How I Double My Blackberries Every Year!

Simple tip to double or even triple your blackberry harvest each year. If you love blackberries and want to have more each year, follow this easy trick and share it with your berry best friends!
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[@anthonyburke5656]

I’m a beekeeper, by far my favourite honey is that from blackberries, it’s unique

[@tamib711]

If they are like raspberries. Take that end and stick it in the ground. After they fruit, and it has taken root, snip the bend in the middle. You start a brand new plant that gets stronger and doesn't require nutrients from a single root system. More fruit. Better fruit. And you control the height etc. You wouldn't need to vine them either.

[@jennifereverett6298]

Less waiting time that way, too!

[@hbchealthybychoice6616]

tamib711 Great tip.!

[@convenienceandpracticality9032]

Thanks for the great tip! I'm going to do that with my blackberry plants!

[@veronicabelmontez9194]

Kyle Castloo can u explain how to do that with grapevines? I wanted to extend my grapes but didn’t want to spend money on buying new plants. Thank you

[@misterkaos.357]

It also works with mint

[@grannypantsification]

Spread your berries on a cookie sheet and freeze them. Then put them in freezer bags or other containers and store in freezer, and the berries won’t stick together. When you thaw them they are as good as fresh.

[@TVidsnow]

Freezing in paper bags has the same effect, works splendidly with blueberries I’ve yet to try this on blackberries and raspberries

[@LindsAyWithAttitude]

Do you cover them with anything when on baking sheet?

[@viagra5207]

hard to do when you have five gallon buckets full of blackberries

[@cassieoz1702]

​@@LindsAyWithAttitudeno. The assumption is they'll only be on open trays long enough to freeze, not to dry out

[@candygarfield1479]

Thank you

[@lindapolle1665]

Love this lesson. Thought you might like to hear the science behind it. The tips [ called the terminal bud] make a hormone which suppresses areas of stem-cells located where the lower leaves are attached. Pruning the end bud results in the lower stem-cells making [allowing] a new side cane, or if you deprive these stem-cells of light, they will produce roots. In short, this is how you air-layer for new plants. This can work on the end bud too by planting it back into the soil.

[@dave-in-nj9393]

sounds like my tomatoes. I can take the suckers that are larger, then root them and they become new plants.

[@lindapolle1665]

@@dave-in-nj9393 Check out how you can take these tomato cuttings and graft them on to potato plants [they are cousins]

[@JonathanDaniel82]

@@lindapolle1665 Pomato Plants!!!! :)

[@c.j.rogers2422]

@@JonathanDaniel82 I think they're properly called topatoes.

[@w8stral]

Because there is not science behind it. He is peddling Bull Shit. You get the exact same number of berries and depending on variety, sometimes LESS. Extra energy growing extra vine instead of roots, berries for next season

[@garyweaver317]

I make wine with my blackberries every year. 20 lbs of blackberries plus enough sugar water to make 6 gallons of wine = about 3 gallons of sugar water makes 6 gallons of wine. Save used berries to make another 5 gallons of wine. Save used berries to make another 3 gallons of wine. EC-1118 wine yeast works great.

[@OnCall24Seven]

I live in Georgia in the US. 30 years ago I purchased several thorn-less blackberry varieties and had them growing quite nicely in my yard. I took them with me when I moved into a new home a few miles away. I tilled and planted only two rows which was about 20 plants. Then I had missed the proper pruning/harvesting for a couple of seasons due to health concerns. I dug them all up this year from my blackberry jungle/forest as I am much stronger and in better health and now I have over 150 plants. This is even after mowing several square yards-worth with the mower. It is INCREDIBLE how many plants you can get...even throughout a wood pile in the yard. I am planning to border my backyard with a blackberry trellis along my walking path. I also have a local farmers market in town where I can sell the plants and fruits. Blackberries are honestly, HARD TO KILL OR GET RID OF. Fortunately I love them and could eat them all day. Thank you for this awesome video and the tip. Happy fruiting!!!! 🙂

[@bilqisfatima3143]

I only planted one plant for black berry but it can be pruned and get multiple new growth from same plant.

