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blackberries

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  Posted by plasticdiggerdave (U10705695) on Thursday, 9th September 2010

  I was given a very small blackberry root last year. It did not grow much last year but this year it has grown just one branch that is about 3m long. What I would like to know is will other branches grow off this main one or do I have to cut it back to allow other branches to grow. I would also like to move it to another part of the allotment. When should I do this.

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  Posted by BaraGwenith (U14257539) on Thursday, 9th September 2010

  Do NOT cut it back if it did not have fruit on it this year or you will get none next year. If you want another blackberry bush peg the end of the branch down and it will root.
  
  
  Plant it where you want it now or after leaf-fall.

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Thursday, 9th September 2010

  plasticdiggerdave
  
  Mine has done the same, just one long branch despite cutting the branch part way through the summer to encourage branching out it has stubornly refused to grow any more branches, there are a few short ones at the base of the bush but these don't even reach the wire frame made for it to grow up.
  
  Now is the time to plant blackberry bushes so I would have thought it also a good time to move one, other people may advise differently though.

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  Posted by margaretstar (U14415248) on Thursday, 9th September 2010

  This is perfectly normal. Early next spring branches and flower stalks will appear along this cane. New shoots will come up around it as well. As said above you can bend it down and the tip will root, but this won't increase the number of flowers for next year as such.
  Patience, soon you'll be asking how to keep it in order!

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  Posted by Playingtimeaddedon (U14150224) on Friday, 10th September 2010

  What grows one year, produces fruit the next!
  
  I suggest you place two or more posts in a straight line, with the blackberry bush in the middle. Run some wire between the posts, about 12-18 inches apart, and tie in your new growth to one of the wires.
  
  Next year new growth, more than one leader, will be produced, and that should be trained along the wires as well.
  
  When the first leader had finished fruiting next year, cut it back to ground level.
  
  Repeat the process each year.
  
  The same procedure should be used for loganberris, tayberries etc etc
  
  

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