Thornless Blackberry: Huge Fruit (& how to prune brambles)

[@henrysangmaster4143]

Great! I need to plant some "prickle-less" blackberries

[@portiaholliday8741]

I have thornless BabyCake Blackberries and they grow well but my BabyCake raspberries kicked the bucket! I just planted Sunn Hemp all over my front garden. It is a legume. D'accord I will prune after I eat the fruit. Got it! I need to espalier Jasmina and Amadeus. Oh! Wonderful we're gonna propagate our blackberries! I'm looking forward to this video!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Portia - the propagation is very similar to roses (no surprise there!) - but you do have to be selective in choosing the stems I've found. You need to take the cuts from this year's vegetative growth, or from late vegetative side shoots on the old growth - when it stops thinking about fruiting. Otherwise, the cuttings seem to sit a long time making up their mind, and I get a low stick %

[@sharoncourt75]

Thank you! I plant raspberries and dint prune them for3 year's cause I was afraid not knowing how, now I reduce the size by half

[@da1stamericus]

Thank you. I just got some of these from a neighbor.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Nice!

[@vladimpaler9274]

I just ordered a prickless blackberry bush, I have plenty of pricky ones! 😆

[@molyjohn7735]

thank you very much iam in texas .here the rain is common.ofcourse we pluck when it is fully black or ripe .sunlight is there. let me try in next season .

[@jamestaylor8217]

Excellent and educational. Thank you.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks James.

[@izzywatashi371]

Bought a thornless blackberrry 2 years ago from our local farm store. After having to transplant the bush early last spring because of a poor location choice I was surprise to get a handsome crop of berries that I continued picking until late October. . . At 1000m el. that is an accomplishment. I have the bushed planted on the mostly sunny side of the back of my greenhouse frame - using the frame as a trellis; also the nearby wooden fence offers radiant heating for the bush. Hoping the bush will partially shade the garden from the solar damage which is a problem at 1000m.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Wow. Tough plants for a tough growing location!

[@jassteers4710]

Hello, I just bought my first "Thornless Blackberry" bush in October. I planted it in a large pot with a trellis for it to climb. It is just a small plant at the moment (about 2-1/2 foot). Should I bother pruning it b4 the spring or let it grow? Thanks :D

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I'd say let it grow for now.

[@nihatsavmaz6677]

In Germany are the thornless blackberries titles as “American Blackberries”! 15.7.24

[@therapywithisabel]

I'm so confused. I have three varieties that over-wintered. I cut out the vines that didn't look right, but given its spring the old canes with brown on the leaves, now have bright new green leaves growing over them. If I cut it all back, I'll have nothing. Should I just pull off the old green leaves so it looks like a brand new shoot?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Yeah, I'd leave the stems in place and just pull off mucky leaves as needed.

[@poodledaddles1091]

excellent!

[@A-Sidhu]

will these thornless blackberry bushes also make a decent privacy hedge? How fast will they grow and fill in compared to a cedar or laurel hedge? Thanks.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

They might not be your best choice - the foliage coverage is a little uneven depending on the ages of the canes.

[@robertmccaffrey4708]

Thanks for your video. I live in Upstate NY on shores of Lake Ontario. I have planted some thornless blackberries and this is year 2. between fall and now I had a strange thing happen. Some of the canes have taken their tips and “grounded themselves” and taken root. When I was pruning I wondered should I cull these canes completely or snip in the middle sink double the plants? This should be the year to get solid fruit sink don’t want to mess it up with overzealous or misguided pruning.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Robert. Those rooted tips are a pretty easy way to get some new plants, so yes, if you were to cut them away from the main plant and then allow them to root further (either in the ground, or transplanted into a pot) you'll have viable plants within the season.

[@molyjohn7735]

will you please answer me?my black berries are big but very very sour .what can i do to make it sweet ?plzzz tell me any remedy .

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Moly -I assume you're picking them fully ripe, so the only two things I can say are: lots of sunlight, and not too much water. I've seen them grown with too much irrigation, and it seems to make them less sweet/flavorful.

[@susannahwesley5938]

Only pick when they are dull in color (not shiny).

[@traceymardon8161]

@@susannahwesley5938 I inherited the huge thornless blackberries in our Okanagan yard and it took me a few years to realize that they mist be left until no longer shiny to be tasty.

[@wingnox]

I am attempting to grow thornless blackberries in my food forest located in central Florida. However after having them for a year all of my bushes are stems and very few leafs at the end of the vines. Not sure what I am doing wrong or what I should be doing. Some stems have died back from what I took as planting or possible lack of nutrients. Is fertilisation something that's key?

[@keithsage1593]

How long should the bushes live and should they be be replanted after a few years growth?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Keith - they're long lived with some occasional pruning. Mine have been productive in the garden for 5+ years.

[@tudorpottudorpot8423]

Jason, thanks for your great videos. Next month I will be planting Triple Crown blackberries. Should I set up a trellis/fence similar to yours or can they grow freestanding?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Either way. I left one of mine to spawl on its own, and it's not too bad (if a little untidy). The newer plantings I tie up to a single orchard post for support.

[@glory_gate]

i have same thronless Blackberries but they produce sour berry !. Q: I read from the East that apply small salt solution by watering will help to sweeten the sour taste!? How truthful is that ?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Glorygate. I don't think it will help. Sodium salt will stress the plants and make taking up water and nutrients more difficult. The most common cause of sour berries is inadequate sunlight, followed by overwatering, underwatering, and lack of balanced fertilizer.

[@derrickwright5948]

Use Epsom salt

[@rahiarman123]

brother i want to know from you can we succeed in air layering of a grafted rose.....or any grafted tree like mango,orange, if we do Air layering on them will it root

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Air layering works fine on roses!

[@rahiarman123]

your thornless black berry is grafted or what

[@evazacharias3966]

I had a blackberry plant here in Manitoba, but it would freeze to the ground so I didn’t get much berries. I didn’t have a name for it, I dug it out. Would you blackberry survive in a 3 zone?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Eva. Sorry, but no. Zone 4 at best I think

[@evazacharias3966]

Fraser Valley Rose Farm Thank you.

[@molyjohn7735]

thank you all for your reply and response.

[@sherryjimerson3983]

Does blackberries have seeds like strawberries?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Sherry - yes, except they're inside the berries rather than on the outside of the accessory fruit

[@jmajick4415]

Light green is using the nitrogen (main "grow" component), dark green is using less

[@davidsmith812]

When do you prune blackberries?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

This variety 'Navajo' doesn't need much, but I do what's needed directly after fruiting by removing some of the wayward old stems.

[@ArtFlowersBeeze8815]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thanks so much for the info. I have been cutting out last years growth after fruiting. My thought was that there would be better air flow and be able to spray easier when they are dormant. I like to burn the raspberry canes as I figure less insect overwintering and diseases. Ive seen other videos where people are weaving the canes through cattle panel, but that looks like a pain in the bupkiss for pruning out the old canes. My plan is to use those tomato clips on the outside of a meter wide arch. Happy gardening!

[@TheDejakal]

I want to get some of these Blackberries now. Have you ever tried to cultivate the wild ones? I myself have been trimming and keeping a hedgerow that the rabbits love.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Capt'n Jack - the wild ones are so rampant here. It takes my full attention to control their spread, much less cultivate them! The neighboring property has plenty, so I just have to bribe my daughters into picking if I want jam or pie.

[@ccccclark2605]

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