Prime-Ark Freedom
Data: 2022-03-28, atualizado: 2024-02-02
A primeira amora comercial sem espinhos, sem espinhos, de amora preta de amadurecimento precoce, com bagas grandes e bom sabor
Rubus subgenus Rubus Watson 'Prime-Ark Freedom'
Originado de uma cruz de A-2301T x APF-49T
Denominação da variedade 'APF-153T'
As plantas são sem espinhas
Os arbustos têm correção bengalas
O peso da fruta é 10 g
As bagas têm um cilíndrico forma
Sólidos solúveis - 10.2%
Acidez - 0.74%
O hábito de frutificar frutas primocaneas (sempre portadoras)
A floração em floricanes começa no quarta semana de abril
Data de maturação (normal) - segunda semana de junho
A floração em primocanes começa no terceira semana de junho
Data de amadurecimento (remontante) - primeira semana de agosto
A produtividade é 2 kg por planta
A resistência ao frio é bom
É originário de Estados Unidos
Patente US PP26,990 P3 datação Julho 30, 2016
Situação atual - moderno ou amplamente utilizado
Prime-Ark Freedom (também conhecida como APF-153T) é a primeira amora primocaneira sem espinhos do mundo, sem espinhos e sem espinhos. Esta é a quarta na linha de variedades Prime-Ark Primocane Fruiting Blackberry da Universidade de Arkansas, após o lançamento de Prime-Jan e Prime-Jim em 2004 e Prime-Ark 45 em 2009. Todas as variedades de frutas primocaneas já lançadas são espinhosas.
Este tipo de frutas de amora preta nas canas da estação atual (primocaneas) e nas canas da segunda estação (floricanes), potencialmente proporcionando duas estações de cultivo, ambas frutas tradicionais de verão, além da produção no final do verão para o outono. Além de ter canas sem espinhos, esta variedade produz bagas muito grandes com bom sabor e amadurece muito cedo nas floricanes.
A fruta Prime-Ark Freedom não apresenta um potencial excepcional de armazenamento pós-colheita, mas não é recomendada para o mercado de transporte marítimo devido à baixa firmeza das bagas.
O comprimento médio dos primocanes é de cerca de 2-2,5 m. Os primocanes são pouco vigorosos, sem espinhos, muito eretos. As bagas Prime-Ark Freedom são de tamanho grande, o peso médio das bagas é de cerca de 9-12 g. A cor é preta brilhante.
Cada planta produz grupos de bagos, como um cacho de uvas. A primeira safra começa a se formar nos primocanos no início de junho e continua de três a quatro semanas. Durante esta primeira safra, Prime-Ark Freedom produz intensamente floricanes, que logo começam a florir. Os floricanos não têm espinhos. Esta é a segunda estação de colheita, que continua até meados de outubro.
Após o final da segunda estação de colheita, Prime-Ark Freedom requer abrigo de inverno contra o vento frio do inverno e outras condições desfavoráveis, porque a dureza fria declarada desta variedade de amora é moderada, cerca de menos 13..17 C, mas os muitos cultivadores notam que a dureza real é cerca de menos 18...20 quando se usa cobertura.
As plantas gostam de colocação ao sol, mas observa-se que a alta temperatura do ar (mais de 31..33 C) a polinização reduz cardinalmente.
Este tipo de frutas de amora preta nas canas da estação atual (primocaneas) e nas canas da segunda estação (floricanes), potencialmente proporcionando duas estações de cultivo, ambas frutas tradicionais de verão, além da produção no final do verão para o outono. Além de ter canas sem espinhos, esta variedade produz bagas muito grandes com bom sabor e amadurece muito cedo nas floricanes.
A fruta Prime-Ark Freedom não apresenta um potencial excepcional de armazenamento pós-colheita, mas não é recomendada para o mercado de transporte marítimo devido à baixa firmeza das bagas.
O comprimento médio dos primocanes é de cerca de 2-2,5 m. Os primocanes são pouco vigorosos, sem espinhos, muito eretos. As bagas Prime-Ark Freedom são de tamanho grande, o peso médio das bagas é de cerca de 9-12 g. A cor é preta brilhante.
