Raspberries and blackberries are pruned in late winter or early spring to get rid of dead, damaged or dense and tangled canes ...

Pruning is a critical part of blackberry production. Blackberry plants naturally produce stems called canes that live for only two years before dying and being replaced by new stems. The first ...

Pruning stimulates growth. Blueberries will sprout new growth from dormant buds on old wood. They also send up canes from the base of the plant. In fact, you could cut a crusty old blueberry bush ...

If you didn’t hit your berry canes before now, this is your last chance to clear away the dead wood. Your blueberries are ready to get a good structural pruning, too. Give your large shrubs and ...

The problem is that generations overlap, so a plant will have one-year-old canes bearing fruit, mixed with the next season's stems making their early growth. To prune the plants, cut out the ...

Old blackberry canes should be pruned before new growth starts in the spring. The old ones can be pruned when they are completely brown, cutting to the ground. Pruning while these are dormant is ...

For the first two or three years of a blueberry's life it's not necessary ... more productive canes. Prune out low branches that will lie on the ground when laden with fruit and remove all twiggy ...

Cut back the remaining canes to about 2 to 3 feet, depending on the vigor of the plant. Taller cultivars can be left at 3 to 4 feet. Always prune just above a strong outward-facing bud to direct ...