Thornless Blackberry 'Black Satin'

Very easy to grow and fruit!

Low-growing (~3ft), thornless.
Needs support to keep berries off the ground.
Longer blooming than my other thornless berrie...Read Mores.
Extremely heavy bearing, small, longish tasty berries, but erratic:
1st season: 40% sunburned berries (despite partial shade)
2nd season: no canes at all (died from heavy production?)
3rd season: Voila! Still alive ~3ft primocanes
4th season: Loaded!!, no sunburn yet (still red, 06/20/13, El Sobrante, CA). Again, no evidence of canes for next year's crop.
No pest/bird damage (unlike my other berries).

peacefull vally farm,in grass valley,calif is an organic farm has these plants

a bramble cultivar that has been hybridized between other raspberry's.

Thornless and got bigger leaves. Can grow up to mor...Read Moree then 12 meter in tropical or subtropical climates but wil grow 10 meters in temperate. Will bear alot of fruits and somehow the insects and birds leave it alone. Needs full sun or partial sun for fruit production

Never cut down to ground level because new shoot with spines wil emerge. If spines do emerge cut them down


Pros

Disease resistent
Big, Bigger ! can reach up to 8 meters in one year !
No spines!
Big leaves - wow
Alot of medium to large sized fruits !
Nice fall color
Nice glossy fruit color.
Packing compact bunches of fruits , easy to harvest.
Alot of blooms and nice bloom color.
Not a Bird and snail magnet!

Cons

Lice magnet if grown in shade
it wil develop a crawling habit if reached maximum height of the support or wall, use recommended commercial support techniques
requires alot of pruning - council the books about growing this plant for fruits