@@unitycatalog I think he was talking about wild blackberries growing, so he wont know what variety, I too have wild ones growing outside of my fence, the same plant has been there at least 20 years, maybe longer before I got here, they are the hardiest plants I have ever seen, zero mildew or fungus infections and no bug damage ever and they are super sweet and fairly big too, I took a few shots from it at the start of the year to grow in big pots, now they are monster canes with loads of side branches, super thick, they will flower a ton next year. Maybe if you have seen some growing wild, which most people have, go take a few shoots from it, look for a long cane that is tipped over, when the tip touches the grown they will root at the tip, so just cut a plant a foot or 2 above the new root ball, dig down maybe half a foot around it, it will be easy to get up, rather than digging up the main plant, which you can also do, just a lot more digging, if you dig up the main plant say near the end of the year, it will fruit next year, but if you take a rooted shoot, it will send up a cane or two next year but then fruit the year after that etc. All depends what's easiest for you.
I wonder why that was, they are super easy to grow in any soil and they even pretty much fruit out of the sun too, I have some growing wild by the outside of my fence, clay soil and no direct sunlight, they fruit every year, I dug up some fully grown first year canes and planted them in ericaceous compost and they had a ton of fruit the following year. The only issues I can think of is, was your soil too wet or too dry maybe? or maybe you live in super cold Canada or intense hot Texas weather?
ive suffered countless chigger bites picking these in eastern Oklahoma for my grandma to make cobbler with fresh cream frim our cow. That time has gone but now i want to give it a whirl at my place. Thanks for the info.
+OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening thanks Patrick! You can't go wrong with some delicious berries in my opinion. Easy and reliable
Excellent short video. You mention things nobody else does and I have been wondering why my blackberries are dark black but still taste very sharp and unpleasant. It seems that cultivated types need to be left until fully ripe before we pick them. I'm trying primocanes as well as old favourites like Triple Crown. I hope mine will grow as well as yours. Pruning the cane back seems like a great idea to get more fruit on the laterals.
Thank you!!! I have a question about brand new plants. This is our first time gardening. We got a seedlings in a kit at Sam's. I keep reading/seeing info about them being 2 year plants, so assumed everything was primacane but ended up having a few flowers. So I'm super confused. Do I just need to find the main canes and top them, or can there be some floracanes in there that I should snip off? I know this is old, so understand if no one sees this lol.
I have thousands and thousands of linear feet of Dewberry cane growing wild. They get HUGE and require no maintenance at all... except if you don't keep them cut back they'll take over all the land available. lol Invasive food is the best food.
We had this small plant growing in our back yard that turned into a tree I didn't cut thinking another tree more shade 😅 15+feet later it's a tree giving us black berries every summer in Colorado
Nice video James! Very helpful as I just planted 4 varieties this year, plus I'm trying to manage wild blackberries that were already growing. Thank you for the pruning advice!!!
A couple years ago I bought a bunch of different thornless blackberries from the store every different variety they had I grabbed. Find them in my yard about 2 years ago then I broke my ankle really bad and haven't done anything since I went out there the other day and was eating handfuls of big giant blackberries😂 they are amazing but only get thornless ones or they will just take over and are impossible to get rid of 😂
Hi, love your video. You are always straightforward and get the information our there. Hoping you can help.... we have a five year old thorned (ouch!) blackberry (or mulberry plant?). Last years yield was very sparse, and most fruits shriveled before ripeness. Many leaves are turning brown and shriveling up. HELP! What's needed here? Appreciate your expertise. I live in southern California. Thanks!
James! Great videos! I heard that you need to keep raspberries and blackberries far apart because of an aphid disease. What can you do if you have them already planted next to each other?
Nice video James! Glad to be a new subscriber (and grower). Can you explain why you said that 2nd year blackberry would never grow back? Is it because of the variety or did something happen to it? I just started growing this year but I thought they were all perennial
Blackberry canes fruit on 1 year old “canes” and after the canes fruits it automatically dies. Sort of like how an annual dies after it has fruited or seeded 😁
April Carr they are perennial but shoots will grow one year and produce berries the next year. After the second year the shoots will not produce more berries and can be cut out, but leave the new shoots and they will produce berries next year. Just cut the canes that made berries and leave the rest. Cut out the old and leave the new
I have a question. I found these vines in the wild with tiny blackberry looking berries they are tiny but taste like blackberries. I ate some and I havent gotten sick at all so idk what type of berry it is
I planted three different types two types died but the type that survived are producing great, just can Not remember the type that's survived so I am having to save the seeds and grow more. I live in Louisiana so I guess the other two were better suited for cooler weather however we had that unusually cold event and didn't hurt these any.
