All you need to know about black raspberries

Black raspberries (also called black caps- Rubus occidentalis) are some of my favorite berries and in this video I'll tell you all about how we grow them, propagate & prune them and how we like to use the berries!
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[@kevinlindsay5255]

These berries have huge amounts of tannins and polyphenols which make the not lovely to eat but they have a huge health benefit as well. Even talks about helping cancer patients but that is still under trials. I buy the freeze dried powder and use it in smoothies

[@YouTubeisAmassiveSCAM]

It's neat to see other people who love these berries as much as I do. They started growing wildly in my backyard and love their flavor.

[@GrownToCook]

That's wonderful! They're definitely in my TOP3 berries :)

[@coz_DS]

I am in the US, Pennsylvania. I grow thornless blackberries and my favorite are blask raspberries. They grow well and are one of the most delicious of berries. We also use them in the mornings with cereal. The have berries through the month of June. Because of birds, of course, we find them growing everywhere!

[@aw5832]

These grow wild all over my property, makes a nice treat on my morning walk with the dog

[@leepeters5402]

When I was growing up in northern Ohio, USA, we had many areas on our farm where black raspberries grew wild. I would gorge myself every June/July with these tasty berries. I no longer live on that farm but I've been blessed to have these berries growing along my house (also wild) in a small town in Ohio. I recently harvested about a quart of these berries and have more to pick soon. Brings back so many memories. Thank You for this video.

[@Danielson1818]

I have no idea if you are a wine drinker, but they make an incredible wine. I live in central New York, and several fruits come at the same time. First wild strawberries in June, then black raspberries and blueberries in early July. I mixed them all together, and made a couple bottles of wine last year. I just called it "mixed berry wine". It was the best I ever made.

[@14jenelle96]

When I was a child I would get up very early to pick these which grew wild in our woods. Then I would make muffins with them to the delight of my family.

[@GrownToCook]

That is so sweet! What a lucky family to have you :)

[@8lackangel745]

Same i would travel all over 80 acares of our farm slash woods and pick enough to make a black raspberry confetti cake cobbler that ice cream bucket would be more then half full

[@silviahaynes7664]

I just got my jewel raspberries from a local family farm, and I am very excited to plant it in my land . Thank you 😊

[@kirstenwhitworth8079]

I planted 'Bristol' black raspberries two years ago; I bought the plants online from FEDCO in Maine. They are growing very well, and are full of unripe fruit this year. I live in Sequim, WA, a very dry area of the Pacific Northwest on the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington State in the USA. It's coastal, so the winters are mild and the summers are cool, but we only get about 14-18 inches (~35 to 45 cm) of rain per year. My canes are heavily mulched with wood chips and are thriving, as are the red raspberries I planted in the same row. I underplanted the raspberries with strawberries on the east side of the row - the strawberries are also heavily laden with fruit this year. In the previous two years they haven't produced large crops, so I have just eaten them fresh. This year will be a large crop, but we'll see if any are preserved. Last year, I visited a friend who owns several acres of land near the next town over. She has wild black raspberries (that she calls Black Caps) growing in her woods. We went on a short hike and picked them to snack on as we walked. I've been enjoying your videos for the past few months (since you were first on Huw Richard's channel - I think?); thanks for posting this one!

[@GWL420]

I just dug up as many black raspberry plants as I could carry out from a local ravine today for transplanting in my garden. Thank you for useful advice.

[@thegamingpigeon3216]

I had them in my yard growing up, we'd pick them and freeze them. They were soooooo good in pancakes, the sweetness of the maple syrup mixed with the creaminess of butter on top and the sweet yet tart bite of the berry in the pancake, it was a flavor explosion.

[@Ear4]

We have these at my home on the edge of the woods in North Carolina. The only difference is that we have summers that are quite hot so it blooms and produces early, usually the last time I check them is the 4 of July. Great video!

[@amybelovich5340]

We live in northwest Michigan (lower peninsula). We have a black raspberry patch that started as a wild cane or two. We water the plants every day and the patch is now at least 3 meters long. We also grow a few red raspberries and blackberries. We make jam with a mixture of all of the berries together. It is such a beautiful color! Thank you for your video. 🙂

[@GrownToCook]

I'd like to try making a jam like that, must be delicious!