[@joekostka1298]

Evening Primrose is a yellow, late summer, flowering native weed that Japanese Beetles cannot resist. They will eat it first and stay on the plant instead of eating the leaves and fruit of other plants. I let plenty of evening primrose grow, which isn't difficult because it reseeds annually. Give it a try and the beetles will leave your crops alone. Hummingbirds also love the flower for its nectar.

[@ticktock2383]

Won't work for most gardeners. The beetles come in May and June.

[@tarapaul8212]

I paused your video and ran out to the garden and snapped off the vine tips 😊

[@veelash3505]

😂

[@beaquintana5025]

Haha! I did the same thing!

[@cornwallcelticexperience1867]

I live in the UK and we have a lot of wild bramble (blackberry) we eat the leaf tips you were removing steamed or wilted. They also have healing properties and can persuade sick grazing animals to start eating again. Not sure if you can do this with cultivars though.

[@LightGesture]

Good to know about the animals.

[@whydoineedahandle269]

You look like you’ve been doing this a while, but my strategy is to let the other end of the vine touch down and take root. This stimulates the plant to send up more first year growths, which is ideal if you are trying to spread your patch. I’m on year 6 of growing these and I’ve gone from one plant to about 40 first year vines.

[@ErikLiberty]

ChatGPT 4: To increase blackberry growth, both pruning the tips of the vines (known as tip pruning or tipping) and allowing the vines to reach the ground to take root (a process known as layering) can be effective, but they serve different purposes. The choice depends on your specific goals and the type of blackberry plants you have. 1. **Tip Pruning:** This method involves cutting off the tips of the blackberry canes. This practice encourages the canes to branch out, leading to more lateral growth. More lateral branches typically mean more fruit, as blackberries fruit on the lateral shoots. Tip pruning is usually done when the canes reach a certain length (often around 3-4 feet). This method is particularly effective for erect and semi-erect varieties of blackberries. 2. **Allowing Vines to Root (Layering):** Allowing the tips of trailing blackberry vines to touch the ground and take root can help in propagating new plants. This method is useful if you want to expand your blackberry patch or create new plants. It's more commonly used with trailing varieties, which have long, flexible canes that easily reach the ground. Once the tip takes root, it can be cut from the main plant and you'll have a new, genetically identical plant. ### Considerations: - **Type of Blackberry Plants:** Erect, semi-erect, and trailing blackberries may require different approaches. Erect and semi-erect varieties generally benefit more from tip pruning, while layering is more suited to trailing varieties. - **Goal:** If your goal is to increase fruit production on existing plants, tip pruning is the way to go. If you want to propagate new plants, layering is more appropriate. - **Timing:** Pruning should be done at the right time of year for the best results. For tip pruning, late winter or early spring is often recommended, before new growth starts. - **Maintenance:** Regular maintenance is crucial for healthy blackberry plants, including proper watering, fertilizing, and disease control. In summary, if you're looking to boost fruit production on your current plants, tip pruning is the better method. If you're interested in propagating new plants, then allowing the vines to root through layering is the appropriate approach. Always consider the variety of your blackberry plants and your specific gardening goals when deciding on a method.

[@thomasellis2500]

You can tip prune a long enough cutting to propagate new plants and achieve both goals. Gardening never has to be so black and white.

[@adamhalcyon3393]

@@ErikLiberty thanks for taking the time to type that all out. I appreciate the info.

[@enna4986]

@@ErikLibertygoodness Eric! Can you come over and teach me all your profound gardening knowledge?😂great tips! When fertilize and with what for blackberries?

[@briancunningham9975]

About the beatles. One thing that I did to control their population was to build a bunch of bird houses and put them in my berry bushes. I rarely see any beetles and if I do it is only a few. The birds mow them down for me and keep me virtually beetle free. Just something to think about, and it is very cost effective.

[@jean-yvesdurocher8467]

Are the bees eating your fruits, not sure i get the issue about the bees?

[@aprillutke3515]

if you put bird houses in your berry patch, won't the birds eat your berries more than the beetles?

