Blackberries are already suitable for small gardens, as a single plant can bring in a rich harvest. Alternatively, even if there is no garden, you can pick wild berries once ownership is settled. With blackberries, it is particularly important to know when to harvest the berries. Unripe blackberries are acidic. Wild Blackberries Blackberries ( Rubus fruticosus ) can not only…
Blackcurrants need pruning immediately after harvest so that they can produce their full yield again next year. The tasty fruits can be cultivated both as a shrub and as a standard in the garden. Proper pruning is critical to harvest and shape. A tree gets a different pruning than a shrub or even a whole hedge. The correct instructions…
When the first flowering bushes unfold their yellow, white or soft pink blaze of color in spring, a blood-red dab of color sometimes flares up between them, drawing everyone’s attention. It is the ornamental currant with its deep red flower clusters that is also preparing to announce spring with all its might. Although their small black berries…
Fresh fruit from your own garden – more and more hobby gardeners are discovering the advantages of healthy fruit from their own garden. But before the desire to have your own orchard can be implemented, certain criteria such as choice of location and crop rotation should be considered. With an optimal distribution of the available area, even…
The cherry blossom is a symbol of spring-like lightness and intensifies the anticipation of the new garden year. Hobby gardeners therefore only consider their garden complete when there is at least one cherry tree in it. Thanks to the impressive sweet cherry for large areas and the compact sour cherry tree for the small garden, nobody has…
What a deep joy the sour cherry spreads when it presents its magnificent blossom in spring. The deep red, juicy, refreshing, sour morello cherries will not be long in coming. Within the large variety of sour cherries, the morello cherries still cannot be denied their leading role. It is therefore clear why the sour cherry is revered as…
Jostaberries were first cultivated at the beginning of the 20th century and have been continuously developed since then. The tree, which belongs to the gooseberry family, is extremely resistant to powdery mildew and otherwise offers little breeding ground for other fungal pathogens. The Josta is an addition bastard, created from the gooseberry and the black currant. The large…
Fruit tree grafting is the traditional form of vegetative propagation of these woody plants. However, it is also becoming increasingly important when it comes to refining fruit varieties that gardeners no longer like. Basically, one part of the plant, the scion or scion, is transplanted onto another, the rootstock, creating a new plant with the desired characteristics. The…
The plum tree is ornamental and useful at the same time, because it produces both decorative flowers and delicious fruits. In return, it requires little care and a suitable location. Especially with the latter, however, there are a few factors to consider, and only if these are observed will a rich harvest be in store. Self- and…
It is by no means certain that the strawberries belong to the fruit. In reality, nuts are involved here, so it would be entirely conceivable to classify strawberries as vegetables. You can find out more about the classification of strawberries and many other things about the strawberry plant that are of interest to gardeners in the following…