Cada planta produz grupos de bagos, como um cacho de uvas. A primeira safra começa a se formar nos primocanos no início de junho e continua de três a quatro semanas. Durante esta primeira safra, Prime-Ark Freedom produz intensamente floricanes, que logo começam a florir. Os floricanos não têm espinhos. Esta é a segunda estação de colheita, que continua até meados de outubro.
Após o final da segunda estação de colheita, Prime-Ark Freedom requer abrigo de inverno contra o vento frio do inverno e outras condições desfavoráveis, porque a dureza fria declarada desta variedade de amora é moderada, cerca de menos 13..17 C, mas os muitos cultivadores notam que a dureza real é cerca de menos 18...20 quando se usa cobertura.
As plantas gostam de colocação ao sol, mas observa-se que a alta temperatura do ar (mais de 31..33 C) a polinização reduz cardinalmente.
Como cultivar o Prime-Ark Freedom?
1. Avoid wet area when planted;
2. Annual pre-emergence and postemergence herbicide applications;
3. Annual spring nitrogen fertilization (56 kg/ha) using ammonium nitrate;
4. Tipping primocanes at 1.1 m height two times each season usually in mid-June and late July or early August;
5. Dormant pruning of primocane-fruiting plants must include removing dead floricanes and removing primocane tissue to a point below the fruiting (flowering) area on the primocanes;
6. Dormant pruning of floricane-fruiting plants must include removing dead floricanes and pruning lateral branches to ~0.4 m in length;
7. Use drip irrigation;
8. A single application of iron sulfate in late fall and lime sulfur in early spring.
2. Annual pre-emergence and postemergence herbicide applications;
3. Annual spring nitrogen fertilization (56 kg/ha) using ammonium nitrate;
4. Tipping primocanes at 1.1 m height two times each season usually in mid-June and late July or early August;
5. Dormant pruning of primocane-fruiting plants must include removing dead floricanes and removing primocane tissue to a point below the fruiting (flowering) area on the primocanes;
6. Dormant pruning of floricane-fruiting plants must include removing dead floricanes and pruning lateral branches to ~0.4 m in length;
7. Use drip irrigation;
8. A single application of iron sulfate in late fall and lime sulfur in early spring.
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I may be randomly posting more updates from this past summer from video that I recorded but did not post.
I found a local big box nursery that had pallets of the Prime Ark Freedom variety and was able to pick through some of the better ones.
I only bought two one gallon containers but was able to pull out 5 individual plants, so a solid buy 2 get 3 free!
I have been experimenting with container Hugelkultur methods for a few years now and applying the system in a half wine barrel seems to work out well for berries. This particular garden is located in San Diego, Ca. zone 10B.
The first video from last year's production can be seen here.
I may be randomly posting more updates from this past summer from video that I recorded but did not post.
Review de [THE STREET'S]
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Review de [HYDRO]
My plants have been producing since march and no signs of stopping. Even with continuous rose beetle damage, most of the fruit is quite large and very delicious! I like that they’re large enough that you can actually savor the flavor of a particularly nice berry. I don’t really know if I’m getting primocanes or floricanes sometimes, but it seems any kind of growth with eventually end up with blooms.
Heavy pruning on these seems to force a lot of new blooms/fruit. They actually act a lot like the mulberries in my climate. One thing I’ve learned is that they don’t need support if properly pruned and they can bear fruit as low as you’d like. Once a primocane has finished fruiting, I clip it back to a healthy-looking node. At that time, some of the floricanes will have probably started growing already.
I have very wet and humid weather most of the year. Anthracnose can be a problem in these conditions. My Natchez has been affected many times, and for whatever reason, it has never fruited. I’ve seen it occasionally on my PAF, but so far it seems quite resilient.
I’m no expert, but I believe this variety is a gem. Prime Ark Traveler is very similar, but not quite as prolific. I’m starting a ton of new cuttings to plant a large patch of these for our local market.