[@jmajick4415]

I had Japaneses beetles so bad that I filled 15 bag traps. The next year, as soon as I saw one I sprayed the trees with an essential oil bug killer. I didn't see another one until the next year. That year (last year 2020) I did the same with the essential oils with the same results. The spray contains Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Lemongrass, Thyme and Peppermint oil. Sprayed one time per year after seeing the first beetles emerge.

[@pamdore9292]

Do you have the ratio of drops per essential oils in the recipe?

[@enna4986]

If store bought plz tell us what to buy. If DIY plz give the exact recipe. Ty

[@jmajick4415]

@@enna4986 I based it off of Maggie's farm insect killer and another that I can't remember. I don't measure when I make it but if I were to guess I use about an ounce of each ingredient Eucalyptus, tea tree, lemon grass, thyme, peppermint, neem oil, cottonseed oil and dish soap. I use an organic dish soap

[@Robinsnest219]

We have blackberries and raspberries growing wild all over our property. We normally get enough berries for me to bake about ten huge pies and I make some berry preserves too. Thanks for this tip, I will definitely do this and see what happens next year!

[@Bloomsong1020]

I wonder why the wild blackberry bushes behind our house don’t produce any berries. They been there forever but even though new shoots come up all over, we still haven’t had any berries to even use for one pie lol. They are so tiny too.

[@chemcruise2625]

@@Bloomsong1020 Possibly too many shoots and its using all it energy to try to provide for all. Maybe prune it good, especially the inner part of the plant, and try to have only 6 to 9 shoots.

[@stevenschnepp576]

​@@Bloomsong1020 They're probably in a bad site.

[@jacobrobichaux1576]

Update?

[@amyb5339]

Thank you very much for this multiplication trick! I have a slow starting b.berry that I am hoping to encourage. I have not been to your channel before, and I am sad that your beautiful wife's passing was the reason I was directed here. I wish you peace and rest from all you have been valiantly striving for, for her.

[@lindagraves3250]

Mine were slow also-until I started deeply mulching them.

[@helenamcginty4920]

Back in the UK on the Lancashire coast someone had planted hymalayan blackberries along one long fence/treeline of an acre garden bought by my parents in 1964. As these plants were well incorporated in the willow hedge they were just left alone. Only being roughly cut back every couple of years or so when the fence line or trees needed sorting in early spring. (Mending was always delayed till after the worst of winter storms were over.) We were a family of 7 and had more than enough of these large, sweet blackberries every year for eating fresh and bottling for use over winter. Fruit in pies or more udually under crumble and the juice made into a jelly (jello) for tea. Previously we had gone Sunday afternoon blackberrying, along with other families, along local bridlepaths where blackberries and wild roses grew in amongst the layered hawthorn field hedges. These small wild fruits were a bit tart usually but nice. Wild rose hips were also picked for making rosehip syrup.😮

[@sage8573]

Sounds like a dream

[@winkfinkerstien1957]

I did this last year after seeing your video and now we have at least triple the blackberries! It's a thornless variety like yours. My wife loves them. Now I am excited about next year's harvest. Such a great tip! Thanks again!

[@awatsycamorefarmnearsiouxf7526]

He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.🍇 John 15:2

[@moniquemonicat]

Wow! great scripture!!

[@bamagirl4234]

Beautiful!

[@tirusew]

What the hell

[@tammyposeylovell5184]

Wow thank you for the scripture that goes a long with this teaching.

[@lisadee0276]

abu osman 😆

[@harmoneecatcher2281]

Pro tip Allow the tip to burrow into ground soil or place into pots until roots form (only takes a few day to a couple weeks)THEN … snip original cane away just above soil leaving a couple of inches of the original cane with your new plant baby! Get even more plants! Doing this technique on two year canes can produce a clone that will likely flower within weeks depending on climate Also … trim back ALL berry cluster shoots back to original cane at end of season to prevent dieback and encourage thicker base stocks! Berry many blessings!😜

[@randomlife718]

About 4 years ago I started only mowing my yard about 4 times a year. Now I rarely "have" to mow. The grass has been taken over with all kinds of cool stuff. I have dewberries everywhere in my "lawn" now.

[@Dragonfiregum]

I've been spreading berries around my yard for years. Pick 2, toss 1 is my rule.I feel it helps spread the plants and also feeds the critters.