Ok I’m new to blackberries ...well should say I have blackberry bushes for four years that have never bloomed and had berries. The plant is so healthy and puts out shoots like crazy. If I understand this vid...all my canes are new this year, so I cut them in half now so they have time to grow lateral. Next year they will produce berries on the laterals that’s grew this year? I’ve been told so many things and nothing has worked. I was beginning to think the canes couldn’t survive the Colorado winter .. they looked pretty dried up. Any advice?
My blackberry plant hasn’t spread at all. I planted raspberries, wine berries and blackberries about 4 years ago and I have massive amounts of the first 2 but my blackberry had 2 shoots originally and still I just have 2 shoots year after year. Why is this the case? They should be multiplying too right?
Hello James, I came across your channel when searching to grow blackberries. I just have 3 bare roots canes blackberries and wanting to grow in a container (I live in zone 9a Texas). Can you please help advise if there are any diseases and how they are treated. Any tips or guidance from expert would be appreciated. Thank you so much 😊
I have had amazing semi erect blackberries for years. In recent years they have contracted a worm of some kind. Should I start again or is there some way to deal with this larvae?
Hello! Thank you for sharing, your videos have and continue to help me with my gardening :D quick question though.. after you pick the ripened blackberries do you trim off the flowers that they were on? Of the whole section of flowers that already bore fruit this season? It’s going to take me a while to remember the terminology of blackberries so Please excuse how improper this sounds but I know about trimming the branch part but what about the green stems on the branch that become several flowers/blackberries? Like they look dead since I picked the berry but idk if that’s my lack of a green thumb or that it’s not coming back to make more blackberries ever for that particular little flower part.. thank you in advance!
We're on Arizona, zone 6; this is the 2nd year of our blackberry (thornless-semi-erect) and the fruits are still very sour. It was very tart in its 1st year and so thus this year. Is there any way to treat and make the fruits sweet? Thanks.
Can i pot a raspberry in a pot? Whats the minimize size pot and do i have to plant 2 to pollinate? I have 2 erect blackberrys but in small pots. Whats tge minimum size pot? If possible?
Great info! New to blackberries and the channel and learning a lot from you. I planted mine in the wrong spot last year. When can I move them or can I or what should I do? Thanks so much for your info!!
I'd say yes you can move them. They have shallower roots running widely in my experience. Move them anytime but ideal is midwinter when leaves are off, buds not active, all dormant
Hi, I'm not entirely clear on the concept of cutting the canes... did you mean that after any branch fruits you should cut it off because it won't produce fruit the next year?
Yes, the roots are perennial, but the canes are biennial, which means that canes grow first year and make fruit the next year, and done. So you cut those dead canes just above the soil, if not they will only attract the cane borers.
@@SquidDesign Oh, I didn't see the question for a year! Sorry! The root is still alive, so the old cane is done but new canes will come up from that root.
James, I am trying to find out how to get the seeds going, I am assuming it would be like any tiny seed, I ordered some thornless blackberries.. thanks
I also tried to get some from seed but it wasn't really so easy. They need to be in cold ground for a certain amount of time or they will not sprout. I tried several times but wasn't successful. I'll keep trying though.
Try cutting through the growth node diagonally instead of right above it, in a lot of plants it encourages even more lateral branching, sometimes called fim(fuck I missed)ing
He said - after the bloom, it will never produce again. Does this mean once a blackberry tree has produced fruit, it won’t for another cycle so get rid of it?
so what are the wild blackberries that just grow like a little shrub and are hardy? also you should have mentioned that black raspberries aren't blackberries... so many people show off their black raspberries calling them blackberries.
I thought blackberries were easy to grow. It’s been three years of me germinating my seeds and I have never gotten any berries from my plants I want to put my six stalks. Need help no berries after three years
I have self sewn blackberries along the dark shaded side of my house. No sun all day, yet still abundant sweet fruit!
Which variety?
@@unitycatalog I think he was talking about wild blackberries growing, so he wont know what variety, I too have wild ones growing outside of my fence, the same plant has been there at least 20 years, maybe longer before I got here, they are the hardiest plants I have ever seen, zero mildew or fungus infections and no bug damage ever and they are super sweet and fairly big too, I took a few shots from it at the start of the year to grow in big pots, now they are monster canes with loads of side branches, super thick, they will flower a ton next year.
