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Legend
- Start Indoors
- Transplant
- Start Outdoors
- Care
- Harvest
- Succession Plant
Extra-tasty! Bears as early as June 3.
Earliest Thornless Blackberry in existence. Ripens June 3 in zone 7. An important characteristic is its small seed size. A new release from the University of Arkansas. Does not need a trellis. Arapaho is very productive and is resistant to both Double Blossom and Rust. No other variety offers this many positive characteristics. It also produces sucker plants which allow it to quickly establish a solid hedge row of plants. Plants are erect and self-supporting, very winter hardy with no disease problems following a fungicide program consisting of one application of liquid lime-sulfur at budbreak. The berries are large and very firm, excellent flavor. Arapaho will provide a long harvest season of Thornless Blackberries. Furnish ample moisture during the growing period and cultivate frequently. After the first fruiting season, prune to the ground to allow room for new canes. Additional pruning should be done each spring to keep plants from becoming tangled and to improve their ability to bear. Successful growing depends on pruning the plant to 5-6 canes, along with training new canes to stand erect.
Rosaceae Rubus fruticosus
This is an example of the timeline you would see based on your growing conditions.
Aphids
These small (1/16" - 1/8") creatures feed by sucking the sap from plants. In small numbers aphids aren’t a problem, but under favorable circumstances they can multiply rapidly and create large colonies. In such cases they remove so much sap from the growing shoots that they become stunted and misshapen. They may also transmit virus diseases. The various aphid species attack a huge variety of crops, but they are particularly common on the Brassicas.
Aphids have been called the mice of the insect world, because they multiply so quickly and provide food for so many creatures.
Control
The best way to control Aphids is to have lots of insectory plants (the Daisy and Carrot families are particularly good sources of food) around to feed their predators. If their numbers get too great you can wash them off the plants with a strong jet (I mean strong) of water. In extreme cases you could use insecticidal soap or pyrethrum.
Image: Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org
Last Frost Date (LFD) refers to the approximate date of the last killing frost of spring.
Example first frost date on April 08.
First Frost Date (FFD) refers to the approximate date of the first killing frost of winter.
Example first frost date on November 01.