[@sandiam7809]

I just found wild black raspberries on my property and just planted some this year for the first time!😊

[@AlisAllotment]

Great - I've eaten regular raspberries, mulberry and even loganberry but this is a new fruit to me. Love your calm and informative video uploads.

[@GrownToCook]

Thanks so much, Ali! They're really quite different from other berries and definitely worth seeking out!

[@Qingeaton]

We are in the middle of the US, and have wild B. Rasp. bushes scattered everywhere on our small rural property. We tend to see those that have a clear eastern exposure with shade in the afternoon do best. The ones in full sun burn up and in the woods, they rarely fruit. I just started cultivating our best patch this year and was looking for tips. I thought to put down some organic fertilizers, but they have never had any and produce well, so here I am. Thanks.

[@letmepicyou]

Love the video! I live Ohio, and have black raspberries growing wild in my yard. This year I've decided to "thin out" or remove some of my planted ornamentals and encourage more of my black raspberry plants' natural growth. I have probably a dozen new cane sites this spring, and hopefully that again next year. I tend to "vulture" over my black raspberry plants, checking them several times a day. I like to pick and eat them right from the plant as they ripen! Delicious, and such an amazingly healthy fruit as well. 3x the antioxidant value of blueberries, and blueberries are the "gold standard". Your breakfast (yogurt, granola, and fresh berries) looks delicious, by the way.

[@erinroeing2999]

These grow wild in my backyard in the Chicago suburbs. I picked several pounds this summer and canned jam and glaze. They are delicious!

[@kassimkhankhan3875]

You are very fortunate

[@thewelderdude]

Same here in central IL. They grow all over the place.

[@joanies6778]

I was just looking at black raspberries online because they are hardy for my zone. This was most informative! Just found your channel as I started my query into how to make a backyard food forest. New subscriber now.

[@GrownToCook]

Thanks for subscribing and welcome!!

[@524cjblack]

I live in Buffalo N.y and I have Black Raspberries in my yard everywhere, I am so happy because I've never had a taste and I definitely will this Summer.

[@saltriverorchards4190]

Very nice video. I grew up picking these as a young boy with my dad. They grow along country roads here in the Midwest. I never knew that you can just cut the old canes as soon as they are done fruiting for the season. I plan to put some between my trees in my orchard as soon as I get some understory bushes planted and established to help shade the roots. Thanks for posting this video.

[@CampingforCool41]

I’ve only ever seen wild black raspberries so it’s quite remarkable to see how huge yours are.

[@rvandenburg8360]

Thank You for the information. I live in the Enumclaw Wa. (in the PACIFIC NORTHWEST OF THE US). The climate is cool most of the year and damp. The Summers don't get too Hot and the winters don't get Too Cold. I was Pleasantly surprised to find These Very berries growing All over our 2 acre property. We have an abundance of Blackberries that can become a nuisance and TAKE OVER an entire area. When I first spotted these Black Raspberries I thought it was a different variety of blackberry but I quickly realized they were raspberries...YAY. I also have a less known red seeded berry called a thimble berry and also comes off the same way a raspberry does by leaving the middle on the plant. I love them and are also found wild here. The Thimbleberry does not store well though..and are quite seedy but very tasty would definitely make a nice addition to your berry mix yogurt blend!

[@micaspapa474]

I grow wine berries, black berries, black raspberries and will be adding red raspberries this year love them all

[@maggiewagmore8778]

Nice video. Black raspberries are abundant in the southern U.S. I hike with my dog in several areas and have discovered many large patches growing in the edgewood. I have picked several pounds of them so far this summer, and have the cuts on my arms to prove it:) The thorns are nasty, but it's worth a few cuts to get some nice berries. I love the flavor...as does my dog!

[@harrisdelapaz]

the best video on black raspberries. thank you.

[@holisticheritagehomestead]

This was the most informative, straightforward video on this topic that I could find on KZbin. We are excited to see what our black raspberries will do in our new food forest project. I hope they can do well in our clay. Great video.

