It was replanted from pot to ground with the blackberry bush beside it, but now it just doesn’t seem to grow the same. It doesn’t bear flowers and has not started to develop fruit. What is it?
by waityoucandothat
It was replanted from pot to ground with the blackberry bush beside it, but now it just doesn’t seem to grow the same. It doesn’t bear flowers and has not started to develop fruit. What is it?
by waityoucandothat
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Pic 1 isn’t as clear, but pick 2 is certainly a blackberry primocane. I take it you’re new to blackberries, and haven’t done a lot of research? Most blackberries work on a 2 year cycle essentially. Every year you’ll see two behaviors from your blackberry plant; 1) the existing cane (fluoricane) will flower and then fruit. 2) concurrently, it will grow one or more new canes (primocane) from the root. After fruiting, the fluoricane(s) will die and the next year’s fruit will grow from this year’s primocane(s).
What you’re looking at is just new growth from your blackberry plant. It won’t flower and fruit until this time next year. You mention it doesn’t grow the same, which is just likely that it takes on some stress when you replant it, and as long as you’ve replanted it well enough it will rebound.