How to Prune Raspberries for BIGGER Harvests! 

I play *"Iron Maiden"* on my outdoor patio when we're bar-b-qing, and my berry plants are 20 feet tall. *THEY LOVE IT!*

It's refreshing to see other young adults doing gardening videos! Keep up the great work!

Your conclusion that you do at the end of the videos really gives the videos an extra high quality!

Last year I did what he said, I was a little fearful because this was my first time with raspberries. I did exactly what he said and this year they are loaded. The birds have noticed how wonderful they are, anybody out there nervous about trying, go for it you will be pleased.🤩

Oh Wow James! I planted 2 blackberry plants today in my Daughter's yard. Thank You for this information!

Thankyou again James for another beautiful presentation!

One of the best descriptions for improving harvests, well done.

I appreciate you so much man. You are always consistently a huge help for me in my gardening experience. 🙏🌱

I've been waiting on this video James, so thank you very much. I just pruned mine today and this video justifies exactly my philosophy on how to prune blackberries and raspberries... you sir ,are the man. :)

I planted two blackberry plants this year. Can't wait to enjoy the fruit next year. Now I know how to prune them.

I like how tuck just tucks himself inside the bushes 😂

Great info! This is all new to me and very important because i just planted a raspberry. You are probably my favorite gardener.

So helpful, thank you!i just put in my first raspberries and blackberries last year and was just wondering this.

A fabulous video! I have no idea what kind of raspberries I have in my patch, and this is the first video I've seen that gave a strategy for figuring this out. Also, it's just the right length of time, and I really like the quick recap at the end.

Honestly, I've always been watching all your videos and whenever I watch, it's giving me a calm and relaxing vibes and a positive energy. Also, your videos help me relieve my stress. Always take care and so is your family. Thank you for always giving us these wonderful videos ❤

love your channel!!! keep up the great work! all the best for you and tuck!

Looks like your having some great weather and the berries are really flourishing. Thanks for the video.

This video is fantastic. My wife and I are growing a variety of raspberries and blackberries. Thank you for providing such clear information! I couldn’t click subscribe fast enough!

I love the energy lol seems like such a nice guy

I will do it this year. Thank you so much. U r really very energetic..... I really enjoy ur videos so much. Keep it up.

This is why I have a garden journal, so I can keep notes on how and when to prune, what types I have, etc. Great tips, thanks!

Thanks! I just added Anne and red raspberries and blackberries to my garden so this is super useful!

as always ,,,, love your videos James . All those berries. I'll be very real here, your last video you mentioned your berries ,but it went over my head. With this video I saw what you meant and I get it now !!!! I see where you cut and where that branch burst out lots of little branches full of berries..... Thank you for clarifying it for me !!!

Can’t wait to try this

Thanks for the tips brother. May I add that you have an awesome garden!

This is great! Thank's James

Great video. Thanks James

Thank you! I have about a gajillion wild blackberry and black raspberry plants around here, and they never seemed as productive as I thought they should be. Now I know what to do about it!

Brilliant explanation James. I’ve got a healthy looking 2 year old summer fruiting raspberry bush here in UK, first few are ripening nicely but there’s a ton of fruit already. Gonna head out and prune to 4ft this years canes. Thanks a lot!

Thank you so much! So helpful!

this is wonderful info. I have lots of wild blackberries but want to increase yield so I can make jam. I'll definitely do it this year. thank you

Thank you for your valuable video! I love it!!!

wow..your black caps berries look fantastic.. going to apply this method to mine..never prune them before just pull out the ones shooting up left and right I did not want

James, thank you for this info. As I was picking my (few this year) black raspberries I was thinking: how do I prune them so they fruit better? And there it is - your video. Instant answer to my question. Thanks again!

Very good vid....thank you brother it was very helpful

Great video, love the quality information

JP does it again Thank you sir for more great content

I have a red raspberry bed. Now I think I know how to prune them 😊 thanks James.

Hello guys I’m so excited , I have purchased lots of sweet things to sow in my garden can’t wait to get dirty and sweaty because I know the wait is not that long for the good stuff 😁❤️❤️❤️😁🍓🫐🍓🫐🍓🫐🍓🫐🍓

So much info! You're awesome! Thannnnk you!!

That end comment was super helpful. I don't know what kind my raspberry is but my dog chewed the canes down to the ground a year ago and a barely got any fruit this last summer. I'm hoping to trim it this year in a way that I'll get a real harvest this year.

I love your videos! Thanks for all the info!

This seriously answered so many questions

Good tips Mr James! Thank you for sharing it with us...

Excellent content, James.. Clear and to the point. Now I know how to prune berries.

I needed this Information for my raspberries James. LET'S GO!

Raspberry struggle here in Arizona, but we're gonna try them in a outdoor kitchen area where they have irrigation and shade!

Dang, that's a lot of raspberries! Well done!

I have a ton of wild black raspberries on my property. I should probably prune some back. Thanks for the video!

It's really good taste I picked yesterday from forest near my house

Hi I enjoy watching your posts, I’m in Melbourne Australia and have grown raspberries for 15 years. I cannot remember the variety I bought as it is too long ago, I don’t prune my canes and they grow to about 7’ tall. I harvest from Nov-May/June, I find that by leaving the canes they start producing fruit very early rather than having to grow first. I harvest around 600 grams every two days, and have to admit that after a few months I get tired of harvesting so I call in family/friends to come and pick their own. I dug up a few canes last year and placed into pots as I sold my property, we are currently in Spring here and the pot of raspberries is in full fruit already and I know that when I buy my next home I will have an area for raspberries as they will slowly spread over the years. I commend you for your enthusiasm and generosity of time as you regularly post and wish you abundant harvests. I too follow Back to Eden philosophy if gardening and know first hand the benefits of using arborists mulch, I always applied it as soon as it was delivered and had magnificent harvests. My soil after 9 years under my care was over a metre deep of black soil teeming with worms. I stopped having a designated compost area and just buried my kitchen scraps each day under mulch, this would be gone within a few days as the worms would make light work of the compost.

