I planted a very small one a year ago and it grew quite well the first year. This year it really started taking off this spring though. I...Read Moret's "52 tall and has many blooms, some of which are already turning to berries.
I've seen several places on the internet that say you need to stake this but many of the larger stems are tall and upright with nothing holding them up.
Update: It's late July and this thing has gotten much taller than they say it does. One stalk is close to 8' and another is about 6'. Some of the berries are starting to turn reddish.
Update: This thing has really taken off in late summer. One branch is over 8 feet tall. It's turned out a decent amount of large berries too.
Thornless but super slow growing in my area, also not very good at producing berries, even when I have made sure to acidify and amend its...Read More soil. Not a good variety for me here on edge of 8b/9a. Arapaho and Ouachita are doing much better.
I planted 7 plants from a Meijer store 3 years ago. The first year we had berries. They were small but tasted like butter. The second yea...Read Morer we got about 30 pounds off and I always put a cup of 10-10-10 around each one in the spring. they were about 1.5" long. Not bad for a second year which would make them 3 years old. Then we got hit hard by the coldest winter in our history. The University of Michigan suggested that we just cut the Blackberries to the ground. I normally listen to them, but this time something told me not to. Everything above the snow line was burned dead but there was some greenish wood at the bottom. In June they started to take off! They reached only 6 foot but were loaded with blooms. We have picked about 50 pounds now and there are still at least that many to go. The size is from 1.5" to 3". I could not be more pleased with this variety The Kiowa's are starting to do better but the Natchez sprouted as far away from the parent as 10'. I am going to keep the row going as long as it lets me. I highly recommend this variety especially if you have kid picking as they are thornless.
I planted a very small one a year ago and it grew quite well the first year. This year it really started taking off this spring though. I...Read More
Thornless but super slow growing in my area, also not very good at producing berries, even when I have made sure to acidify and amend its...Read More
I planted 7 plants from a Meijer store 3 years ago. The first year we had berries. They were small but tasted like butter. The second yea...Read More