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Figure 11.8 Bramble berries ripen unevenly so pick the
fruit every day. The darker the berry the riper it is.
Figure 11.7 The old floricanes are dark (right) and
primocanes, next year's fruiting stems, are green. Cut out
the old canes completely.
training requirement. As the plant becomes
more established, select the strongest six to
eight primocanes per plant and prune out the
rest. In very vigorous cultivars any side
growths produced by the primocanes can be
shortened back to two to three buds.
spring so they don't get tangled with the
floricanes. It will also encourage regrowth
with meristems/nodes (see page 2) packed
more closely together. This will keep the plant
more compact and with more buds available
for the production of flowers and fruit. This is
effective in controlling vigorous cultivars on
very fertile soils. Assess your plant's strength
(or weakness) and act accordingly.
Keep your bramble berry well-watered for the
juiciest harvest.
Harvest
Pick the fully coloured fruit daily, gently
squeezing and pulling it from the canes.
Bramble berries ripen unevenly so can be
harvested for several weeks (see Figure 11.8).
Maintenance
Pruning out spent floricanes and tying in
primocanes is the major pruning and
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