My Edible Fruit Trees: Blackberry VIC

Blackberry - Thornless Chester (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - Potted for 2 weeks. Started growing some shoots at the tip of 1 lateral shoot and 1 shorter cane.

Planted: 2018

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Blackberry - Thornless Chester (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: -

First attempt at growing a blackberry bush. I received it as a dormant plant in winter from bunnings. Since waking up from dormancy it'd covered in leaves and growing vigorously! Its fed weekly with 1/2 dose of blood and bone liquid plant food. Diy potting mix consists of 30& coconut coir, 30% compost and 30% potting mix all mixed in with blood and bone and chook pellets.  Its doing well in a 300mm pot.

Update: 12/10/16
Plant is growing rapidly and responded well to charlie carp organic. 

Update 6/11/16
The blackberry plant has started flowering i counted about 20 flowers. Hopefully all pollinate :)

Planted: 2016

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and bone, Nitrosol, Chook pellets

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Blackberry - Thornless Chester (Seedling)

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Blackberry - Thornless Chester (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: -

I bought this because it was thornless and non-invasive. The first year saw the 1 foot plant grew to 1.2 meters in heights. It gave a couple of cluster of blackberries. The fruit wasn't as sweet as I hoped it to be (could be because I picked it too early-just want to beat the birds to it first). 

I planted it in a 55L plastic pot with lots of manure and mulching. I have to stake the vines as they tend to sent their arms outward instead of upward. True to their name, there was no thorn. 

They didn't seem to be affected by Melbourne winter or hot summer. Hopefully I get a better crop this year now that the plant is more established.

Update (after winter): Lots of new buds from the leaf axils. I gave it a good watering of Potash and sheep manure.

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2011

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 3 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: None so far. They are too busy attacking my tomatoes or lettuce.

Blackberry - Thornless Chester (Cutting) ^7/10

Fruiting Months February, March, April, May

Planted: 2009

Height 200 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 6

Fruit Harvest: 20 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter

Organic Status:Organic

Blackberry (Thornless)

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Berry - Blackberry

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Blackberry - Thornless Chester ^5/10

Comments: -

can't recall. It was a little while ago now :)