Triple Crown can easily spread 15 ft.
Thought I would bump up this old thread. speedster1 did you end up growing any blackberries? TC and Chester are very productive for me, This trellis is on its 4th winter and because the production of these 2 varieties I keep adjusting my pruning techniques. I have black plastic under the mulch in the walkway and about 6 inches under the rocks into the dark mulch so that there is only a 1 foot line down the middle for the canes to grow, this keeps them in a straight line and keeps the amount of canes to a minimum.
First pic is the blackberry side. Kiowa, Natchez, Ouachita Triple Crown and Chester.
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This is raspberry side of trellis. Anne, Caroline and Prelude.
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That is one beautiful row!
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Yeah thanks PP for the tips about pruning blackberries. My crop was excellent this year after thinning it down. My berries were a little small this year due to lack of water. It was very dry and I was not around to water. That made the berries excellent though. I did have enough for my family and all the birds too. Next year most will be netted, the birds are not going to be happy.
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Awesome. I want to do something like this. How do you get in?
At one end the netting is overlapped an clipped, just unclip and enter.
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Great looking row of berries. The way your growing those is well thought out and very functional.
Thank you, Very heavy bird pressure here so it is a must.
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I planted Prime Ark blackberry a year ago in a pot. It escaped and tried to take over the tomato patch. If you want a vigorous thornless blackberry Prime Ark is a good one. I donât even really have to take care of it besides watering every once in a while if the weather gets hot.
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Update for this, while looking through my catalogs I cam across some new varieties of black berries being offered. The catalog was from Burpees and the blackberry is apparently named Prime Ark Traveler. Prime Ark is a series of blackberries bred by the University of Arkansas that from the ones I have grown are thornless and primocane bearing which means that you will get fruit from both the new years growth and the previous years growth.
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Apparently they now offer these blackberries at Starks as well. Prime-ArkÂŽ Traveler Primocane Blackberry Plants - Stark Bro's
I know this is an old thread, but I figured Iâd revive it since Iâm back to growing blackberries and have a few questions, so here goesâŚ
Back in August I planted a bunch of bushesâŚsweetie pie was one of the varieties along with a couple of others that Iâm not sure of. In any case, theyâre doing greatâŚfast forward and I have all kinds of new growth and Iâm seeing blossoms and berries forming, which is greatâŚ
so my question is this, I thought blackberries grew on second year canes? What Iâm seeing is the berries forming on new growthâŚDo I take that to mean the blackberries grow off the new growth from a 2nd year cane? Also, what about pruning, Iâve read that after they fruit, nothing will grow again on that cane, so do I just cut the canes back that had fruit on them?? Thanks in advance.
Sometimes a blackberry will form a lateral branch very near the ground from the previous yearâs cane. Those low laterals will bloom and fruit. Cannot tell from your pictures if this is the case. Trace the blooming branches to the bottom to see if they are branching off last yearâs growth or if they are truly coming out of the ground at the perimeter or near the base of the existing canes.
Thanks @LarryGene , these definitely appear to be growing off of last years growthâŚhere you can see the blossomâŚthis is the new growth coming off of what appears to be last years canesâŚat least from what I can tell those canes were there when I bought the plantâŚ
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âŚin that case your above initial post is correct and the answers are yes.
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Once the berry is ripe and you get to have the bountiful and luscious blackberries, youâll realize that thornless blackberries are one of the most easy and productive fruit you can ever grow.
I have found informative blog on growing blackberry here - https://penseberryfarm.com/blogs/news/how-to-grow-thornless-blackberry-plants
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Also a challenge because every creature on Earth thinks the same thing.
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After you taste western trailing types it ruins you for the thornless types. Which have yet to be anywhere close in flavor.
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