How to cut blackberries correctly: How to avoid wild growth in the garden

Blackberries provide fruit for those with a sweet tooth even in late summer to autumn.

But how can the shrub be cut to prevent it from growing wild?

When it comes to blackberries, it is important to take care of the bush * right from the start, so that you are no longer standing in front of an opaque plant and can no longer distinguish which branches need to be trimmed.

We'll give you some helpful tips.

When is the right time to cut blackberries?

When it comes to blackberries, you do not need to pay attention to whether the

are

vigorous - as a rule, they are

so that they can bear fruit again in summer.

Sometimes the rods are already shortened in autumn after the harvest, but this is only recommended in regions with mild winter, such as the Lower Rhine.

Another crucial point is the

: The maintenance pruning takes place in February to March, while a summer pruning can take place in July.

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Cutting blackberries: what you need to consider

When cutting blackberries, you have to

be able to

: Only the branches that have borne fruit that year are cut - and those are the perennial branches.

The annual tendrils have to stand so that there is a good harvest again next summer.

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There is often uncertainty when cutting fruit trees and berry bushes.

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Cut blackberries immediately after planting

In order to properly raise your blackberry bush, you should prune it and keep it tidy after planting.

To do this, place the young plant in the middle in front of a wire trellis that is

.

Then all the tendrils are shortened to a bud at a short distance from 30 to 40 centimeters.

Now you can observe over the next few weeks how the shrub is developing and choose the most promising branches - two to three are sufficient for a fast-growing shrub, five to ten for a slow-growing shrub.

Cut off the superfluous tendrils near the ground.

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After the autumn harvest, you should

on

- you will have to cut them off in spring.

If you have fixed the tendrils on a trellis, you can better distinguish the old from the young shoots by distributing them to the left and right.

This method is also known as

.

If you are not at all sure, you should wait until the fruit sets.

These are only formed from last year's rods.

As soon as you have identified the removed rods, cut them off

.

Leave the annual tendrils and guide them up the trellis to fix them there.

Shorten the side shoots on the young tendrils to two to three eyes.

Summer pruning: this is how you get a grip on a fast growing blackberry bush

In the case of a strongly growing blackberry bush, maintenance pruning in spring is often not sufficient.

Then in summer, preferably in July, a small

.

You should pay attention to this year's rods, which create confusion due to the side shoots.

So tie this year's rods to the trellis and cut their side shoots back to one or two buds.

You can also remove weak ground shoots.

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