How to Prune Raspberries and Blackberries

Berry season is just around the corner, and NOW is the time to prune your raspberry and blackberry bushes. In this video, I demonstrate how to prune floricane-type berries using my favorite blackberries, a thornless Triple Crown Blackberry! Then I show you how to prune a primocane type of berry using my Joan J raspberries as an example. We also go over the pros of both these berry varieties, when they bear fruit, and of course — what I love to do with all my delicious raspberries and blackberries. 

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Time stamps:
0:00 Intro - Why do you need to prune?
0:45 What I do with blackberries and raspberries
1:12 Location of blackberry and raspberry bushes in garden
1:30 Cover berries to avoid sun scalding 
1:47 Joan J raspberry information 
2:31 Thornless Triple Crown Blackberry information
3:08 Definitions of Primocane and Floricane
4:42 Best time to prune raspberry and blackberry bushes
5:00 Tools needed to prune 
5:23 Pruning blackberry demonstration - difference between canes
6:40 Timing (is this supposed to be "trimming"?)down length of floricanes 
7:47 Pruning Joan J raspberries demonstration
8:11 Close 

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