Fall Blackberry Pruning

[@ceecee-thetransplantedgardener]

My blackberries are primocanes. They fruit late summer/fall on first year canes - and those same canes will fruit again in the spring. I get a headache thinking about pruning. lol Sage's haircut - looks fab!!

[@MountainViewGardens]

@@ceecee-thetransplantedgardener Wow. The pruning isn’t so very bad since these are thornless. The wild ones we have growing everywhere are a whole different thing, though.

[@debbies2966]

When you said you were going to dive in all I could think of was THORNS!!!!😂

[@MountainViewGardens]

@@debbies2966 lol

[@katrinkarose175]

As a gardener from the Pacific NW the idea of doing anything at all to increase blackberry vigor is always amusing to me. I have allowed my blackberry invaders a bit too much free reign this year and I need to go out and rip out a bunch of the encroaching sprouts.

[@MountainViewGardens]

@@katrinkarose175 yea they are totally vigorous! Mainly the pruning helps the plant put more energy into producing fruit. If left alone these canes would totally take over!

[@pamelapriest6088]

My blackberry plants are a year old. Not sure how much pruning to do now. Idid not get any fruit this summer. Not sure what to expect. Mine are also thornless.

[@MountainViewGardens]

@@pamelapriest6088 maybe prune in spring