Maybe if you have seen some growing wild, which most people have, go take a few shoots from it, look for a long cane that is tipped over, when the tip touches the grown they will root at the tip, so just cut a plant a foot or 2 above the new root ball, dig down maybe half a foot around it, it will be easy to get up, rather than digging up the main plant, which you can also do, just a lot more digging, if you dig up the main plant say near the end of the year, it will fruit next year, but if you take a rooted shoot, it will send up a cane or two next year but then fruit the year after that etc.
All depends what's easiest for you.
@@Adrian-cw8yu wanna sell me some rooted cuttings? :)
I am studying about growing at home to teach my son and this video helped me a lot.
The berries in your videos all look amazing. When we grew blackberries they did not look anywhere near as good or as abundant as yours. I'm inspired.
I wonder why that was, they are super easy to grow in any soil and they even pretty much fruit out of the sun too, I have some growing wild by the outside of my fence, clay soil and no direct sunlight, they fruit every year, I dug up some fully grown first year canes and planted them in ericaceous compost and they had a ton of fruit the following year.
The only issues I can think of is, was your soil too wet or too dry maybe? or maybe you live in super cold Canada or intense hot Texas weather?
Gonna plant mine tonight up in Boston. I always go to your channel 1st for advice. Hope all is well with you and yours Sir, we miss you!
ive suffered countless chigger bites picking these in eastern Oklahoma for my grandma to make cobbler with fresh cream frim our cow. That time has gone but now i want to give it a whirl at my place. Thanks for the info.
Just ordered my first thornless blackberry plants, looking forward to using your tips to get growing!
I like your video short but straight to the point.
simple video. easy to understand. I'm in dilemma either to grow blackberry or blueberry. I'm in tropical weather
Great information on blackberries, James! We love ours!
+OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening thanks Patrick! You can't go wrong with some delicious berries in my opinion. Easy and reliable
I can watch your videos forever - it all looks like home 😍
There are lots of vertical varieties that are thornless. There's also a primocane variety that fruits the first year -- it's the Prime-Ark Freedom.
Excellent short video. You mention things nobody else does and I have been wondering why my blackberries are dark black but still taste very sharp and unpleasant. It seems that cultivated types need to be left until fully ripe before we pick them. I'm trying primocanes as well as old favourites like Triple Crown. I hope mine will grow as well as yours. Pruning the cane back seems like a great idea to get more fruit on the laterals.
Love your instructional videos.
+scott FOSS thanks my friend, I enjoy making them 😁
Thank you!!! I have a question about brand new plants. This is our first time gardening. We got a seedlings in a kit at Sam's. I keep reading/seeing info about them being 2 year plants, so assumed everything was primacane but ended up having a few flowers. So I'm super confused. Do I just need to find the main canes and top them, or can there be some floracanes in there that I should snip off? I know this is old, so understand if no one sees this lol.
I have thousands and thousands of linear feet of Dewberry cane growing wild. They get HUGE and require no maintenance at all... except if you don't keep them cut back they'll take over all the land available. lol Invasive food is the best food.
+Palmetto Paratrooper lucky!! I had to actually plant mine 😂
We had this small plant growing in our back yard that turned into a tree I didn't cut thinking another tree more shade 😅 15+feet later it's a tree giving us black berries every summer in Colorado
Nice video James! Very helpful as I just planted 4 varieties this year, plus I'm trying to manage wild blackberries that were already growing. Thank you for the pruning advice!!!
+Jakeyfast Studios thanks! Oh nice, your going to be so happy you put them in. So yummy
Was waiting the hello entrance and felt smth wrong then noticed when was posted 😂
I love your videos so much
Glad to hear that Victoria! We have a blast making them!
A couple years ago I bought a bunch of different thornless blackberries from the store every different variety they had I grabbed. Find them in my yard about 2 years ago then I broke my ankle really bad and haven't done anything since I went out there the other day and was eating handfuls of big giant blackberries😂 they are amazing but only get thornless ones or they will just take over and are impossible to get rid of 😂
Hi, love your video. You are always straightforward and get the information our there. Hoping you can help.... we have a five year old thorned (ouch!) blackberry (or mulberry plant?). Last years yield was very sparse, and most fruits shriveled before ripeness. Many leaves are turning brown and shriveling up. HELP! What's needed here? Appreciate your expertise. I live in southern California. Thanks!
