Agriculture Reference
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This sort of T-trellis is easily made and works well.
Blackberries are pruned by distinguishing between
primocanes and floricanes. Primocanes are canes in their first
year that bear leaves but no flowers or fruit. Floricanes are
those same canes in their second year, when they bear flowers
and fruit. After a cane has fruited, it slowly dies, so fruiting
canes should be cut out and removed once their fruiting
season has passed. Primocanes should be topped during their
first year of growth, meaning they should have their tops cut
off just about 4 inches above the trellis. This will cause them
to send out lateral shoots so that when they bear fruit the next
year, they will bear more abundantly.
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The lateral shoots
should be trimmed to 12 inches to 18 inches.
Raspberries are nutritious and easy to grow.
The same general technique applies to raspberries, with some
minor changes. Yellow and red raspberries shouldn't be
topped, and the laterals that form on purple and black
raspberries should be trimmed to just 10 inches. Ever-bearing
