How often to check your hive during the flow

[bwallace23350]

Down here we are supposed to cut back our cultivated blackberries around July 4th I think. I just am in my second or third year of planting them. I need to check on that soon.

[Acebird]

Down here we are supposed to cut back our cultivated blackberries around July 4th I think. I just am in my second or third year of planting them. I need to check on that soon.

I was told that new shoots do not bear fruit.  They bear fruit the second year.  So if you cut them every year you will not get fruit.  We only cut them to prevent them from taking over the world or dragging me off the lawn mower.

[moebees]

Down here we are supposed to cut back our cultivated blackberries around July 4th I think. I just am in my second or third year of planting them. I need to check on that soon.

I was told that new shoots do not bear fruit.  They bear fruit the second year.  So if you cut them every year you will not get fruit.  We only cut them to prevent them from taking over the world or dragging me off the lawn mower.

If they are like raspberries you just remove the dead canes each year.  But I have never grown blackberries so don't know what I am talking about.   

[cao]

Some varieties of blackberries do better if they are trimmed(not cut back to ground level).  Trimming the new growth at about 4ft or the height of your support will encourage the side shoots to grow.  These side shoots are where most of the blooms will be the next year.  I typically just remove the dead canes and occasionally trim some of the taller new growth.  I'm not worried about getting the most of my 75 ft row of blackberries.  I can't eat that many.  I usually give most of them away.

[Acebird]

I can't eat that many.  I usually give most of them away.

Jam and sauce my friend.  Can't get enough.  It takes forever to pick them and they come all at once.