Pruning update

Remember the pruning fiasco a few blogs back?

The "makeover on the farm" entry?

Well, here is an update.

I,

have never seen,

so many blackberries

in...my...life!

All this from a little pruning?

It has to be.  

I did not feed these monsters.  

They are quick to spread and love to take over the blueberries so I kept them a low priority for feeding.

  

Plus they are exceptionally hard to keep pests off. The Japanese beetles and June bugs devour them.  

I have to pick first thing in the morning to outsmart them or they have their way with them. 

And this is a real shame because these blackberries (Chickasaw and Apache) turn out to be 2" or even as large as 3" long.  

Not to mention, they are sweet and juicy.  

Maybe this year there will be enough for me and them?

And I thought I was going to be busy picking blueberries!  

Turns out, the pruning I did there may have reduced my yield slightly for this year...and I expected that because I cut out a lot of overly large old stalks. 

There are so many more young plants that have sprouted up as a result... (and I have fed these twice!)

Just wait for next year!