If you cut through the wrong rod with scissors, you may end up with nothing in the next harvest. This is the danger common to all fruit-bearing shrubs. If pruning this relatively new berry plant is new territory for you, read on.

If the tayberry is not cut back, it will quickly overgrow

Raising Tayberries that have been planted out

It is enough if only 5-6 strong shoots remain on a plant and continue to grow. They are attached to a framework in a fan shape. So each tendril gets enough support and enough light. No thicket forms. All other shoots should be removed close to the ground immediately after planting.

tips

Depending on the tayberry variety you have chosen, cutting can be a painful affair. If it is a thorny specimen, you should protect your hands with gloves before you reach for the scissors.

Prune dead tendrils in summer

Cutting is an essential part of care, even in summer. Because the tayberry only bears one-year-old shoots. This means that a harvested shoot will no longer bear fruit in the following year. From this perspective, it is worthless to its owner. As soon as there are no more fruits hanging from it, it is cut off close to the ground.

In a good location, the tayberry has already sprouted enough replacements during the growing season. Leave the strongest new shoots for the following year so that they bear berries. Also cut weak rods close to the ground.

tips

In late summer you can cut 20 cm long cuttings from the shoots to propagate the tayberry. The cuttings are defoliated and fully planted except for 2-3 cm in the ground, where they root until spring.

Shorten in spring

Both the annual shoots and their side shoots must be shortened in spring. The annual shoots of the tayberry can grow up to 4 m. That's way too long!

  • Shorten long shoots to 2 m, max. 2.5 m
  • they should not be higher than the scaffolding
  • Cut back all side shoots to 20 cm long cones

Tayberry in the bucket

A tayberry in a bucket is the exception, but it does exist. For them, the editing rules described above can be transferred 1:1. If space in the bucket or on the balcony is tight, you can also grow the berry plant with fewer shoots.

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