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What you happen if you didn't prune berry bushes... couple I've got in mind are blackberry and autumn fruiting raspberries. Just had a thought that I would like to train my blackberry up and over a fence - eventually around a window, and perhaps some raspberries along an arched wall at the bottom of my garden (was going to throw them away, but thought I could put them along here)..
Reason I'm asking is you're supposed to cut the fruited wood/branch out aren't you, once fruiting has finished? If I wanted to train a couple of Raspberry canes -not sure of the correct terminology, but I guess similar to a step over apple - but two tiers high - running along a wall - I guess similar a grape vine can be trained. If I do this, and prune every year, won't I just have to keep tying them in again? Would this years wood bear fruit next year too, and perhaps I just prune at the appropriate time to tidy it up?
Probably me being lazy, but thought I'd ask anyway (to avoid having to train new canes each year).
If I cut off the blackberry branch (which is probably 8' odd now) - I'll have to train a new one up next year - which would never cover the fence like I'm after..
TIA!
Reason I'm asking is you're supposed to cut the fruited wood/branch out aren't you, once fruiting has finished? If I wanted to train a couple of Raspberry canes -not sure of the correct terminology, but I guess similar to a step over apple - but two tiers high - running along a wall - I guess similar a grape vine can be trained. If I do this, and prune every year, won't I just have to keep tying them in again? Would this years wood bear fruit next year too, and perhaps I just prune at the appropriate time to tidy it up?
Probably me being lazy, but thought I'd ask anyway (to avoid having to train new canes each year).
If I cut off the blackberry branch (which is probably 8' odd now) - I'll have to train a new one up next year - which would never cover the fence like I'm after..
TIA!
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