to choose what you want to trellis - they are so versatile.
Also on my channel is "Thornless Blackberries 2" which answers many more questions about growing these beauties!
Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/6zh5OVXjROo/v-deo.html
Hi.i just bought thornless one and ive learned a lot from your video.i just hope it grows well here in Las Vegas..what do you think?
Thornless blackberries grow well in zones 7,8,9, and Las Vegas is zone 9 so . . .it should work well for you!
@@SustainableStace thank you!
Thank you for this information. I just got 2 on clearance so I'm hoping they do well to add to my food sources.
Fantastic - good luck with those 2 !
@@SustainableStace thank you
Great video. Great energy. I learned a lot.
Just found your channel! So glad I did. My blackberry, not a thornless variety, isn't doing so hot, sadly Ive neglected it to the point of abuse but, it's determined to thrive! It has very healthy shoots popping up about ten feet away from the original spot in the middle of a pathway. I want to get a thornless blackberry but was wondering if I should eradicate the plant I have now, so they don't cross pollinate? Or is that not a problem I need to worry about. Keep it up man, good job. Renewed my interest with this video. Thanks.
Hi David, Thanks for your encouragement. I'm glad your interest is renewed! I don't think you'll have any negative effects due to cross pollination. Wishing you success in the garden.
Hi David - sorry for the delayed reply . . . .I don't believe you'll have a problem with cross -pollination. It is so good to watch plants thrive, despite our abuse!
excellent info! thank you
You're welcome Dave - I'm glad it was helpful!
enjoyed the video. a lot of info.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
If you have a climate that sometimes has cooler, wet summers, (as here in the NL) make sure you cut open the plant so that the sun can reach in. (specially in the bulky trellis form). Otherwise a mould can ruin the fruit that is not exposed to the sun. Mine doesn't propagate under the ground, but when the normal shoots touch the ground for a period, it gets roots and you can do it that way. 2 plants, 10-15kg annually, with once every 5 year a failed crop due to mould or very late frost. I use the same plastic wrapped wire 🙂 Main uses: pancakes and jam. The jam is made with high pectin sugar,(75% fruit over-all). Add other kinds of fruit like loganberry,black/red currant for variation, specially 10-30% black currant is nice.
Great video, very helpful. Thank you. It would also be helpful if you put your general location in your about section. Just your zone or northeast US, etc, so if I see your blackberries are flowering on July 1, I can judge when mine will.
Great idea Cindy! More recently I've been trying to reference that in my vids and I will add it to my description.
So you know - we live on Vancouver Island (west coast of Canada) and we're in growing Zone 8.
Thanks for the great information I just bought two plants. I have a question if you may be able to see this? For the arbor in your backyard that has the arch you built and you are letting it grow kind of wild? Do you also cut back the last years dead flowering wood for that too?
That's a great question Cheri
Yes, I trim off the dead canes on the arbor the same as any other.
Thanks so much for the great video
I'm glad you enjoyed it Maily - you're welcome!
I want to grow one on a balcony. What's the best size pot to keep it in permanently. Also how far horizontally do I need to let it grow to be healthy .....in other words what's the smallest I can keep this plant
For pot size: I think you'd have success with a 10 gallon / 40 liter pot.
For plant size: I'd try to let it grow 4 feet tall and then lateral, one or both ways, for a 2-3 feet i.e. a T shape.
@@SustainableStace Thanks so much. Great video ! Boysenberry plant from Knotts Berry Farm, well see how it go's lol. 😁
They also sell that wire at Christmas for decorations.
What if it is only my second year in? Planted last year as bare root plants. Will I get any fruit this yr? Do I stake it yet?
Hi Denise, welcome to the channel!
I believe that if your plants are healthy that YES, as 2 year olds they should produce fruit this year.
Staking of some type is usually helpful to support the stalks when they are heavy with fruit.
Also, if you take time to prune the ends of the thinnest / youngest growth it should help stimulate fruiting back down the stalk.
Good luck :)
Sustainable Stace ty!🙏🏻
Great video
Thanks Suzi - I'm glad you liked it. Welcome to the channel. :)
What would you recommend for in container planting? What kind of soil do they like?
You'd need large containers for thornless blackberries - I'd suggest something akin to 1/2 a wine barrel.
Mine are very agreeable in terms of soil. Try for garden soil - pH that's slightly below neutral and see how it goes!
Great vid