Comments on: Training Japanese Wineberries

By: Pruning Japanese Wineberries « Out of my shed

Pruning Japanese Wineberries « Out of my shed — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:00:26 +0000

[...] or train it to form any number of shapes that you want to experiment with. (If you have too many stems to train, cut away the weaker spindlier stems from the base of your plant.) [...]

By: outofmyshed

outofmyshed — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:04:56 +0000

Hi Caro, I’ve tied my autumn Bliss raspberries onto wires in the past as canes were flopping and the berries were nearing the ground. Seems like a good idea so that you get the best from your canes. Give them a monster mulch in March with plenty of well-rottted manure or garden compost for great fruit next year. V.best Naomi

By: Caro (Urban Veg Patch)

Caro (Urban Veg Patch) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:55:20 +0000

I just have bog standard Autumn Bliss raspberries but they were a bit gangly last summer as my veg plot is so tiny (twice the width of your allotment); I’m wondering whether tying the branches onto wires might be worth a go?

By: Weaving, Winding and Snipping « wellywoman

Weaving, Winding and Snipping « wellywoman — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:27:31 +0000

[...] allotmenteer has employed the same strategy successfully with a hybrid blackberry and Naomi at Out of my Shed recently wrote about training her Japanese wineberry which has very similar sprawling growth. Her [...]

By: outofmyshed

outofmyshed — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:43:38 +0000

Good point Petra. The plants in the post above are all newish plants and this is their first year of growth. Will be interesting to juggle where to position new growth next summer as old the growth is fruiting……

By: Petra Hoyer Millar

Petra Hoyer Millar — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:22:22 +0000

Love wineberry! Great plant, looking so lovely now and the fruit are delicious. The only thing I’d say when training, is make sure you can cut all previous years growth off, without too much trouble. Its the new growth you need for the berries and lovely bright red stems in autumn. We’ve learned that hard way, so we went from Jean Paul Gaultier to the simple ‘hold up on the wall’ style…. Still beautiful none the less…