10/19/2026
🍂 Out with the old, making room for next year’s berries!
Here’s a before-and-after look at pruning the blackberry rows. You can see the cut-out floricanes (the canes that produced this year’s berries) piled up between the rows. The pruned row is on the right, with this year’s new canes left to grow next summer’s crop.
The cold nights have done a number on the berries that were already taking their sweet time ripening. Two rows pruned, two to go! The remaining rows are a lot thicker, so they’ll take a bit longer to work through.
One step closer to being ready for next season!
Added pics separately for easier viewing. The row on the left was done before pics so there were already canes in the row.
