Both blackberries and raspberries require similar care. Most are cultivated on small, one or two-acre tracts by farmers who sell locally. However, a growing number of farmers are taking on the commercial market, increasing their output. If you are interested in growing brambles, as the berries are called, spring or winter is the time to plant. And now is the time to prepare the plant for the next season.
Brambles are biennials that emerge in two stages.
First, the vegetative cane emerges, The reedy stalk, also called a primal cane, usually doesn't produce berries the first year. The next year it becomes a floricane, loaded with the deep purply blackberry or deep pink raspberry. That year, another vegetative cane comes forth along side the floricane, preparing itself for its bearing season one summer away. She suggests several different trellis configurations to divide the floricane and vegetative cane from the same plant base, making it easier for farmers to manage. Farmers new to berry production need to know that after the floricane finishes bearing it's time to prune it to the ground.