Pruning new fruit bushes

**pigletwillie** · 04-01-2007, 05:15 PM

Rasberries,

when you get new growth in the spring you can cut off the old stems at ground level. Tie in the new growth to wires or a frame as these will fruit NEXT year. Next year they will grow even more stems. Once more save thes as they will fruit the following year whilst the stems that grew this year fruit. After fruiting cut down those stems only, leaving the new growth.

Currants,

as they are young plants only take out and dead or damaged branches and prune back any that cross. I would leave them at that for this year.

**SimonCole** · 05-01-2007, 04:51 AM

If they are bare-rooted 2 year-old currants, have a check to see whether they have been cut back. If not, the established orthodoxy is to cut them back by 1/2 on planting (that is not to say it is right).
Stick the cuttings in a trench and you'll have plenty more should any hiccups occur.

**Stroppy scotte** · 06-01-2007, 09:07 PM

Help!!
My fruit bushes refused to tell me how old they are!!

**SimonCole** · 07-01-2007, 02:13 AM

Then they must be under 18 or over 50.

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