cab
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Tayberry troubleI put a tayberry in last year. Got some fruit on it, not a lot, first year and all that.
I cut the one shoot I had on it back at the end of the season, not all the way but a bit.
I now have one central shoot surrounded by lots of smaller shoots; it's becoming bushy, not tall, but bushy. But I have only one berry on it. It's ripening nicely, all on its own...
What did I do wrong?
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tahir
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Can't remember whether they fruit on old or new canes, I don't think cutting back is the right way to do it, probabvly needed to cut back old canes to base, not sure though.
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sean
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According to my book (I've obviously caught reading from Bugs  ): Growth and fruiting follows a two year cycle, so canes which have finished fruiting are cut out at soil level.
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cab
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Oh. I get it. I had one cane last year, which of course fruited, so I don't get much this year except an errant fruit and lots of canes. Meaning that I get a better harvest next year... Should I therefore have two plants, because there's always going to be one having a year off?
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sean
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Presumably once it's established you'll have a mix of canes won't you. Though apparently it makes fantastic jam so two plants might be good anyway.
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tahir
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No there are always going to be new shoots coming from the base that won't fruit in the current season, they're the ones that you keep to fruit the next season, fruited ones are cut back to the ground.
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cab
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Oh, I get you. The old fruited ones aren't going to do me much good (other than the first years one which was handy to see where the plant was!) so I keep cutting them back... Basically like a summer raspberry. Cool, thanks guys.
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anukis3
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tayberryyear 1 train stem to the left, this will fruit next year. year 2 train to the right. this makes it very easy to cut off stem after fruiting.
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cab
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Anukis, that's a nice idea.
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Guest
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tay berry that has just solved a five year old problem
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dougal
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| cab wrote: | | ... Basically like a summer raspberry. |
Yes, *not* the *autumn* raspberry, you were treating it like...
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