[@johnavery8276]

Cheers for the informative video. Black caps are everywhere here in Central New York State where I'm from, and they've always been a favorite - they grow like iron. My wife, the avid gardener, rips them out wherever she sees them thinking they'll take over, but she did leave me one patch that's yielded two liters so far this year - and more to come. I've shown her your video and how you trained them and keep them under control, so she's now more open to the idea. :o) The most enjoyable wine I ever made was with black raspberries: easy to keep clear and colored like a rosé with a touch of purple.

[@GrownToCook]

I’d love to taste that wine :)

[@johnavery8276]

@@GrownToCook I neglected to mention: the taste was delicate, but reasonably full for a wild fruit wine.

[@antonystarling]

Brilliant video ,great pace and superbly explained ,I have just bought 2 plants and the information you provided has been excellent thank you

[@GrownToCook]

I'm so glad you found the video helpful, Tony! I hp your plants will give you lots of berries for many years toi come :)

[@gangofgreenhorns2672]

These are wild all over NE Ohio! Birds laid some in the backyard of my city lot (neighbor's too) and they were all along the North edge of my dad's field as a kid. We'd pick them when I was little. Now my dad and I both plan on growing them. Took several clones this year.

[@caseyclark2529]

Vermont, a state in north east USA. There are many wild black raspberries. And love them. Thank for this informative video.

[@valerystclair4022]

Black berries like you are growing have been growing wild in every property I have lived at in IN, more than 5 places. However, we do try to make sure other vines and grasses don’t crowd them out because we love to pick them fresh for breakfast also. We have also made pie and jam. Oh, and compote to go on simple vanilla dinette cake.

[@GrownToCook]

Compote sounds like a great idea too!

[@Callieistappingin801]

We do not have them in the store around my area (Erie Pa, ) we have to go to the local farmers' market/stand or find wild black rasberries. They are my #1 fave fruit! :)

[@krodkrod8132]

I'm in Nebraska right in the middle of the U.S. I have about 200 raspberry bushes and they produce like crazy. I dry and powder them and they sell for 55 dollars a pound. Black Raspberries are a money maker.

[@GrownToCook]

Wow! That’s an interesting business model!

[@MrDuffy81]

I would pick black raspberries that grew wild as a child in New Hampshire in America. These are my favorite variety of blackberries. I recently transplanted mine from a container into the ground in Texas and I don’t even live there at the moment. I’m hoping when I return it will still be alive. Otherwise, I know where I can get another one. They have an amazing taste almost like bubblegum mixed with a raspberry. I can’t describe how they linger on the tongue but no other raspberry comes close to the flavor of the black raspberry.

[@seangillespie4601]

Always helpful, thanks! Love your trellis!

[@Donnybrook10]

We call them black caps too. These grow wild all over my area. Picked and froze 2 gallons over the summer from our back yard and ate at least 6 gallons. They grew naturally...never planted them. Making jam tomorrow.

[@Danielson1818]

They grow wild in my back garden. I've never planted them, but black raspberries and wild strawberries grow every year.

[@HelenRullesteg]

Great timing, I just heard about these raspberries for the first time in a video by James Prigioni in NJ, he loves them and, like you, find them even better than red raspberries, so I was looking around for a place to buy them and found Lubera here in Switzerland, so I'll be getting some so we can hopefully try them next year.

[@engineer4god470]

I found some black raspberries growing behind my house! I'm in Michigan, USA.

[@GrownToCook]

What a great find! :)

[@charlenenagel7962]

Hello, I live in Ontario Canada and we always love to forage for wild black raspberries this time of year. They are much smaller, but very flavourful and sweet. For my kids, the favourite thing about going for swimming lessons was not the swimming, but the big patch of wild black raspberries that grew near the town pool! I have some that grow in the edges of my yard, but the chipmunks always harvest them before me! They know a good thing too! Love your channel!

[@jzak5723]

Great video! I live in Michigan, and the last week has been black raspberry season. I have not propagated any in my own yard as of yet, but I have been picking about a quart of them in the wild most every day this week. My wife made a delicious pie with the first ones I picked, but since then we have been freezing them for use later, mostly for baked goods and smoothies. As far as I know, they are never available in stores, so you just have to get out in the woods and edges of woods and pick them yourself. They are supposedly the healthiest of all berries, with proven cancer fighting abilities, and also for blood pressure lowering effects, among other health benefits. They are packed with antioxidants, even more than blueberries from what I read.

