How, when & with what?

Berries generally require regular fertilization

Many berry bushes in the garden often produce an astonishing amount measured by their height Yield. To do this, however, they also have to absorb a correspondingly large amount of water and nutrients from the soil through their roots. tires If the fruit on blackberry tendrils does not look as desired, this can not only affect one illness indicate, but also an insufficient intake of certain nutrients and minerals. The pH value of the soil should not be disregarded when applying any fertilizer. For blackberries, this should be around 5 and tend to be slightly acidic.

The needs of blackberries for the soil

Blackberries need enough potassium in the soil for a rich fruit stock. More special Berry fertilizer(€ 11.35 at Amazon *) takes this into account with a correspondingly high potassium content. The high nutritional requirements of blackberries can also be explained by the high annual growth rate of the plants. Since fruit only grows on two-year-old wood, harvested tendrils are close to the ground in autumn

cut offwhereupon new shoots form. Chemical fertilizers such as the popular blue corn should be used in modest doses, especially in spring and possibly again before Ripening time sprinkled around the plants. The grains then usually dissolve in the rain within about two weeks and continuously release their ingredients to the soil and the Blackberry roots away.

Biological alternatives for fertilizing blackberries

If blackberries are to ripen in the garden according to organic cultivation criteria, chemical fertilizer mixtures must be avoided. But nowadays there are also many green alternatives to blue grain to the classic garden compost. This primarily includes the following organic fertilizers:

• Cow dung in pellet form
• Chicken litter
• Horse manure
• Mulch(€ 13.95 at Amazon *) from lawn clippings

Fresh manure should be stored for a few weeks before being used as fertilizer. Every biological fertilizer should also be put into the substrate around the hand Blackberry roots incorporate.

Tips & Tricks

When planting young blackberries on one Location a little compost or manure should always be worked into the excavation hole to give the plant a jump start.