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Posted by ldj1002 TX (My Page) on Sun, Nov 1, 09 at 12:32
If this isn't the correct place, let me know and I will move it.
This early spring I dug up some black berries and trans planed them. They did good. I have read that I should cut back the limbs that made berries this year and leave the ones that didn't. Now I can't remember or tell the difference in the ones that made berries and the ones that didn't. What should I do about pruning them?
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RE: Black Berries
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| Don't prune anything cutting off now could make berries next year only pruning you could done was tip canes if get to long. It become more important second and third year prune fruiting canes off just carry out cutters last time going to pick. |
RE: Black Berries
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| LD: After the canes bear fruit they need to be cut out. Those canes don't always completely die after fruiting but they do decline enough so that you can tell the old canes from the new. So after you finish fruit harvest, prune out the dead and dying canes. In my experience that is all there is to the deal. Given that this is a new planting and there was probably little fruit this year, there may be nothing that needs pruning right now. Next year after harvest you will be on the normal schedule. The Fruitnut |
RE: Black Berries
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| L.D. I am surprised that the blackberry plants you transplanted in early spring were able to produce some berries the first season. Blackberries are biennials, so that production could only have occurred on canes that you left when you transplanted, not new growth. You can't have had much berry production on those canes. But, be that as it may. If you can't tell the old canes from the new ones that grew up over the summer, you need to take a closer look. Old canes are nearly always distinguishable by their slightly brown, weather-beaten look, while the new ones are greener. Also, look for spent berry panicles on the older canes that produced for you. Any cane with old berry panicles should be cut down at the ground, since they will not produce again. Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA |
RE: Black Berries
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| Thanks for the info. Yes I did get berries but very few, maybe 2 or 3 at most per plant at most. When I transplanted them I didn't cut anything back. Not know anything but what I have read and what you all have said here I guess my few berries came from canes the were grown last year when the plants were in their original location. |
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