[@GrownToCook]

Thanks for sharing, John! So nice you can pick them in the wild where you live!

[@CutieTVFunnyCute]

Im a fan from the Philippines

[@jimgurtner]

What a wonderful video! Good job!

[@teresamexico309]

Thank you for the explanation.

[@isaacbrascoupe]

Enjoyed your video and comments especially!! Here on Tuscarora reservation they grow wild with everyone having their favourite patch , we had lots in the yard . It's a old tradition to pick them or just browse while walking. Our family enjoys fresh or baked in pies!!!😋😋😋😋. Some say they were brought up from the Carolinas when we moved.

[@cookiemum1]

I'm excited to have black raspberries, I plan to make candied black raspberries to have a syrup by product, jams and fresh with yogurt as you did in this video. Thank you for sharing this video. I am training them vertical too.

[@Michael-s2p3p]

Useful info for cultivation. I am picking wild red raspberries right now with blackberries following in 4-6 weeks. Elderberries ripen in September here in northern Maine. I could run a guide service to all the areas I know, (but then too many people would know them). They just will have to feed the bears and birds I guess. Thanks for your video.

[@johndamo9421]

I got these on my running trail. I just ate a bucket of them late June.

[@Fasnic]

I grew up with them wild in my parents backyard. 6yrs ago I transplanted some to my backyard.. I am finally getting a nice yield this year.

[@GrownToCook]

Ours are not quite ripe yet - everything is a little later this year but I can't wait!

[@bambi2814]

Thanks for all the great information

[@mydanishgarden3112]

Great video, the viking loves her red raspberries, I think the black ones would be a wonderful addition. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Looking forward to seeing your next blog. 😊

[@GrownToCook]

Thank so much, Johnny!

[@growinginthecountry646]

Wow, I'd never heard of these. I'm only getting started at my new place, so only have a couple of canes in pots. Looking forward to planting my fruit orchard in the autumn, so hopefully there will be enough to actually do something with next year! 😊

[@jasonblack4208]

I only discovered these were a thing when I noticed ripe ones along the trail by the lake near my house. We have all kinds of berries there.

[@callumdale7391]

hi you have inspired me to Purchas a black raspberry plants to add to my garden happy growing

[@judegalbraith4215]

black caps grow in the wild here in Washington State. As a young girl I remember picking them with my grandma. We ate them right off the vine (not many made it into a bowl). Now I found them again the forrest and brought them home and planted into a livestock tank and training them to grow on fence. I'm glad to know how to prune....thank you!

[@GrownToCook]

I'm glad the video was helpful!

[@kevinbedell]

Thank you for this charming and informative video --

[@kristinesutliff5324]

I got mine from Burgess seed company online. I ordered several varieties and they shipped them when they were ready. They shipped 2 year growth. Wish me luck!

[@primrozie]

Thank you so much! Very informative.

[@chuelor243]

in seatle these grew EVERYWHERE!! and they were so good ...

[@DeterminedDIYer]

We had some when I was a kid here in ohio. :) LOVE them. they are so much more tasty than those gross red ones you can buy in the grocery store. When we move I plan on planting a few.

[@RonGay58]

Blackberry Raspberry Cobbler Ingredients: 36 OZ. Blackberry Raspberry 1 1/2 cups Water 1 box premade Pie crusts 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 2 1/2 heaping tablespoons Corn Starch into a 1/4 cup water Stick of butter 2 cups Sugar 2 tablespoons Lemon juice Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Wash berries Cut pie crust into 1 inch pieces then cut them into pieces Place strips in 10 x 13 pan not touching put berries and water in a pot Add 1/2 stick of butter & sugar Bring to a boil Smash up a few of the berries Turn off heat Add Vanilla and stir in Add Lemon juice and stir in Now add well stirred corn starch After thickened pour mixer into the pan Put broken pieces of pie crust on top them push then into the mix Layer 1 inch strips of pie crust both ways leaving about 1 inch openings Place in oven for 40 minutes

[@disbemetube]

My top berry forage here in Kingston ON. The jam is unbeatable. In bad winter the rabbits annihilate any cane near cover but on good years the yield is bonkers.