Helpful video - thanks!

Can't wait to really put this into practice. Lots of good tips. We inherited a large neglected bramble of unknown raspberry varieties when we bought our house. I cleaned it all up, and re-ordered the plants into rows last summer. I'll be trying your tips and topping the green canes when they get a little bit taller

You have done it again, great video. Thanks

Great video, very informative. Inspired me to try growing raspberries next year!

This video is useful. Thank you very much

Solid video James. Thanks again.

Thanks James.

Great information in your channel always James, thank you!!! ;)

I love your energy!

man, compared to the recent videos this one is at about half hype level. Now the videos are MAX ENERGY and HYPE OFF THE TRAIN INTROS! SICK JAMES ... SICK!

Fantastic video, THANKYOU!

You’re awesome! Love your energy!

I love your dog, he looks a lot like mine and they have the best personality. Thank you for the berry tips, I’m adding more berries this year.

Ay bro, your content is bad ass. Thank you for the upload

thanks so much for the info. Have had raspberries (Think we have what you call black capped) in our backyard since we moved in 20 years ago and I have always let them grow left alone fearing I would mess up a future harvest. Now i can go in and prune them and clean up the tangle without worrying. Wish you could come up to Ct and give me some advice after a tour of my place lol

Ok thanks, After the spring harvest I'll be cutting at four foot all the new shoots in. And get the black old ones out.

Black raspberries are my favorite berry..I have a couple rows of blackberries on my yard, something is nibbling on the tender leaves on the end. Possibly deer, I think..Your food Forrest is amazing. Thanks for sharing

James, you've inspired me to make my own gardening videos. My favorite ones to record are the harvests, like potatoes and apricots!! Recently I've been getting woodchips like every week. It's like getting candy lol. Thanks and keep it up with this great content!

WOW, GREAT VIDIO! LOVE YOUR PERMACULTURE FARM.

great advice and great video! :)

I love your backyard. It's so wild! I have Jewel Black raspberry plant is it's my favourite so far.

Very interesting, didn't know that about fall baring raspberries

Perfect now I just have to watch this 8 more times! Haha thanks for the information brother. Blessing Fr

Thank you 😁

Just did my own pruning - well, tip-pruning - of my blackcaps and blackberries. I also had to cut out a lot of dead blackberry canes - they don't seem to survive the winter for the most part, although I did get lucky with a few of the lower laterals, which might make me some blackberries this year.

Every time I prune my raspberries and blackberries, rather than discarding the part I pruned off, I plop it in a pot of compost and in a few weeks I have a new plant. Also, if te cane is too long and it can touch the ground, I take the tip and bury it in the ground and hold it down with a brick or huge rock. Again, in a few weeks, the tip has grown roots. I then cut it at a good length and again have a new plant. I also make sure I cut a cane down to the ground after it fruits. It makes it easier to prune as you go along.

Great video as always, brother!!!

Thanks for this information. I have ever bearing plants and have been pruning the new canes in the summer and couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting a fall harvest.

Very helpful.

Love the videos bro

Love all this info. Its alot to take in for beginner like me. But im trying! I want to add raspberries in my yard.

Great video, thanks! I’ve been winging it with my little raspberry plant. This video helped me understand more of what to do. Wish me luck! (Next…my little blueberry plant…)

You're a rock star. Thanks for the videos.

James thanks for this video. Now I'm going to give the berries a try.

will you do a video about your grape arbor and training it up? love your videos!

Hi James I'm from India & have been watching your videos quite recently & liked it, I too love gardening but my home plot is not spacious , so by watching your videos I contend myself

After MANY years of renting I’m now in the market looking at homes! Can’t wait until I have my own food forest & head of security like Tuck. I’m in CT so we have similar zones. Hoping to be as successful as you are.

Nice video!

My neighbor is giving me some blackberry bushes.so i will keep all this in mind.ty James

James I’ve got a first year blackberry and it’s probably about 8 foot but I’m growing it over a little trellis and down to the ground and when it reaches the dirt I’m going to sink it’s head and let it root. Then I’m going to cut it so I’ll have 2 bushes growing. I watched that on Doug and Stacy the homestead homies

This helped! Thanks!

Im very love with raspberries..i have own plant at my garden now..love from Malaysia..

This guy is the best

Totally maaaan!!!!

I have everbearing raspberries and blackberry be sure to stake/trellis them up the plant gets really heavy with fruit We just covered them now as berries are forming to prevent the birds from cleaning the bushes clean.

I’ll give this a try bc they are totally unruly growing everywhere. 😊

I was hesitant to grow raspberries but this video got me charged!!

Oh James, In philly in penny pack park down by welsh road/Rhawn Street they have the most delicious wild raspberries growing EVERYWHERE (wineberries actually) oh how I miss harvesting those every August! Lol you should find someone who frequents to philly and get them to get you some cuttings!

James, if your raspberries are truly everbearing, they should be producing continuously from June until September or even October if the onset of fall is mild, as it sometimes is in Southwest Oregon. The same is true for everbearing strawberries. Thanks for your video.