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Charlie Pridham writes:
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| | What about loganberries? Do they need any special treatment, I was
| | considering them as the same as raspberries.
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| Blackberries are a better analogue - the pruning and thinning are
| slightly different from raspberries. Otherwise, yes.
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| Thanks Nick, they are replacing blackberries. I gave up trying to
| control a Bedford Giant and Himalayan wotsit as it was easier and just
| as good to visit the local pick your own farm. This was I get my path
| back
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| They are a menace! We have Oregon thornless which crops hugely despite
| our hard pruning it every year, I know you are not supposed to but it is
| the only way of getting in the fruit cage!

As you may remember, I get very ****ed off with the gardening books
that describe pruning assuming that you have a multi-acre garden, and
ignore problems such as the one you mention. What I often need to
know is how I can prune something without harming it, not how I should
prune it in some alternative universe. I had to invent the trick of
treating Clematis alpina as herbaceous from scratch - none of the books
even had a hint!

I recommend the use of a machete for pruning the more vigorous Rubus
species and varieties.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.