[@klondikeag]

Love your videos. I'm in the USA. NY. Wish I could post pictures here. I just " foraged" a quart of these today and will again Sunday morning and making blackberry jelly. Going to transplant the Cain's to my orchard this fall.

[@Polamish]

OMG I love your accent. Thank you for the information

[@charlesbale8376]

Excellent information.

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you, Charles!

[@melissadavis5954]

I'm in Michigan, USA. I have these growing wild in my back yard. No, these are not available commercially here but most of our raspberries in the store say that they are from Peru and Mexico.

[@amandaj2888]

I’ve never seen these before, I’m picking red raspberries every morning at the moment, would love to add some of these to my plot too 👍

[@letmepicyou]

I love reds, but the blacks blow the reds away, both in flavor AND nutrition.

[@kerryl4031]

Well, you are making me spend spend spend! LOL! I watched your video (been catching up with lots of videos this morning) with perennial cauliflower (already have perennial kale) and have two plants in the greenhouse. Now I've just sourced black raspberries in the UK. And I thank you for lots of useful information. I need to nip onto the recipes as cinnamon rolls are a big favourite here also! xx

[@karenharkness4847]

Where in the UK did you get them?

[@ostwelve]

These used to grow around where I grew up. They've seemed to move up the mountains a bit. Picking up some plants soon. looking forward to having some around. Great video!

[@ostwelve]

oh and we find them to make jam and freeze in our secret spot

[@GrownToCook]

So far we have eaten all of them fresh from the plants - I’d like to try the jam one day!

[@EdieBabeMonster]

Oh yeah I’ve got great prolific black raspberries in my yard in Vancouver BC, Canada.

[@jefffield7575]

I grow Mac Black as well as Jewel and Bristol. I also grow Heritage which is the wild verity

[@michaelslaton4475]

thank you for the info

[@bobbiejeanesser864]

I love your videos!! What other types of berries are you growing up your pergola? I want to do something similar in my back yard, just not as big.

[@bobbun9630]

I "foraged from the wild" plenty of black raspberries as a kid. You don't really have as much to be envious of as you may imagine. Wild black raspberries are very thorny, very seedy, and are usually crawling with ticks and chiggers!

[@anniecochrane3359]

Very interesting. I had never heard of black raspberry before hearing of it from you. I"ve checked online here in New Zealand and see that there is one variety of black raspberry available, called Ebony. So I will try to get a plant for my garden. From the description of Ebony it seems as if it suckers though, which is a pain! I will let you know how it goes - its mid winter here now, so that wont be until our summertime. And I think you have one of the most beautiful of all edible gardens I have seen - beauty and food. An inspiration.

[@letmepicyou]

Let it grow wild and become the dominant feature in your garden. Your popularity with neighbors will soar.

[@roymitchell4563]

Hi I made the St Jemaine I used 40 flower heads and soaked them in vodka for a week I got 2 litres in total its absolute marvellous with fresh orange juice thank you!

[@GrownToCook]

So glad to hear you're loving the liqueur! We'll try it with orange juice too!

[@JohnDoe_88]

It's super easy to manage a cane plant that sprouts from the same spot every year. I'm growing a blackberry variety that does that and is easily managed called black satin BlackBerry and it's incredible I have a large 20-foot wall that's absolutely covered in thousands of berries more than ever this year all from one plant

[@williammcduff6531]

Great video! We grow black raspberries in our backyard garden. There's also a couple of patches of wild ones in nearby parks which I pick from. We use them mostly to make jelly because of the large amount of seeds and also eat some fresh.

[@hanblum]

They grow wild in New England and I like to pick a few when I go hiking :) when I was a kid I used to eat the under ripe red ones too even though they are sour haha

[@letmepicyou]

I have next to no sour taste bud receptors...I love to eat the wild grapes that grow in my yard, they taste sweet to me. Everyone else puckers up like they've just eaten a lemon :D Totally impervious to sour, here.

[@lepotagerpiments]

Great vidéo 👍

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you, Yannick!

