How to cut blackberry

In order for your land plantation or the site, there is always order, and all berry bushes have given a good harvest, it is necessary to properly care for them and know the subtleties of this process. Let us consider in detail today how to trim the blackberry and when to do it.

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The need for trimming

It should be noted immediately that the blackberry bushes are decorative, almost all have operational development - their branches are growing rapidly, and braided branches. In order for the bush to remain well-groomed and brought a rich harvest, it is necessary to cut it regularly and regularly, and this is done on time and right. It is very important here to be able to form a crown of the plant, otherwise the aesthetic appearance from that bush does not have to wait. The main event in caring for such a berry bush is precise.

Immediately I would like to say that blackberry is a biennial cycle plant, which means that each of her shoots will live no more than two years. The first year of escape looks like this:

• operational development
• power set (strength)
• fruit kidney bookmark

In the second year, the branch lives as follows:

• luxuriant bloom
• Process of abundant fruiting (in case of proper and regular care)

After the process of fruiting reached its logical completion. The branch will never bring the fruit, so leave it on a bush extremely recklessly after all, it becomes happening useless and to all other things, takes part of the energy and power of the plant.

If you do not cut on time all unnecessary branches on time, the bush will very quickly turn into the real jungle, while the crop will become minimal, and then maybe the abyss and at all. In that case, if you cut away all the unnecessary branches in time, thereby giving you the bush to grow and redistribute their power and nutrients to the young shoots. Which will be richly fertile.

It should be understood that the old branches take the strength from the bush to their feeding, which means that young shoots will not have enough nutrients, which will negatively affect both the appearance of the plant and at its level of fruiting (in a negative side, of course). You should also not forget that when care for the blackberry, it is also worth watching the thickness of the roasting row. The fact is that some blackberry varieties are "growing" a very thick roasting greed, which also negatively affects the future harvest.

If the root pig is not removed on time, it can lead to:

• deterioration of quality characteristics of berries
• increasing the likelihood of developing various kinds of diseases
• serious weakening of the whole berry bush
• high likelihood of winter extinction (to cover too scorched bush is extremely difficult so that it survive the cold).

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Spring trimming

As mentioned earlier, cut blackberry at a certain time and now we will look at all the nuances and secrets of spring trimming, without which you do not get a rich harvest. Most often, the trimming of blackberry gardeners are carried out in autumn, but it is not always possible to test this procedure in this period. If you have so happened and then do not worry about this and do cropping in the spring. Blackberry Spring Rules:

• It is recommended to start this procedure immediately after the snow comes down from land cover, but not earlier than all possible freezers will end.
• Do not forget that it is not worth tightening with trimming, because it will need to be done before the kidneys will appear on the branches and go into growth. The process is carried out until the kidney swelling is an important rule.
• Before cutting a blackberry bush, inspect it carefully.
• First of all, you will need to trim branches from last year, where in the past year have grown berries (if you do not have time to get rid of them in the autumn).
• Also cutting and branches, which differ in appearance from healthy - darkened, frozen, those who have been susceptible to rodents and other pests are also. You need to delete them completely, so to speak, under the most root.
• Healthy branches on the bush are also subject to careful inspection. In this case, all existing kidneys must be alive. In the event that the young branch disappeared until the middle, then it will need to be cut to the first kidney, which will be completely healthy.
• Do not forget that each bush branch must be carefully studied. It is too weak and thin branches that will not survive and will not be able to give a good harvest, but at the same time will "suck" with a bush all forces.

• If the branches are lifeless or excessively weakened, then it is necessary to cut them under the root, not leaving no hemp.
• Experts argue that a good harvest can bring a blackberry bush, in which there are 8-10 healthy and strong branches after trimming, if you leave less than 5 branches on a bush, then you don't have to wait for a good harvest in the current year.
• Sometimes it happens that all a couple of healthy branches remain on the bush and it is better to take a plant to get rid of it.

Stages of spring trimming:

• At first, the young bush need to trim branches that grow on the side, and after that his macushkin. In this case, you should not leave the branches more than 26 cm length. Thus, you will give the plant to gain strength and repel the side branches strong and strong.
• The next spring branch, which this year has grown, will need to be plane. To do this, cut 16 cm from its top.
• The second year of the plant's life - a harvest appears on last year's branches, and the branches that grew up this year will give their crop the next year.

Care and trimming blackberry processes are simple, but requiring due attention and time.