While raspberries and blackberries have different habits, once they bear fruit on canes grown in the previous years, then pruning is a sure thing you have to do on both. The two biggest benefits of ...

Flowering and fruiting canes (floricanes) occurs in second year while canes that will bear fruits next year start growing. Cut the floricanes after harvest. Pruning is necessary to minimize ...

Prune your raspberries annually after the first year, for healthier plants, and ­high-quality fruit. Summer-fruiting ...

Once spotted, it cannot be treated and should be cut out below ground level and burned. Clean the secateurs with garden disinfectant before pruning any healthy canes. The spores survive for several ...

They should pull out easily and then can be cut off. Other pruning depends on which type of raspberries you’re growing. The first year, don’t prune summer bearing raspberries. In the second ...

Other plants that bleed when pruned include acers, birches and figs. Prune in December or January, by cutting back to a main 'rod', or arm, that's trained out vertically along support wires. Cut all ...

Experts share tips on how to avoid common mistakes and get a bountiful raspberry harvest. You will learn about the peculiarities of caring for the bushes of these fragrant berries. Pruning raspberries ...

It can seem confusing at first, but you'll understand the difference in no time, which will help with harvesting, pruning, and overwintering your raspberry bushes. One of the fantastic things ...

Pruning changes the form and growth of a plant. Pruning can also be considered preventive maintenance for both insect and disease damage. Many problems may be prevented by pruning correctly during the ...

Prune a tree to have well-spaced branches and a balanced appearance, while eliminating broken, diseased or dead branches. For larger limbs, start the cut from the underside of the limb to avoid ...