James! Great videos! I heard that you need to keep raspberries and blackberries far apart because of an aphid disease. What can you do if you have them already planted next to each other?
Love pretty lights
I have Blackberry growing wild , everywhere !
The thorns , OUCH 😣. FIRST TIME I’ll be harvesting the leaves .
Great information thanks for sharing this God bless
Nice video James! Glad to be a new subscriber (and grower). Can you explain why you said that 2nd year blackberry would never grow back? Is it because of the variety or did something happen to it? I just started growing this year but I thought they were all perennial
Blackberry canes fruit on 1 year old “canes” and after the canes fruits it automatically dies. Sort of like how an annual dies after it has fruited or seeded 😁
April Carr they are perennial but shoots will grow one year and produce berries the next year. After the second year the shoots will not produce more berries and can be cut out, but leave the new shoots and they will produce berries next year. Just cut the canes that made berries and leave the rest. Cut out the old and leave the new
Can't wait to see if my seeds germinate
Go to home Depot and get thornless ones or they will produce hardly any fruit and they spread everywhere and take over so thorns are terrible
I appreciate the way you do your videos, straight to it, and I like your presentation. It's obvious you know what you are talking about
So many grapes in drooling lol
Thanks 😊
My foliage on my blackberries and the canes turned purple I'm in Louisiana and its February
I have a question. I found these vines in the wild with tiny blackberry looking berries they are tiny but taste like blackberries. I ate some and I havent gotten sick at all so idk what type of berry it is
I planted three different types two types died but the type that survived are producing great, just can Not remember the type that's survived so I am having to save the seeds and grow more. I live in Louisiana so I guess the other two were better suited for cooler weather however we had that unusually cold event and didn't hurt these any.
Ok I’m new to blackberries ...well should say I have blackberry bushes for four years that have never bloomed and had berries. The plant is so healthy and puts out shoots like crazy. If I understand this vid...all my canes are new this year, so I cut them in half now so they have time to grow lateral. Next year they will produce berries on the laterals that’s grew this year? I’ve been told so many things and nothing has worked. I was beginning to think the canes couldn’t survive the Colorado winter .. they looked pretty dried up. Any advice?
Very good advice. Thank you!
Can they grow in northern Canada where the temp down to -40 in winter?
Well I've got the seeds from berries in the grocery store. Your thoughts? Thanks for everything!
Excellent video about one of my favorites ! ! !
+Pacific Permaculture thank you! Me too, every year I love berries more and more.
Hi! What kind of Soil is needed for best growing blackberry?
Hello,...how do you prevent worms in blackberries? (Guess its the fruit fly eggs or maggots I believe)
New subscriber! Thanks
Would they be ok in clay type soil ?
Very informative, my blackberry plant is a beast
Thanks John. Nice!!! Berries are the best aren’t they. So easy, reliable, and delicious!!!
What type of camera/mic do you use?
How long do it thank for the blue berry to make
Can they grow bin the caribbean islands from store brought
Jamse.you are doing a great job. And explain well. I got a lot experience from you.
My blackberry plant hasn’t spread at all. I planted raspberries, wine berries and blackberries about 4 years ago and I have massive amounts of the first 2 but my blackberry had 2 shoots originally and still I just have 2 shoots year after year. Why is this the case? They should be multiplying too right?
Purchased some blackberries last year, and a number of them seem to be doing their job.
+Andrew Lockwood that's great! If you use the method of pruning the first year cane yeah should really help to boost your production 😁
Well, as my own videos show, the ones I tip-prune are sending out plenty of lateral branches. The real trick will be dealing with the winter.
When do you cut back your side branches
Hello James, I came across your channel when searching to grow blackberries. I just have 3 bare roots canes blackberries and wanting to grow in a container (I live in zone 9a Texas). Can you please help advise if there are any diseases and how they are treated. Any tips or guidance from expert would be appreciated. Thank you so much 😊
I have had amazing semi erect blackberries for years. In recent years they have contracted a worm of some kind. Should I start again or is there some way to deal with this larvae?
After the second year cutting, should I remove the entire plant and replant a new ? How close should I plant?
One of my favorite fruits
Looking forward to seeing your spring videos., since I just got buried in snow...lol
How did you start this video off without bursting into hysterics? Outtakes please! lol
Please explain abiut needed Soil for blackberry
Which ones are the sticker bushes in Alabama
how do you turn sour berries sweet..?
