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Are these Blackberries

Glasgowgardener777Glasgowgardener777 Posts: 41
in Fruit & veg
Found these growing in my front garden. Not noticed them before, possibly because I've let it run a bit wild this year.

Are they blackberries?


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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Yes!  Crumble for tea tomorrow. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • pinutpinut Posts: 194
    edited August 2023
    Pick a ripe one off the bush and if it comes off with a green central core then it is a blackberry or a hybrid. If it is hollow then it is a black raspberry.





    The one in the picture is a thornless hybrid blackberry. It behaves like a raspberry - it can fruit twice (early summer and late summer) or nearer autumn depending on how I prune it. 

    The technique for picking blackberries is not to pull the berry away from the truss as that may damage the truss itself or the unripe fruit adjacent to it. Instead, gently bend the berry against its stalk and it will come away easily.
     
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