Fall Blackberry Pruning! Blackberry plants grow fruit as well as new canes during the growing season. The new canes are what continue to grow and produce fruit the following year. After a cane has produced it will most likely die back to allow the newer canes to grow, and you can help out this process by pruning. Pruning back the old canes down to the ground will help to further establish the plant and focus the energy to the new, first year, canes. Follow us to see how we prune our blackberries

Spring blackberry pruning (Experiment). Last season I ran into a problem where the blackberry bushes had too many berries and they were small. Therefore, I had to cut off about 30% of the branches with berries so that the remaining ones would grow larger. Last season it worked and we got about 15 buckets of big blackberries, but after pruning it left a huge pile of branches. Therefore, this season, I decided to remove 30% of the fruit-bearing branches before they grow large. In my opinion, this

✋🏻Stop making these mistakes pruning blackberry plants for bigger harvests! Some people don’t even bother pruning their blackberry plants, but let me tell you I think the juice is worth the squeeze. Taking these few simple steps in the end of summer can set you up for years of success, and when I say success I mean a TON of delicious blackberries. #pruning #blackberries #pruningseason | Earth, Nails & Tails