[@pattysherwood7091]

This is great. Thank you! I never knew this about blackberries, but I did know the tip of a plant is called the apical meristem, and it has growth hormones. So breaking it off changes the hormone levels of a plant, and encourages side growths.

[@pattysherwood7091]

PS. I would not cut the tops of black raspberry plants because they multiply by bowing down and rooting the cane tip in the soil, which then sends up a new cane

[@pmessinger]

But not as efficient use of space or easy harvesting.

[@pattysherwood7091]

@@pmessinger Those thorns! Maybe you could trim off some side shoots as the plant grows.

[@JohnDoe-ig9ev]

Sooo what if a dude eats the tips🤔

[@pattysherwood7091]

If you want to see what happens, watch the Kingsmen sing the song about the Jolly Green Giant. It will shock you.

[@homewardpath4271]

Thanks for that info. I'm hunting for a place to settle after decades of ignoring my true calling and believing I was supposed to be wandering around on some "journey." I'm really ready to be home. All I have to do is find the right place to unpack my things and get at putting things in place.

[@bob_frazier]

Oregon has more blackberries growing wild than the entire earth could eat.

[@normajeanslagel4633]

Come to the Ozarks! Live your life in the Natural State

[@charliebennett6335]

It's called topping. We do this for many types of plants. Thanks for the tip.

[@laurenpiantino8312]

Charlie. absolutely! I was kinda confused when he told us what he did; I thought every gardener knew that tip.

[@jeffstanhope4335]

@@laurenpiantino8312 lots of us are new to this, and every bit of knowledge helps

[@cathyplantlover2862]

can you top rasberries too?

[@dvrmte]

I established most of my blackberries from root cuttings. During the late dormant season, I made a furrow and laid root cuttings about three inches long and as thick as a pencil, in the furrows on their side.

[@10HDFLHX]

I grow Prime Ark Freedom, a thornless variety that is a primacane. They will produce fruit on the very first year cane and the canes grow HUGE, some 20 foot plus. This works exceptionally well with them and I have been doing this for a while. This year, we had a very late frost that killed nearly every flower on the plant, so I decided to try "re-tipping" them again to see if it would help. The jury is still out on that, but they seem to be producing additional side shoots and I see a lot of flowers coming on. I also do this on my raspberries (no idea the variety, but they are pink and have thorns), and the results are just incredible. At least 5 times the production on the conservative side.. probably quite a bit more than that.

[@harolddoe6453]

Good tip. I use BlackBerry plants because they are my perimeter "barb wiree" and your tip will increase my harvest and my security fence.

[@allentowell2097]

Just planted my 3rd 45 foot row of blackberries this spring from volunteer plants that grew up in our garden. My wife loves having them.

[@QualeHouse]

Wow sounds so dreamy!!

[@joyryde531]

Had to pause the video,so i could go trim mine before i forgot....

[@RaymondYocum-uw5hd]

We must be related

[@melanimonnin5576]

That was an awesome tip. I grew up in the northwest where blackberries are a weed and a headache. We always tried to learn how to get rid of them 😂! I'm definitely writing this down in my homestead binder. 😁👍

[@AsriaDurden5558]

Cultivate, trellis, prune, trim and fertilize the wild ones and they will "domesticate" nicely into beautiful free berry vines with big, sweet berries. Ive done it in several different states with great results.

[@3DFLYLOW]

I grew up in the Northwest. I was clearing some property back in my youth and underneath the blackberries we found a full length school bus.

[@yooper6161]

When I hear you talk about topping the new blackberry vines it reminds me how much homesteading and the skills I learned in the medical cannabis grower trade are very similar. Thanks for your videos I've been a viewer for a lot of years.

[@animeanibe]

Great tip. Thx. Deer have done the snipping for me this year, and you can see the new growths everywhere.

[@hmbogi]

This is fantastic information! I rescued 2 dead looking blackberry bushes from Walmart. Now I know how to help them flourish! Thank you 😊

[@davidg5584]

This is the first year that I should get berries, I'm super excited!

[@jamesmorton7881]

thanks, 6" X 6" concrete rebar panels are cheap and work great.

