Loganberry

[mrs potato head]

OH bought me a lovey Loganberry from our local farmers market last spring.
Planted it on plot it was about 2 1/2 ft when i plantedit, it must now be 15ft and growing nicely arount shed balacony railings.
Thing is it didn't produce a single flower - let alone berry! Can anyone tell me should i have done anything to help it?, Are there sexes when it comes to fruit bushes? Never grown fruit before so totally in dark!.

[Palustris]

They flower next year on wood produced this, like Blackberries. So you need to remove all the old canes (the darker woody stuff) and tie in the new ready to flower next year. Have you by any chance accidently removed the new growth in the past?

[Flummery]

Tie in this yeaar's growth by bendng it down if you can. This encourages it to fruit.

[rustylady]

Loganberries, blackberries and some raspberries fruit on stems (canes) that grew the previous year. New vigorous stems should be tied to some sort of support During the year they are growing. In the late autumn, cut out the canes that have fruited and tie the new canes as near to horizontal as you can get without snapping them.

[Snadger]

I purchased a bare rooted Loganberry last spring which never grew bigger than two foot. It did have about twenty scrumptious Loganberries on it though!

[mrs potato head]

They flower next year on wood produced this, like Blackberries. So you need to remove all the old canes (the darker woody stuff) and tie in the new ready to flower next year. Have you by any chance accidently removed the new growth in the past?

Thanks for reply,
Haven't removed anything yet! Planted has it came in pot and pretty much left it alone since.

[mrs potato head]

Loganberries, blackberries and some raspberries fruit on stems (canes) that grew the previous year. New vigorous stems should be tied to some sort of support During the year they are growing. In the late autumn, cut out the canes that have fruited and tie the new canes as near to horizontal as you can get without snapping them.

Thanks will do this, as i had no fruit does this mean i don't have to cut any branches, i have one really long branch then 1/2 dozen shorter ones?...

[TPeers]

Trim it to fit the space available. Once established they are pretty hard to kill!

[Palustris]

Without seeing the plant it is hard to advise. If the long stem is the original one, then you can safely cut it back to where ever you want. Leave the shorter ones alone in any case.

[mrs potato head]

Thankyou all