Come to Uganda to plant a big farm
Is twenty feet to close for raspberries to be growing by the black berrys?
I’m in Bergen County. I think I found a blackberry Bush. Not sure how to identify.
Hello! Thank you for sharing, your videos have and continue to help me with my gardening :D quick question though.. after you pick the ripened blackberries do you trim off the flowers that they were on? Of the whole section of flowers that already bore fruit this season? It’s going to take me a while to remember the terminology of blackberries so Please excuse how improper this sounds but I know about trimming the branch part but what about the green stems on the branch that become several flowers/blackberries? Like they look dead since I picked the berry but idk if that’s my lack of a green thumb or that it’s not coming back to make more blackberries ever for that particular little flower part.. thank you in advance!
We're on Arizona, zone 6; this is the 2nd year of our blackberry (thornless-semi-erect) and the fruits are still very sour. It was very tart in its 1st year and so thus this year. Is there any way to treat and make the fruits sweet? Thanks.
Varieties of each that you'd suggest? Soil pH?
Can i pot a raspberry in a pot? Whats the minimize size pot and do i have to plant 2 to pollinate?
I have 2 erect blackberrys but in small pots. Whats tge minimum size pot? If possible?
Love this
Can I grow them with passion fruit or will one take over the other
Hey James! I have BlackBerry bushes and they are turning purple at the leaves any tips?
Is it normal for black berry branch to turn purple or black, but still have leaves and fruit?
$BB to the moon Baby!
Eating some blackberries as i watch.
Great info! New to blackberries and the channel and learning a lot from you. I planted mine in the wrong spot last year. When can I move them or can I or what should I do? Thanks so much for your info!!
I'd say yes you can move them. They have shallower roots running widely in my experience. Move them anytime but ideal is midwinter when leaves are off, buds not active, all dormant
So guud
Can you just plant a whole blackberry in the ground? Will it grow?
Just try to beat the birds
Hi, I'm not entirely clear on the concept of cutting the canes... did you mean that after any branch fruits you should cut it off because it won't produce fruit the next year?
Yes, the roots are perennial, but the canes are biennial, which means that canes grow first year and make fruit the next year, and done. So you cut those dead canes just above the soil, if not they will only attract the cane borers.
아봉 ahbon I see... thanks for telling me... but will the cane regrow? Or is the plant completely dead forever?
@@SquidDesign Oh, I didn't see the question for a year! Sorry! The root is still alive, so the old cane is done but new canes will come up from that root.
How do you know what kind they are? I bought them from a big box store, and it literally just says "Blackberries" on the tag. LOL
James, I am trying to find out how to get the seeds going, I am assuming it would be like any tiny seed, I ordered some thornless blackberries.. thanks
I also tried to get some from seed but it wasn't really so easy. They need to be in cold ground for a certain amount of time or they will not sprout. I tried several times but wasn't successful. I'll keep trying though.
C n they grow in the tropical countries
Try cutting through the growth node diagonally instead of right above it, in a lot of plants it encourages even more lateral branching, sometimes called fim(fuck I missed)ing
I just seen a black berry tree, about 20ft tall wondering if it's poisonous.
Why should you spray blackberries with sulfur?
Mine just came out of the ground I didn’t even plant them 👁👄👁 and there so much of the berries that my family just gives them away
theyre great i love growing them! unfortunately every bird and squirrel for miles gets to them before i can 💀
James, is there anything you don't grow?
He said - after the bloom, it will never produce again. Does this mean once a blackberry tree has produced fruit, it won’t for another cycle so get rid of it?
The specific _cane,_ not the plant.
Save how can I save my tomato plant I over fertilized it
You can grab that piece that you cut off and plant it.
so what are the wild blackberries that just grow like a little shrub and are hardy?
also you should have mentioned that black raspberries aren't blackberries... so many people show off their black raspberries calling them blackberries.
I thought blackberries were easy to grow. It’s been three years of me germinating my seeds and I have never gotten any berries from my plants I want to put my six stalks. Need help no berries after three years
Where I'm at the birds would eat them all
How do you not have squirrels eating them all?
this must be an older one haha no tuck
Why does it say on the Internet that blackberries are technically not a berry?
I had one crunch in my mouth and I spit it out to find a huge stink bug:)
THESE CUTS ARE USELESS WHEN A VINE LIVES ONLY TWO YEARS
THEY are not fruit THEY are berries
Do blackberries like acidic or alkaline soil better?