Trimming blackberry bushes

Learning how to correctly prune blackberry bushes will result in stronger, healthier plants with improved harvests. Read more now on Gardener’s Path.

Figure out how to prune blackberries perfectly this spring and summer to make your plants healthier and have the largest berry yields.

Whether they're cultivated or wild, learn how to transplant blackberry bushes with ease!

Blackberry bushes bear best and most abundantly when they're properly pruned. Learn how to prune blackberry bushes for the best harvest.

In order to understand how to prune blackberries it’s important to understand the basics of how blackberries grow. Blackberries are perennials.This means that the root system will live for many years. The root system produces new canes yearly. Canes produced are biennial and die after two years. The first year of growth on a blackberry is called a primocane. For many varieties of blackberries (though not all) this is primarily a vegetative year of growth and will not produce fruit.

Learn where to plant blackberries in your home garden so you’ll enjoy the best possible berry harvest every summer.

here are my tips on growing blackberry bushes based on my experience with blackberry bush plants in US hardiness zone 6a.

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