Q: I have two small blackberries that have really produced a lot of berries this year. The plants are pretty leggy. When they finish bearing fruit, should I prune them or wait until fall? Will they ...

Blackberries are by far one of the easiest fruit crops to grow in south Louisiana, but some gardeners avoid them because they have a reputation for getting out of control, creating a bramble jungle.

How to prune your berry patch, with different approaches for floricanes and primocanes. Berry season is just around the corner, and NOW is the time to prune your raspberry and blackberry bushes. In ...

Blackberries at The Urban Farmstead, one of the many urban farms and community gardens in New Orleans. (Photo by Brett Duke, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) Question: How and when do I prune ...

Answer: In order to prune correctly, it is helpful to understand the botany and habit of growth of caneberries in the Rubus genus, of which blackberries are members. The crown of the blackberry is ...

Regardless of the season, there is almost always a garden to-do list that you can be working on. In November, for example, there are a handful of plants that you can prune so that they come back ...

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been picking and eating what are arguably the best fruits I have ever tasted (a belief I often hold when a particular fruit is ripe). They are blackberries, but not ...

I have numerous jalapeño pepper plants and they all are producing, except one. It’s a beautiful plant full of flowers, but it has never had any peppers. Any ideas? Christi Rossi It’s hard to say what ...

Amy Lynn Albertson prunes a dead branch. Be conservative when trimming back in the fall Pruning is probably one of the hottest topics we cover in Extension, and for some reason I receive the most ...

Strawberry plantings are seldom thinned by home gardeners, which leads to overcrowding, decline and little fruit. Late winter is a good time to prune fruit trees and berry plants to increase ...