Garden blackberry

Garden blackberries are perennial shrubs that are quite popular among gardeners in our country. Blackberries have won the love of gardeners thanks to their unusually tasty berries, which in their appearance resemble raspberries, but when ripe have a much darker, almost black color. These berries contain a large amount of vitamins and other useful substances, therefore, blackberry fruits are recommended to be consumed in order to strengthen immunity, as well as in cases of increased nervous excitability, insomnia and digestive disorders.

Garden blackberry refers to a fairly unpretentious crop. Unlike raspberries, it easily tolerates heat and drought, since the root system of blackberries is located much deeper than that of raspberries, and it only needs abundant watering during the ripening period. True, at the same time, garden blackberries are much less frost-resistant than raspberries, so its bushes must be covered for the winter, and at the same time it is advisable to insulate the roots with any mulching materials.

To increase the yield of blackberry bushes will help the correct feeding of plants with special fertilizers, as well as fertile soil, the quality of which can be improved with a certain amount of compost and humus. With proper care, garden blackberries can produce an annual yield of 10-25 kg of berries from one bush.

In addition to excellent harvests, garden blackberries are also distinguished by excellent decorative qualities, since these neat bushes, even in the period when there are no berries on them, can become an adornment of any garden.