Loch Tay: smaak en teelt
Compact, halfopgaande doornloze scheuten.
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By Redactie MoestuinApp · updated
Sweet, sharp and juicy when ripe; unripe fruit tastes sharper.
This description applies to the species; a separate taste test of this cultivar has not been confirmed.
A thornless blackberry can form an edible boundary. The fruit hangs freely along wires, without having to search through a wild bramble hedge.
Sun or light shade; fertile soil with drainage. Give long branches permanent support.
Edible hedge: Install support posts and wires. Plant with enough width for the variety. Spread new canes over the wires. Remove old, fruited wood each year.
Fan against a fence: Fit wires with space from the fence. Train young shoots into a fan. Leave fruit on accessible side branches. Check ties for constriction.
Remove canes that have fruited after harvest and tie in the new shoots for next year.
A row of bramble fruits becomes more attractive when you distribute the shoots deliberately. Put in a sturdy wire framework first and keep the harvest accessible from the path. Tie in with soft, roomy loops; lay different shoots alongside one another rather than making a thick bundle. This helps you find the fruit and makes removing the right canes later easier.
Distinguish young replacement shoots from wood that has already fruited. With summer raspberries and many bramble fruits, you want to retain new wood for a following harvest. Autumn raspberries need their own approach: do not automatically copy the pruning schedule for a summer cultivar. A photograph before pruning and a label by the plant help you remember what you did.
Choose for the time of eating too. A bowl of soft fruit eaten straight from the plant calls for something different from fruit for jam or a pie. Compare aroma, acidity and how the fruit comes away. A tayberry or loganberry is a different choice from a blackberry with an unusual name. Give these hybrids their own places so you can compare flavour and vigour fairly.
Checked on 2026-10-12. This guide was originally written using the listed sources. Growing advice from other countries is not a local weather forecast.