Blackberry, raspberry, currant: this is how you cut berry bushes

Berry bushes are popular and easy to care for.

We'll show you how to properly cut currants, raspberries and blackberries.

Do you also like to snack on currants, blackberries or raspberries in the garden?

Berry bushes can be found in many German gardens - after all, the small delicacies are difficult to resist.

In order for the harvest to be good, the bushes * need some care.

Above all, this includes cutting the branches to give the plants new strength.

We'll tell you the best way to trim various berry bushes.

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It is best to cut

from February to March, or alternatively after the harvest.

Those rods that you provided with fruit this year will be trimmed.

Cut off the removed twigs close to the ground, while

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Guide these up on the trellis and attach them there.

Cut the side shoots of the young tendrils back to two to three eyes.

Good harvest for next year: cut raspberries properly

Cut back

and

after the harvest.

However, you have to proceed differently.

Summer raspberries grow on the side shoots of the long branches in the second year.

These - like the weaker shoots of this year - are cut off at ground level after the harvest, while this year's tendrils are attached to the trellis wire.

Leave about five to seven rods in the bed for every running meter.

In the next spring - in February or March -

, as the online portal Gartenjournal advises.

The right cut

You can also find many tips for cutting berry bushes in the “Praxishandbuch Pflanzenschnitt” (promotional link).

You will also find information on cutting ornamental trees and shrubs.

In the case of autumn raspberries, however, you can prune back vigorously.

The fruits grow on this year's rods, which are cut off at the base immediately after harvest or in February or March of the next year.

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You can

treat

in the

same way

when

: The pruning is done either in February to March or immediately after the harvest.

The fruits arise on annual side shoots from perennial branches.

The gardening journal advises

.

The same number of last year's shoots should remain for this.

Superfluous annual shoots with green bark are removed.

Young leading branches that are too long or overhanging should be placed on lower-lying branches.

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