How To Prune & Best Time To Prune blueberries and other berry bushes

I will be pruning my blueberry bushes, but I wanted to talk about when the best time to prune grapes, raspberry bushes, blackberry bushes, and even fruit trees like peaches, apple trees, pear trees, and any other home orchard tree you can think of!

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[artams]

Anyone else fall asleep watching these videos and then have to go back and re watch them? Your voice is so soothing

[tinamariepayne]

The correct word you’re looking for is: Shrubby.
Thanks for sharing your gardening wisdom in such a thorough way for us beginners. I have learned so much from you about gardening and always look to your channel when searching any particular gardening info.
Keep growing big and God bless!

[dkulikowski]

Thanks Luke.  I am just amending my soil for planting blueberry plants Spring 2015. This video will help me next year.  My Raspberries are to be CUT TO THE GROUND every year. They are Summer producers.

[_tours]

Thanks Luke, going to give it a shot in the fall.

[AlbertaUrbanGarden]

I was just thinking I needed to brush up on my blueberry pruning :) well timed !

[CaliKim]

Since I am a new berry bush grower, this is very timely and helpful info Luke.  I can see from your video that my berry bushes and grape vine that I just planted are in need of pruning for sure!  I also have several new shoots that I just rooted from the berry bushes that are already going crazy that may need pruning as well.  Do you think I would do it now even tho it is not very cold here?  It may be colder in a month or so (relatively speaking).

[honeybacres]

Great video Luke. That was a nice easy way for people to remember how to prune the blueberries

[sjpiran]

I pruned mine this morning - but whoops - I did about 25% generally and 50% in places.  I wish I'd watched your video before I started with the secateurs!!  LOL.  Thanks Luke.  Another learning experience for me.

[delanaespinoza]

Oops my 2nd year blueberry (just bought from the nursery) was in the early pink bud stage and I cut it before planting. I wanted to encourage growth in the roots before planting into a bigger container. Should I have not done that?

[OneYardRevolution]

Thanks for sharing the tips, Luke! I need to prune our honeyberries!

[carolann]

How do I protect my 4, blueberry plants in containers, just planted this past spring, 2021, over the winter here in Michigan?

[dustinbart]

This is just plan wrong. Every fruit differs, blueberries are pruned to insure longevity and fruit production. This is done by keeping a balance of young, adolescent and mature canes. Never prune off tips. Those are were your largest and best producing buds are. prune conflicting branching and any inward branching and thats it. Rule of thumb on mature blueberries is that you remove the oldest cane every year or two. This way you have constant rejuvenation and optimal fruit production. 

[Herculesbiggercousin]

Hey Luke! I hope you and the team are doing well. I was wondering if you guys might want to revisit the berry bush series you have here that’s now a little dated? I’m sure the knowledge still stands up on its own but nearly 10 years later & more experienced, I’m curious if you have anything else to add!

I’ve got a 1 year old royalty purple raspberry bush I’m about to prune for the first time and started to research the best practices on my own

[rmjames]

Wow, that blueberry plant is beautiful! I suppose our weather here (east coast Australia) doesn’t get cold enough because our blueberry doesn’t go that spectacular colour! Thanks Luke!

[subedei]

Thanks Luke!  About time I prune mine as well.

[briancasey]

Hi so i bought blueberry bushes last summer, my PH was too high, got little to no blueberries. Fixed the PH, the plants showed no signs of issues, all green leaves, but then i notices some canes were dropping leaves. so i cut them off. I have 10 plants, and only 3 or 4 plants had this symptom. Now i have a ton of new growth but it happened beginning of june. Now there is only about 7 berries off the 10 plants, and a ton of new growth, maybe 30-40% is new growth. Will they also produce berries or is it too late for that? I see no buds or anything. I just learned from your video that fruit only comes on new growth...

[annbolandloveslife]

Is it too late? :) Technically, it's still fall here in MN and we have snow on the ground. I didn't prune my raspberries and black raspberries yet. Should I do that now even though its snowy? I am going for the "shrubuler" style and not the lanky style.

[DivineZeal]

Thanks I have a few blueberries needing much love... peace!!

[sonjassillysongs]

My blueberries do not grow fruit on new growth. They only fruit on branches from the previous year or older. I realize this video is old I’m surprised no one has made that comment before.

[youtoob]

cool videos, thanks for your good work, you are easily the best on youtube when it comes to tips and actually showing what to do.