From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 6/1/21 4:42 AM, Snag wrote:   
   > On 6/1/2021 2:18 AM, T wrote:   
   >> Hi All,   
   >>   
   >> My Blackberry plants are three years old now (and   
   >> still no flowers or fruit).  Each spring, the branches   
   >> go green with leaves, but some don't.  On the dead   
   >> ones, do I let mother nature take its cource and   
   >> them fall off naturally or should I prune the dead   
   >> ones?   
   >>   
   >> Many thanks,   
   >> -T   
   >    
   >    If these are "wild" blackberries , they fruit on last year's growth .    
   > Those canes die after fruiting and can be pruned - in fact they must be    
   > pruned or you end up with a big mess of dead canes in the way of picking    
   > any fruit . And I have the scars to prove it , that's why I planted    
   > thornless .   
      
   They are Arapaho Blackberries.   
      
   Pruned they are!   
      
   I have new growth this year and some old growth   
   on old canes.  Have no seen any flowers yet.   
      
   Canes.  I never knew what those branches were   
   called.   
      
   Thank you!   
      
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