Heavy pruning on these seems to force a lot of new blooms/fruit. They actually act a lot like the mulberries in my climate. One thing I’ve learned is that they don’t need support if properly pruned and they can bear fruit as low as you’d like. Once a primocane has finished fruiting, I clip it back to a healthy-looking node. At that time, some of the floricanes will have probably started growing already.
I have very wet and humid weather most of the year. Anthracnose can be a problem in these conditions. My Natchez has been affected many times, and for whatever reason, it has never fruited. I’ve seen it occasionally on my PAF, but so far it seems quite resilient.
I’m no expert, but I believe this variety is a gem. Prime Ark Traveler is very similar, but not quite as prolific. I’m starting a ton of new cuttings to plant a large patch of these for our local market.
Review de [DAVID]
First off 1/2 the plants were dug up and moved further apart. So this test bed is now 12 plants.(5ft apart)
2nd the weather is insane. 2016 It rained 3 days non stop during flowering so this reduced the yield.
We had a huge drought at the end of 2016 so that will affect the 2017 yield as many floricanes died.
2016 was the first floricane crop and was 46lb of good quality fruit from 12 plants.
Humans and birds feeding on early ripening fruit was probably another 2lb.
So yield was 4lb per plant.
Observations:
This is a really low chill hour blackberry, my guess is its under 100 chill hours.
So for tropical areas that could never grow blackberries they can grow this variety.
The fruit is large but has large seeds so for processing a lot of the weight is seeds.
Specific to our climate the primacane flowering is just a disease and insect vector and not a benefit.
We are a no spray operation so we are trying to crop the floricanes for early fruit thus missing insect damage.
How many lbs of lower yields is worth having no thorns?
If you are the one working in the crop NO thorns is very very nice.
These are starting to flower now so we may see fruit at the end of April 2017.
Thank you all for your interest, input and feedback on this blackberry variety.
Thanks also to the hard work of Dr. John Clark and University of Arkansas for some interesting fruit varieties.
2nd the weather is insane. 2016 It rained 3 days non stop during flowering so this reduced the yield.
We had a huge drought at the end of 2016 so that will affect the 2017 yield as many floricanes died.
2016 was the first floricane crop and was 46lb of good quality fruit from 12 plants.
Humans and birds feeding on early ripening fruit was probably another 2lb.
So yield was 4lb per plant.
Observations:
This is a really low chill hour blackberry, my guess is its under 100 chill hours.
So for tropical areas that could never grow blackberries they can grow this variety.
The fruit is large but has large seeds so for processing a lot of the weight is seeds.
Specific to our climate the primacane flowering is just a disease and insect vector and not a benefit.
We are a no spray operation so we are trying to crop the floricanes for early fruit thus missing insect damage.
How many lbs of lower yields is worth having no thorns?
If you are the one working in the crop NO thorns is very very nice.
These are starting to flower now so we may see fruit at the end of April 2017.
Thank you all for your interest, input and feedback on this blackberry variety.
Thanks also to the hard work of Dr. John Clark and University of Arkansas for some interesting fruit varieties.
Review de [K8TPAYASO]
I’m in zone 8 and I put in PAF two years ago. I grow them in partial shade because we are so hot. I’m a blackberry novice but these have been fantastic. They have not gone dormant here. I am beginning to pick berries and the primocanes are already pushing up above the floricanes crop. The are very vigorous plants. The berries are large and sweet when fully ripe. Good blackberry flavor.
The primocanes started ripening in July last year and continued until November but I didn’t have many at a time. Enough to munch on. The production on the floricanes has at least tripled this year. Two years ago this May these were two inch root cuttings…
The first pic is of a primocane that slipped up on me and I tipped it last weekend and it’s already sending out laterals…well, straight up laterals. They get top heavy very quick.
The primocanes started ripening in July last year and continued until November but I didn’t have many at a time. Enough to munch on. The production on the floricanes has at least tripled this year. Two years ago this May these were two inch root cuttings…
The first pic is of a primocane that slipped up on me and I tipped it last weekend and it’s already sending out laterals…well, straight up laterals. They get top heavy very quick.