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tayberry pruning
JUNE BAYNHAM
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i have a tayberry in a tub with 5 branches reaching 6ft and still growing, it has not had any blossom or fruit yet, do i prune or let it keep growing??
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Tayberries are a cross with blackberries and have the same fruiting habit and pruning regime. Basically they fruit on last year's wood, so the canes you see now will bear fruit next year. Once you have picked the fruit from a cane you remove that cane by cutting it right back to the ground. New canes will appear from the ground next spring and those will give you fruit the following year. Tie the canes into a support frame of some kind and after you cut the fruited ones out, you tie-in the new canes which will replace them. More here:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=93