How do I care for my prime Ark freedom Blackberry?

When caring for a Prime Ark blackberry bush you will want to water it daily for the first month or two. Once your plant has established water weekly. You will also need to fertilizer annually in the spring to encourage growth for the summer.

How do you prune Prime Ark blackberries?

In spring you will want to cut the tips of the stalks to encourage branching also cut away any diseased branches. You will also need to prune in late summer to clean up the plant of any dead, broken or spent branches.

Can Raspberries be planted near blackberries?

Since raspberries and blackberries are so similar they can be planted together.

What is a Primocane Blackberry?

Primocanes are the first years canes and the berries that come from it are known as Primocane Blackberries. Most berries will be picked from the floricane.

Are prime Ark freedom blackberries thornless?

Prime-Ark Freedom is actually the world's first thornless blackberry bush.

Prime Ark® Freedom Blackberry Bush

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Size

1 Gallon

3-Pack (1 Gallon)

3 Gallon

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Thornless Blackberry Variety Produces Bushels of Fruit!

If you are looking to harvest blackberries right in your own backyard, the Prime Ark® Freedom blackberry bush is the perfect choice for you! This thornless blackberry has large berries and good flavor.

This blackberry variety is disease resistant and drought tolerant. The fruit bush will start to flower in the early spring. The fruiting season will begin to ripen its large sweet fruit in July all the way through the first frost. The more fruit you pick will increase the number of fruit the following year.

The Prime Ark blackberry is free of pesky thorns, and produces black berries large to extra large in size, have a sweet taste, and are firm in texture. Similar to its thornless berry relative, the triple crown blackberry.

The fruit size alone is a good reason to plant these blackberry plants. They are perfect for home gardeners and can even be grown in containers wherever the climate is suitable. Prime ark blackberries grow up to 4-5 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide at maturity. Kids love blackberries too!

PRIME ARK FREEDOM BLACKBERRY CARE

The Prime Ark Freedom does best in full sun and loamy, well-drained soil. It can tolerate clay soil as long as the watering schedule is kept up to date. The bush prefers soil moist to establish its strong root system during the first growing season. Good drainage is essential to prevent root rot as well as annual soil amendments such as a slow-release fertilizer in the spring will help when producing fruit.

It is self-pollinating and can grow across the United States in USDA hardiness zones 4-8. This blackberry variety exhibits excellent cold hardiness and plants will survive the winter temperatures if covered during hard freezes.

The blackberry plant was originally part of the University of Arkansas’s primocane breeding program and is the first thornless primocane fruiting blackberry variety of its kind. This means more blackberry fruit faster as it fruits on new growth, unlike most other blackberries.

This extends the fruit harvest time too. So as the new canes produce early-season berries, the older canes will produce later season berries on previous year’s canes. The semi-erect canes will eventually need to be pruned after they have fruited 2 times.

This blackberry plant ships rooted in soil in a container. They do not ship bare root. Plants will arrive in excellent condition. They are very hardy. If this is not the case, please contact us.

This summer bearing blackberry bush will start to flower and bear fruit + delicious berries in the first year of planting.

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