Spiked Fences: How to Cultivate Blackberry Bush

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If in 1979 there were few plantations in our country, currently only available on the existence of any culture of blackberry – Rubus fructicosus. That’s because bush is so prevalent in the spontaneous flora, that processors prefer to make acquisitions of seasonal pickers, but to conclude prior to prospective vendors.

But fate is not sealed blackberry bush, bush is increasingly sought by amateur gardeners and companies that arranged gardens and parks. Bush blackberry bush grows in the form of massive, it can stretch or climb trellises, is so versatile that a skilled gardener can do just what he wants. Where you put that there are varieties with no spikes, so safe for children or pets.

Looks blackberry bush – Rubus fructicosus

Blackberry bush is strongly rooted (not care about the drought area) and start from the ground long stem, unbranched, crawling. Depending on variety, they can reach an impressive length of even 10 meters.Strains easily rooted blackberry bush, blackberry bush is so very easy to multiply by marcotaj or cuttings.

Fruits appear starting in July, mature in August or even until the fall, in October. Not ripen at the same time. They have dark black, dark red sometimes.

What to remember: 
* Blackberry bush is a perennial, but one strain does not live only two years
* Each spring, the new shoots appear at the root surface, that will grow and replace older strains
* Blackberry varieties without thorns are more susceptible to frost
* If there are bees in the area, increase the production of mulberry
* A well-maintained blackberry bush can live for 20 years

Blackberry bush grows where and how to cultivate

Grows almost everywhere, where the temperature is within normal limits during the winter. This means it supports up to frost of minus ten degrees Celsius, but the last few days yet and the temperature may even fall to minus twenty. This is true, of course, only wild specimens. Improved varieties are more demanding in this regard and they must be protected in winter.

To be grown in the garden very well have chosen a sunny place with a hard right soil (clay-sand), with good drainage. Blackberry bush dries out quickly if the roots can not breathe, so excess water is more damaging than drought.

After planting, be kept in mind that this plant needs very much space, it will quickly suffocate all that is around if not taken care of and built on a trellis. Are more appropriate management systems, a guardian, the two tutors, the trellis single or double. The most interesting variants still remain in the blackberry bush cover a natural support, such as dried trunk of a tree, a rock wall or a tall concrete fence.

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