[@Laura_B__]

I was just about to plant 2 black raspberry plants in a raised bed in my garden, also the Jewel variety. Strangely, the only information I could find about their size online is that they reach 2-3 feet (about 1m). This is very strange, because the Jewel plants you have have grown so tall! I guess I will just plant them and see what happens. I can't wait to get berries. Black raspberries grow wild in my area (southern Ontario, Canada) but I haven't had any for a long time.

[@trudybradt6413]

Hello....I live in Ontario, Canada and in a small village where I used to live, there was a huge spot where black raspberries grew and they were deliclous ! I want to grow some but never see the plants sold anywhere. I'm sure someone has cut down the plants I used to enjoy.....

[@GrownToCook]

I hope you can find some plants! The fruits are so delicious!

[@high_fructose_corn_syrup]

Yup thats the best way to eat them.. fresh!!! I remember being a kid, my cousin and i would always say ok we're not gonna eat any until we get home, we planned on having lots to eat at the end of the berry picking trip. We NEVER came home with anything except stained fingers and faces LOL ps i am in the US and we always knew where the wild bushes were! Now as an adult, i JUST found some wild ones and dug up a few small plants. Hopefully i got enough roots so they survive. Its like im a kid again with my berries!!!! ❤️😍❤️😍

[@GrownToCook]

Haha, I have the same memories of picking wild blueberries in the forests of the Czech Republic when I was little - I did bring a little bucket for picking, but always ate most of them on the spot :)

[@high_fructose_corn_syrup]

@@GrownToCook dont you just love memories like that? Back when things were so much simpler! 🥰

[@harrymadison9164]

Nice video, informative and well presented. When adding black raspberries to pancakes or muffins, teas or sangria, we will generally try to balance out some of the tartness with a sweeter fruit such as oranges or tangerines. Two caveats on harvesting. The berries are also popular with some of the local (SE Pennsylvania) birds, especially doves, pigeons and sparrows. We will usually try to get out and collect the fast-maturing berries earlier rather than later in the day to avoid, as has happened, canes being stripped of their edible fruits. Also, the thorns are quite sticky and uncovered hands, arms and head can get pretty scratched up if unprotected. Our neighbor thought about trying to cultivate some shrubs but decided against it after a bad experience with ours.

[@GrownToCook]

Thanks for sharing, Harry, and for all the tips! A shame that your neighbor was put off planting them - they are one of my very favorite berries!

[@grumpyoldstudios]

I have wild black raspberries here and love them. I just planted my first crop of domestic black raspberries. Will see how they differ.

[@GrownToCook]

That is so interesting, I'd love to know!

[@Lovescomedy87]

I used to make smoothies with milk and they would blend up to the most beautiful magenta color. I have seeds from a few years ago, I'm going to plant some and see if anything grows...

[@elaineguevara8557]

I live in California high desert and I grow black raspberries. I got them from my mom’s garden who lives neat the coast of California. So black raspberry are very hardy.

[@GrownToCook]

That's great to know, thanks for sharing, Elaine!

[@cyndipeterson346]

Expensive and hard to find in stores in USA. My uncle has a plant and shares his every year. Makes a great pie.

[@GrownToCook]

I'd love to make a pie one day!

[@Vepoch]

😍 love your videos

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you so much!

[@helmuttdvm]

I replanted some last year, and have been enjoying a great crop this year. So far, fresh or mixed with yogurt, but I’m looking for other recipes now.

[@MrMockingbird1313]

This is an excellent video. Thanks for sharing this information. I am about to receive 25 black berry plants from the State of Missouri, in the middle of America. I am developing a dozen acres on a small hill. It has lots of water, but drains fast. So I will use your advice and see what happens.

[@GrownToCook]

Good luck with your raspberry patch!

[@pamholland7005]

Good to know. I just discovered these in the back yard (south central PA) thought it was a weed. The birds have eaten all the berries. At least now I know what it is.

[@wideawake8415]

BlackBerry dumplings Yum Yum !

[@1is7ener65]

As a kid in Canada, I would pick them in the wild. My hands would look like a cat attacked them all summer. Later as an adult I picked some and then buried some berries all over my property. To my surprise most grew into plants. Unfortunately some grew out of control and became a PITA due to the thorny mass. They got the chop last year 😿. I love how you trellis them and wish I could have done this sooner lol. I should add the wild blackcaps in my area are super thorny and they are thin thorns so the canes grab at your skin and clothes 😆

[@theresebrandser]

I just processed our wild black raspberries and got 11 half pints! 😄❤️

[@GrownToCook]

Wow, what a harvest!!