[@supramby]

Mmm blackberry brandy. Love to see a video making some of that. Please.

[@robertwebster4232]

The garden centre lady said to cut them down each fall. Glad I watched this video. I have 3 types in an 8ft long area. 1 with thorns, 1 thornless that has a great spread like his and another thornless that kinda just hugs the ground. No berries ever on that one. I built a trellis this year. This was very helpful!!! Thanks.

[@dragonrln]

Very few predators will eat japanese beetles. What will eat them? Guinea fowl. Before I sold my cattle ranch (where I had fruit trees, berry canes, grape vines and a large vegetable garden), I had guinea fowl for many years alongside (and roosting with) my chickens. Guinea fowl also eat large amounts of ticks and other insects. And guinea fowl are a great early warning system for your chickens when daylight predators come, such as brave foxes and hawks. If you can find their nests, the guinea fowl eggs are as edible and tasty as chicken eggs. Oh, and one other thing, unlike chickens (omnivorous) which you cannot allow into your vegetable garden, guinea fowl are carnivorous - meaning they will clean bugs out of your garden without damaging your veggies or plants. And unlike chickens, guinea fowl don't scratch the ground like chickens do.

[@enna4986]

Don’t Guinea fowl fly up in trees though? I’m wondering about safety. We have loads of menacing hawks

[@mngopa]

Just got 5 blackberry plants getting the journey to yummy started..thanks for the video

[@growinglongisland]

I just planted my blackberries, raspberries and blueberries last season thanks for the tip!

[@gracec1665]

Hi Louisa, Is it true that we should not plant raspberry and blackberries next to each other? How do you have yours planted?

[@grantmyers7593]

this is my 2nd full year with black berries so I should be getting berries. I have discovered that by planting the tip in the ground, it makes new roots and you can cut that branch and make a separate plant and extend your bush. I have them planted along my fence line an am training them to the one side by doing that. I am also finding new plants in the ground that I am transplanting as well.

[@BrittonFarmsHomestead]

We have tamed blackberries and we have had so many berries this year and the beetles don’t seem to be as bad this year as past years. This is a great tip and I am going to try it thanks

[@joscelynpease6656]

Something I have done with raspberries, which may be the same for blackberries, is to bury the whole stem and all of the buds root and become individual plants.

[@mayshomesteadchronicles]

Man, what an informative video! Thanks for sharing, partner! I’m growing blackberry ( domesticated and wild), raspberry, and blueberry. So far the blackberry plant seeks to be doing the best

[@mosiergirl1]

Learned a big lesson! My blackberries were planted toooo close to a Walnut Tree- whose roots put out a toxin..... Going to rescue the few left and Trans plant early October 2020. Thanks for this great video!!!!

[@beccagee5905]

My daughter has 100+ year old pecan trees, and nothing likes to grow too close to them.

[@ld2653]

I am growing Boisenberries and they have a 2 year growing span too. Thanks for vine snipping tip. I will use it.

[@lindamoses3697]

My favorite!

[@terryleblanc6868]

Yep, University of Arkansas developed the cultivars of thornless and others. Named them after Indian tribes or I should say American natives. You should tip the vertical at 36 to 48 inches and next spring don't forget to prune back the laterals at about 12 in.. you will not get the numbers of berries this way but you will get as much volume, larger and sweeter berries, less labor.

[@bonnietaylor7827]

I can't believe I haven't heard of this before. So logical it makes me want to whack my head on my desk. DUH LOL

[@jennifereverett6298]

@Zac Crow I would say nowhere near more compact with arms. I'd say comparable to a human with limbs versus without. With can do so much more!

[@bncsmom1]

@Zac Crow It does increase yield. It was the method UC Davis taught my family at a berry grower's class when we decided to start growing six varieties of blackberries 18 years ago

[@stockvillain]

I caught this vid last year, after a pretty poor haul from my one blackberry bush. This year? Holy moly . . . My bush has *all* the blackberries! It works wonders. I've got so many berries, I don't know what to do with them all.

[@stanervin6108]

Blackberry cobbler. Blackberry wine, blackberry preserves, blackberry bbq sauce...

