Donate SIGN UP

How to prune a blackberry bush?

Avatar Image
merlinsmate | 23:27 Mon 10th Aug 2009 | Home & Garden
2 Answers
How do I prune a blackberry bush? The bush grows up over a north facing fence to about 10 foot and is now too high. However , this year it has produced the most fruit ever, with still more to come. How can I tidy it up but still get a good crop next year?
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 2 of 2rss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by merlinsmate. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
dug out a gardening book for this one. It says when the canes have finished fruiting cut them all down to ground level. Space out and tie in the new canes up the centre and out like a fan shape, repeat the process in subsequent years. (If this goes wrong, blame Alan Titchmarsh) You can also bend down shoot tips and bury them in the soil, held in place with a peg or piece of wire. It says do this in July but you may not be too late. Eventually a shoot will emerge forming a new plant which can be detached the following spring with its own roots and planted wherever you want it.
Question Author
Thank you for the help, much appreciated. I feel I know what to do now. Cheers.

1 to 2 of 2rss feed

Do you know the answer?

How to prune a blackberry bush?

Answer Question >>