Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus agg.
In a typical UK garden, plant out mid-October to mid-December, and harvest late June to early October.
When to sow, plant and harvest
Last frost around 20 April, first frost around 31 October.
- Plant out
- mid-October to mid-Decemberlate February to early April
- Harvest
- late June to early October
Growing facts
- Spacing
- 200 cm apart, rows 200 cm apart
- Square foot
- 1 per 9 squares (30 cm squares)
- Sowing depth
- Grown from plants, sets or crowns
- Ready in
- 450 to 620 days from planting
- Grows to
- 2 m
- Hardiness
- Hardy to about -15 °C
- Sun
- Copes with some shade
- Crops for
- Several years (perennial)
Growing tip
Tie new canes in on one side and fruiting canes on the other, then cut the fruited canes to the ground after picking.
Neighbours
Fruit are one crop rotation group. Try not to grow them where any of the family grew in the last two or three years. How crop rotation works
More fruit
Where these figures come from
Every crop in VegLog was checked against published growing advice. Dates are worked out from average frost dates, so they shift with your garden. For blackberry, we used:
Grow blackberry with VegLog
Add blackberry to a bed and VegLog reminds you when to sow, plant out and pick, timed to your own town's frost dates.