[@debbiee6535]

You maken me hungry 🤗

[@stevewilliams846]

Blackberry gumbo, blackberry scampi, ...

[@stanervin6108]

@@stevewilliams846 Forrest, Forrest! Is that you? Lawd a mercy! Been ages. No Gump like an ol' Gump!

[@Angailekey]

BlackBerry balsamic vinegar

[@daleval2182]

I make a sugar free low carb jelly, God stuff on my keto toast, 1 carb per table spoon

[@chiomascharm4596]

This is so helpful! I have 2 baby black berry plants and it's my first time growing them. I will definitely take your advice. Thanks for sharing 💜

[@oilmama8510]

Hello! How many inches/feet have ur plants grown each year?

[@urbanhomesteadingpdx]

Like the plan of using the cattle panels for your blackberries. We trellis our marionberries and do a similar plan of sniping the ends to manage the vines to improve production, but I really dig the cattle panel style.

[@katella]

I use these panels all over my property. They have a nice rustic look, can be pushed into the soil so there is less need for posts. Provides affordable support and makes a good divider.

[@armyrabb1]

I kept fighting a wild blackberry vine that was integrating itself in my trifoliate orange. I finally surrendered and this year it produced a decent crop. Now I want to propagate some of the main branches and transplant them into another area of my fledgling food forest. Thanks for the tips.

[@great0789]

I am trying out Prime Ark Traveler blackberries. They fruit on both Primocane and Floricane wood. Are thornless and upright growing as well. Berries twice a year!

[@bettycollins3914]

When you tip the end of the cane (usually around 42"-48") it will cause the laterals to grow. Laterals are similar to suckers on a tomato plant. Laterals are the part of the cane where the berries grow from.

[@uprightfossil6673]

Now I know. Thanks... I am just a few years into homesteading in sw KY. Perfect weather. This winter. Tons of fruit on the trees already. Looking forward to building my blackberry patch with this tip. All I have done is to spread out the plants and transplant runners

[@ashleybeecher5951]

WOW!!! Thank you very much for your awesome tip today : )

[@backyardadventureswithandy]

My first video I've seen on your channel. I started my first couple blackberries last spring, so I am ready for my first fruit. Thanks for the tip!

[@brianwhite9555]

You & I are probably growing different varieties, but my blackberry canes(not considered true "vines") are already growing plenty of lateral(side) canes off of this year's primocanes, so I have no need to snip off the ends of the canes. I prefer to prune back the primocanes in the fall(zone 6b in MI) in order to sculpt the plant and keep it in a bush shape. I cut the pruned-off cane sections into 18" lengths, dip them in root hormone powder, stick them deeply into an empty grow bed and water them in. Between this fall and next spring these cuttings will develop roots and early next June I will transplant them to a permanent spot, 4' away from the original plant I took them from. This way I'll be able to create a row of blackberry bushes that are highly manageable and attractive. Makes harvesting the fruit a little easier also. Mine are thorn-less.

[@patriciariddle2997]

This is an amazing tip! I learn so much from your gardening videos.

[@theresetorres197]

My 1st year of blackberries. Your tutorial was very informative! Thanks a bunch

[@eatwhatukiii2532]

This is pretty cool, I need to snip the ends off my new ones. The weaving idea is cool too, but I wonder what a nightmare it must be DEAD-CANING the expired canes/vines that have been woven into that wire mesh! With a friend helping I just finished dead-caning my own blackberry patch and that was difficult enough with no mesh.

[@cathyreid8346]

I have been trimming mine for years, they are quite bushy. I freeze the majority of them. Enjoy being able to make BlackBerry crisp in the middle of winter. Also make wine and give it away as Christmas gifts.

[@mariagomez6279]

Wow thank you so Much for showing this technique I didn’t know that God bless you

[@brettfoster6786]

I grasped the Vine should be tipped at the beginning of harvest time too create shock = abundance of fruit next year!

[@TheRealHonestInquiry]

A lot of plants seem to respond this way when topped. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheCulturalCompass]

Great tip

[@christiansoldier1547]

Don't throw away the snippet , dehydrate em and make tea !!

[@zachary7897]

how do you do this?

