Hi, I'm new to this gardening lark!!
Was given a cultivated blackberry plant early last year, it has been planted for at least 15 months and is growing very well but it hasn't flowered, is this normal?
Blackberries flower and fruit on growth produced the previous year, so you should get your fruit next year
thank you Dovefromabove, could you advise me on when to cut the plant back?
Cut off the branches that have fruited (when they do) right to the base and train in the new ones.
what do I do if it doesn't produce fruit?
I expect it will produce fruit as Dove says, next year, on the stems that grew this year. Don't cut it back before then.
If it doesn't produce fruit in 2 years I'd dump it.
Super, thanks for the help
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Blackberries flower and fruit on growth produced the previous year, so you should get your fruit next year
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
thank you Dovefromabove, could you advise me on when to cut the plant back?
Cut off the branches that have fruited (when they do) right to the base and train in the new ones.
In the sticks near Peterborough
what do I do if it doesn't produce fruit?
I expect it will produce fruit as Dove says, next year, on the stems that grew this year. Don't cut it back before then.
If it doesn't produce fruit in 2 years I'd dump it.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Super, thanks for the help