Jim Jackson wrote:
Mike Lyle wrote:
[...]
Seabrook said on GQT, 11 Feb this year, to prune _all_ canes of
Autumn Bliss down to the last fruiting shoot in spring (taking off
about a third). They then fruit in June. Then cut right right down
and they fruit again from August...

... from new canes that should have grown new this year.

If you leave lots of last years canes to fruit in June, you might not
force new canes to start growing this year. The plants only have so
much energy to expend.

That's what I would have thought, but Seabrook knows more than I do.
Have you tried it? I assume the whole bed would want feeding, of course.

But I rather think it may now be too late in
the spring for this to work properly, so perhaps the suggestion to do
only half this time is the best idea for this year.

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Mike.



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