[@christiansoldier1547]

@@zachary7897 just dry it. Then boil water with them in it.

[@pamelaremme38]

@@christiansoldier1547 Thank you! I've been throwing them out.

[@lisarussell6099]

Tea from the dryer black berry leaves?

[@theview7169]

@@lisarussell6099 And raspberry leaves, and blueberry leaves, and strawberry leaves, etc.

[@carla5484]

Thank You! What a really great piece of advice!

[@colliecandle]

Tip for better berries - bury some rusty old metal sheet or tins in the ground near the bush. Blackberries LOVE it !

[@daveseibert9390]

Thanks brother ! Always great ideas.

[@dawn6954]

I just wanted to commend you for your amazing tip! Its been idk maybe 6 weeks since I first saw this video and have multiple shoots coming from each vine I plucked! Was so excited I had to share a big thank you! 😂❤ Dawn

[@rosepetalbee]

Awesome!! Thank you so much! I have a small blackberry that I planted two years ago and getting my first berries on it. I will most definitely snap back the tip area for more berries next year!!! 😁❣️ Thanks again!! 😁

[@KP-ne1cg]

I'll tell tell you how I doubled my blackberry harvests I shot that deer that was eating them.lol ( just kidding).

[@beecher127]

Animal killer! Lol jk

[@mark-wn5ek]

That cure works to increase your bean and corn harvest too!

[@KP-ne1cg]

They definitely like beans I can vouch for that, they haven't bothered my corn luckily.

[@Tina-ez4xi]

🤗🤗

[@ka6148]

😲😂🤣

[@AlaskaWild]

Awesome tip! Thank you for posting.

[@aliasgirl9]

Have you considered getting a freeze dryer? You can purée the berries and turn the juice into a powder. You can add to smoothies and such. ☺️

[@storedaway]

My wife loves black berries. Took some wild ones, moved them to the back side of the garage, they are growing like crazy this year. Transplanted them last year. Full of flowers right now, with some big new growth as well. I am hoping the berries will be bigger then the ones from where I took it from. I need to add something to keep them up instead of hanging towards the ground. Now I know how to get more vines and berries thanks to you. Between this video and the one about the canning lid scam, you have a new subscriber. Thanks

[@greghuet3740]

I only have wild berries. Been using 13-13-13 or triple 13 to fertilize them. So far so good. Will be using your techniques as well.

[@engleharddinglefester4285]

I have some of those brambles brought over by the settlers. First week of July they ripen. They are small and the bugs leave them alone. They are also delicious. They are a summertime delicacy for me. I don't do anything to them except garden compost twice a year. One year I composted them all summer long and got an explosion of them. This year I'm going back to improving my yield.

[@edieboudreau9637]

Blackberry juice is great,

[@KatarinaGirl]

Thank you for this video. My folks always taught us pruning plants is a good thing thickening the plants and growing more food. I just went out and pruned my beautiful new Raspberry Blackberry bush. I have the cattle panel in place on my fence area. I routed the different vines through the panels and trimmed the ends after watching your video. I had a few branches I cut, so I stuck them in the ground to see if they will naturally root and grow.

[@ronnalscammahorn8002]

Save the tender tip , good for soups and salads ..

[@kerncountyrd5263]

Zach, this just surfaced on my KZbin feed. Good to see your bearded face! I hope you're doing well and look forward to seeing you again on "New 2 Torah". ~Keep the Faith~

[@sfetterly6200]

Excellent video and the information is true. When I was a bit younger I picked wild berries and trimmed the vines so the next year there would be even better. Last year I found several grape vines interwoven with other vines where I live, after clearing the unwanted I trimmed back the grapevines and started something new, I used worm casting tea made mixed with powdered seaweed to fertilize the vines. I've never seen such growth. From no grapes last year to bunches of grapes everywhere, 10 times what I expected from cutting the vines back alone ... I'm so glad I had that old seaweed around. I've also used the new worm casting tea formula on my veggies and I'm floored at the growth I'm getting. I wonder if your blackberries would respond the same, I don't see why they wouldn't. Good growing and great harvests to you!!!

[@mountainmama7155]

Zac, I know this is. An old video, but I found it very helpful!! Thank you!

