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time to prune blackberries?
Can blackberries be pruned now? They have stopped producing.
I have long shoots that will produce berries next year. It is these long 5' shoots that I would like to cut back, hoping to encourage more branches to shoot off from the base. Is now the time? JAN |
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jan wrote:
Can blackberries be pruned now? They have stopped producing. I have long shoots that will produce berries next year. It is these long 5' shoots that I would like to cut back, hoping to encourage more branches to shoot off from the base. Is now the time? JAN I don't know when the best time to prune them is, but don't cut the new shoots - take out the oldest ones. You cut the new ones, you won't have any berries. You'll get more and more new shoots as the plant matures. |
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jan wrote:
Can blackberries be pruned now? They have stopped producing. IIRC, my parents prune their blackberries in the winter time. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Cindy wrote:
jan wrote: Can blackberries be pruned now? They have stopped producing. I have long shoots that will produce berries next year. It is these long 5' shoots that I would like to cut back, hoping to encourage more branches to shoot off from the base. Is now the time? JAN I don't know when the best time to prune them is, but don't cut the new shoots - take out the oldest ones. You cut the new ones, you won't have any berries. You'll get more and more new shoots as the plant matures. Jan, what I did last year with my dewberries (which are essentially wild blackberries) was to cut them down to the ground after they quit producing. There's a long enough growing season that they came back after that and produced the canes which made berries this year. This is the first year in three years that I've gotten more than a couple handfuls of berries. YMMV. I spent part of the last two days cutting them down again; now I'll let them grow for next year. Of course, the weather may have had something to do with it, too. DT http://www.thehungersite.com/ |
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Hey, where did you get the blackberries? Can I get some?? Or, since I
live in Canyon Lake, where down here can I find them? I didn't think you guys have them down here, I am from Oregon. On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 18:46:28 GMT, "jan" wrote: Can blackberries be pruned now? They have stopped producing. I have long shoots that will produce berries next year. It is these long 5' shoots that I would like to cut back, hoping to encourage more branches to shoot off from the base. Is now the time? JAN |
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