How to Plant Blackberries in a Backyard Garden
A blackberry is a very healthy fruit, rich in antioxidants. Follow these steps to plant blackberries and produce a fresh, healthy snack for your family. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Decide which variety of blackberries to plant. There are two main types of blackberries: erect and trailing. Purchase your blackberry plants from a reputable nursery to ensure they are certified as disease free.
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Pick a planting area in your backyard garden that is in full sun. The area should also contain soil with adequate drainage, because a build up of water could kill your blackberry plants.
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Weed the backyard garden area to prepare the soil for planting your blackberry plants. Prepare the soil in early spring.
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Dig out a hole just big enough to hold the blackberry plant's roots. Set the root system into the hole and cover securely with soil.
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Space blackberry plants according to the type that you purchase. Leave about 4 to 6 feet between erect variety plants. Trailing varieties have long canes and need 4 to 10 feet of space between each. For both varieties, leave 8 to 10 feet of space between each row of plants.
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Water blackberry plants as soon as they are planted to help set the soil over the roots.
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That New Chute Is For Next Year Berries
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I have a beautiful thornless blackberry bush that has chutes coming off of it but nothing on it as far as berries. Its growing very fast and was just wondering if it is a "Sucker" chute that I should cut off for it to help the plant ripen the berries that's on it.
