Blackberry ‘Reuben’ is a truly exceptional variety. It’s the first ever primocane variety, producing delicious, large fruit on the first year’s growth. It’s easy to grow and very rewarding – with fruits that measure up to 4.5cm in length and weighing up to 11g, a fully mature plant can yield up to 7 x 500g punnets of fruit! These mammoth blackberries taste delicious fresh and can be eaten straight from the plant or used in multiple sweet dishes. With a sweetness rating of 11.5 on the Brix scale (a sweet strawberry measures up to 9.5) it’s well-known and very popular for its incredible flavour. As a primocane, it fruits on space-saving, upright canes and the first year’s growth so you can enjoy crops even sooner after planting.Incorporate plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost into the ground prior to planting Blackberries. Plant blackberry bushes in a sunny position in any well drained soil allowing a distance of 90cm (36") between plants