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Berries · Perennial

Thornless blackberry

Rosaceae

Plant spacing: 200 cm
USDA zones: 5a–9b
Frost-sensitive: no
Growth duration: 20 weeks

Which beds suit?

Sun (prefers): full sunAlso okay:partial shade
Soil (prefers): loamyAlso okay:sandyclay
Drainage (prefers): normal

Seed & start

Perennial

Plant once, returns every year.

Stachi's tip

Thornless blackberry is the civilised variant. Trellis mandatory (2 m+ height, 2 m length). 'Navaho' compact + early, 'Thornfree' big harvest. Prune in February.

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The plant's year: sowing, transplanting, harvest

Sowing

No sowing weeks recorded.

Transplanting

Harvest

Good neighbours

No fixed companion partners — easy to mix.

Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Avoid these neighbours

Raspberry

Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Good pre-cultures

Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.

Sources

LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage
Bio-Gärtner – Brombeeren [Rubus sectio Rubus] (https://bio-gaertner.de/pflanzen/Brombeeren/Alle)

Where these figures come from

Timing: Traditional recommendation. Rarely studied under controlled conditions — treat it as experience, not law.
Spacing: Traditional recommendation. Rarely studied under controlled conditions — treat it as experience, not law.
Companion planting: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Crop rotation: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Yield: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Sources: LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review · LLM-Baseline-Intercrop · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage · Bio-Gärtner – Brombeeren [Rubus sectio Rubus] (https://bio-gaertner.de/pflanzen/Brombeeren/Alle)

Articles about this plant

Planting blackberries in a raised bed this autumn: why one plant can already be too many
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