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blackberry Blackberry

Rubus fruticosus WD
Also known as scaldberry (EN) bramble (EN) ronce commune (EN) brombeere (EN) brombær (EN) silva das amoras (EN) amora silvestre (EN) amora de silva (EN) sarca (EN)

How to sow blackberry: Transplant canes into soil or pot

Sun requirement for blackberry: Plant in Full Sun

Deeply colored, sweet, clustered berries. The blackberry plant is a perennial plant that bears biennial stems or canes. The plant often has thorns, though some cultivars do not. Most varieties have greater berry yields from the second year on. In peak season, expect to harvest twice a week.

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Blackberry facts

Lifespan

Perennial living more than two years

Height × spread

175cm × 75cm

Row Spacing

100cm

Grown for

fruit harvested 2 times

Crop cycle

0–0 days
FAO EcoCrop

Growing blackberries

  1. Dig compost into the bed 2 weeks before planting out
  2. Water regularly at planting out every week
  3. Mulch around the canes 2 weeks after planting out
  4. Tie the canes to a support 4 weeks after planting out
  5. Pick ripe fruit at first harvest every week
  6. Cut the fruited canes to the ground 4 weeks after first harvest
  7. Tie in the new canes 8 weeks after first harvest

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Plant blackberries with

horseradish walnut

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Rubus fruticosus L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Rosidae
Rosales
Rosaceae
Life form sub-shrub
Life span perennial
Habit climber/scrambler/scadent

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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