Blackberry "Charodeika"
Blackberry "Charodeika" - Rubus fruticosus.
A shrub with a perennial root system and an above-ground part with a two-year development cycle from the Rosaceae family.
In the first year, the shoots grow up to 1.5-3.5 m in length. Axillary buds are laid on them. The following year, fruit branches develop from the buds, bearing the harvest. After fruiting, the stems dry up.
Blackberry varieties: often these are complex hybrids of three European and 10 American species. Most varieties bloom in late June. Fruiting occurs in August-September.
The fruit is a juicy drupe (more often called a berry), black, oblong, 3 cm long and up to 2 cm in diameter. The berries are juicy, aromatic, with a pleasant taste.
A light-loving plant that prefers fertile, wind-protected, moderately moist soils (does not tolerate swampy areas), with a groundwater level no higher than 1.5 m from the soil surface.
Blackberries, compared to raspberries, are more demanding of heat. Before sowing, the seeds are stratified in wet sand at a temperature of +2 °C for 3-4 months, occasionally moistening the substrate.
In the spring, the seeds are sown together with sand in beds or boxes to a depth of 0.5 cm. A mixture of peat and well-fertilized garden soil (1:1) is used as a substrate. Shoots appear unevenly. Seedlings are picked at the stage of 2 true leaves to a permanent place. Young plants are fed 5-6 times per season with complex fertilizer. For the winter, plants can be covered or ensure that there is sufficient snow cover at the planting site. Fruiting begins in the third or fourth year.
A shrub with a perennial root system and an above-ground part with a two-year development cycle from the Rosaceae family.
In the first year, the shoots grow up to 1.5-3.5 m in length. Axillary buds are laid on them. The following year, fruit branches develop from the buds, bearing the harvest. After fruiting, the stems dry up.
Blackberry varieties: often these are complex hybrids of three European and 10 American species. Most varieties bloom in late June. Fruiting occurs in August-September.
The fruit is a juicy drupe (more often called a berry), black, oblong, 3 cm long and up to 2 cm in diameter. The berries are juicy, aromatic, with a pleasant taste.
A light-loving plant that prefers fertile, wind-protected, moderately moist soils (does not tolerate swampy areas), with a groundwater level no higher than 1.5 m from the soil surface.
Blackberries, compared to raspberries, are more demanding of heat. Before sowing, the seeds are stratified in wet sand at a temperature of +2 °C for 3-4 months, occasionally moistening the substrate.
In the spring, the seeds are sown together with sand in beds or boxes to a depth of 0.5 cm. A mixture of peat and well-fertilized garden soil (1:1) is used as a substrate. Shoots appear unevenly. Seedlings are picked at the stage of 2 true leaves to a permanent place. Young plants are fed 5-6 times per season with complex fertilizer. For the winter, plants can be covered or ensure that there is sufficient snow cover at the planting site. Fruiting begins in the third or fourth year.
Bot.: Rubus fruticosus coll., cultivar.