[@susanhall6731]

They grow wild in the Ozark Mountains on the roadsides near our home. They were kind of scarce this year. May have been the late frost in late April that got the blooms. We have been talking about propagating them from the wild or just transplanting some to start them. Theres just not enough!!!

[@christopherzuniga7073]

Soy de Costa Rica... aquí se cultiva muy bien ese fruto, da cosecha todo el año con buen abono, gracias por el Video...

[@BroadShouldersFarm]

They also don’t struggle with toxic juglone from Black Walnut trees to they can be part of plantings around them, along with autumn olive and paw paws which actually thrive on the juglone.

[@GrownToCook]

That's very good to know, thank you for sharing! We only grow a European walnut which is less allelopathhic than the black walnut but still good to keep that n mind!

[@charleswilder2985]

Ah, yours are Jewel? My Jewel has not fruited very well, which I am trying to encourage by pruning them to only about five feet long. My Black Hawk and some similar "wild" black raspberries bear very heavily and are quite sweet. That 'wild" one may have been started by birds - just three canes I allowed to survive while cleaning out one corner with four tree stumps I wanted to remove. Now, that "wild" one has been allowed to spread three meters along one angle of the corner fence and about two meters the other direction along the fence. It seems that they do spread a bit by rhyzome, although tip rooting is their fastest method of spreading. Our Jewel also popped up a couple of runners about 6 inches from their base, so you may need to mow them, but mostly I have tip rooted them for giving away. We also have Brandywine red raspberries, which are very interestingly different, and a LOT of Heritage everbearing dark red raspberries, of which the fruit is much larger and VERY abundant twice each year, late June - July and September until they freeze. We also have Anne and Fall Gold raspberries, yellow and sweeter, but not growing higher than about one meter. With all this abundance, we no longer look for wild berries. We have about 50 strawberry plants in long, narrow planters elevated on concrete blocks, nine blueberry bushes in the ground plus two in pots, and three types of honey berries planted in the ground. Our cold-hardy kiwis vined pretty high this year, their first, but did not flower yet. We also have Prime Ark Freedom thornless blackberries, which I highly recommend - huge and delicious fruit. In fact, I tore up two Ebony King blackberries that had not satisfied us with their fruit although they were huge bushes, and replaced them with more Prime Ark Freedom. We have one Polar Berry, a white, sweeter blackberry, and two bushes of a wild blackberry kidnapped from Maine. I think those two bushes are Himalayan (a misnomer) blackberries. They are small berries but very numerous and delicious. The do send out a lot of runners, which I dig up and give to family and friends. We have only 0.28 of an acre, with several apple, two peach, a nectarine, five pear, three plum and a plumcot, three apricot, two dwarf mulberry, one persimmon (one died in the winter), three sweet cherry trees, one pie cherry tree, and three cherry bushes. I also have several potted fruit trees: 2 ruby red grapefruit, 3 Nagami Kumquat, three calamansi, and two of some unidentified dwarf fig, all fruiting. My two larger Chcago Hardy figs have not fruited yet, through two years. I have at least 39 rooted cuttings from the Chicago Hardy, and have given away the six largest rooted cuttings already. Even though I am retired, it is challenging to keep up with all of these. To keep neighbors from climbing over one short chain link fence to steal apples, I transplanted 48 Heitage raspberry runners along that 100' stretch of fence, so by next year that should make a very daunting living wall of thorns... and imagine the berries it will produce!

[@shawns0762]

Hello, fellow fruit and berry nut here, I am going to buy some black raspberry plants, would you recommend the Jewel or the Black Hawk? have you tried Cumberland? I have thimbleberries that I kidnapped from the shores of lake superior, I also have wineberries which is the coolest plant in the bramble family, the berries form in thorny "invasion of the body snatcher" pods and the berries are sticky.

[@vl224]

It grows very well in southeast/south Brazil, were I live, mainly in high altitudes habitats