[@theducklinghomesteadandgar6639]

First time viewer, Loved he video, the energy you have and the information!!! I love blackberries!!! Thanks for sharing the information, I did not know that!!! I am also curious about the beetle traps? I've never heard of that before!!! Anywho, Job well done!! Love and blessings unto you and yours today and for always!!!!

[@farmerwayne1404]

Reminds me of that old song. "Blackberrys to the left of me, grapes to my right. He I am. Stuck in the middle with U" haha!!

[@wildindigomoon2344]

Wonderful! Thank you so much. I have been pruning the forest I live in, I’m just getting to the poly plants after 3 years here and I definitely have the cattle panels to do this with. My goal is to maximize the amount of food for all the wildlife that live here on this 300 plus acres.... as well as get some berries for myself 😀

[@hallhomestead9115]

Good information. Im in Arkansas and just planted 5 blackberry plants this past week so been researching how to care for and maximum fruit production.

[@debbannon354]

Do you fertilize your blackberries? When? With what? Thanks

[@davidmaynard84]

Maybe those beetles would like, some diatomaceous earth.🤪🌱

[@jmajick4415]

wouldn't phase them. they don't like essential oil based insecticides though

[@lindagraves3250]

@@jmajick4415 which oil? Is this a DIY or purchased item?

[@sjay3163]

@@lindagraves3250 I would try neem oil

[@sarathompson6628]

This seems like a great way to encourage them to be more bushy than leggy - something those of us with smaller spaces sure do appreciate. Thanks for the tip!

[@sleeptalker6646]

Thanks for the tip about the tips! :D We started out with 14 vines a few years ago (we don't have a big homestead). So far this season I have picked a little over a gallon a day since they've started ripening - halleluyah! I still have so much jelly made from previous seasons that I don't think I will make any this year. I'm going to try my hand at wine. I would love to see you do a video specifically on making blackberry wine; after watching a few other people's videos about blackberry wine, I have come away a bit frustrated as the information is conflicting. I guess people just have their own ways of doing things, but I would really like a cut and dry way of going about it. I, too, battle those Japanese beetles (aka June Bugs where I come from)!!

[@shanenoe4173]

June bugs and Japanese beetle are different both destructive but different

[@MyTNMtnHome]

I like how cheery your voice sounds, makes me excited. About to cut my nap short, grab my clipper and run to snip my berry plants! Thanks.

[@brianjohnson1273]

There are three ways to increase your blackberry vines. In the UK we allow them to fight on their own, they are the prickly ones along the hedgerows. you can layer any of them and they root very easily like strawberries do, just peg them down. You can squash the whole berry into the ground with your foot, and allow others to grow up from their roots. They can be a problem where I live, but I love going out along road to collect them by the large bag full for the making of the 10 gallons of wine and freeze pounds of them to have with some clotted cream or ice cream through the year.

[@lorebrown5307]

I bought a variety of blackberries this last year for multiple functions: staggered ripening times, flavor, erect and semi erect, and thorny to plant with a rose as a deer deterrent, and non thorny. Thanks for the tips. I also have various varieties of raspberries and strawberries for the same reasons

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

Oooh love it! Thanks so much for this info will for sure put it to use!

[@katherinegeorge2400]

Wow, I had no idea, thanks for the video!

[@gumdropjewerly123]

Hi I'm 9 years old and I have a BlackBerry Bush and I'm starting a selling business tomorrow with me and my freind we wash them we wear gloves and we have a logo :)

[@triniandahalf]

That’s wonderful. Good luck with your business ❤❤

[@donnastumme1729]

Your wild berries look more like our Midwestern wild raspberries, which are naturally smaller than blackberries; and these wild ones do very, very nicely in morning sun only and all indirect light near my neighbor's treeline 😊 Thank you for your great tip & viewers great tips too, of it possibly edible and can be separately planted right into ground to root a new plant, too!!

[@damiansavage4012]

I’m literally about to go home and do this.

[@jesuschristislordoflordsan427]

how did it work out?

[@jordanfournier1719]

Nice. I have wild black raspberries in my yard . I will start snipping ends!