Brambles are good candidates for home fruit production. The fruit of these crops deteriorates within days after picking, making homegrown superior in taste and freshness to commercially grown berries.
Brambles produce fruit the second year after planting.
Raspberries and blackberries are perennial plants with biennial growth and fruiting habits. Each year new primocanes are produced, ensuring future berry production. New canes form at the base of the crown on black raspberries, certain purple raspberries and thornless blackberries. These do not spread. Red and yellow raspberries and thorned blackberries form buds randomly along the roots, which results in spreading.