When, how and how often?

When does the snowberry need to be cut?

Basically, you can prune snowberries all year round, even at sub-zero temperatures.

• Care cut
• Cut back
• Taper cut
• Cut cuttings

How to cut the crackling pea

When pruning, you shorten any branches that have become too high or spreading out. The best times for this are spring to April or from summer.

Is the Snowberry generally grown too big, it can also tolerate a complete pruning. Cut the shoots as close as possible to the ground. The shrub recovers from this within a short time. However, depending on the season, you have to flowering or the berries poisonous to humans waive for a year.

You should regularly rejuvenate older snowberries. This will prevent the shrub from becoming bald at the bottom. Old shoots are cut out close to the ground. The advantage of tapering pruning is that there are always enough branches with flowers and later berries on the bush.

Look for runners after cutting

The cut stimulates the snowberry to form new runners. The offshoots sprout like weeds, especially on very dry soils.

Pull out the sprouts as soon as possible so that you prevent the uncontrolled spread of the crackling pea in good time.

If possible, do not cut during the incubation and setting time

Even if it is often recommended, you should not cut a snowberry during the breeding and setting season. Many birds use the dense branches as a shelter for building their nests.

The flowers are very good food for bees. It is therefore better not to cut the bushes until many other plants are in bloom.

Propagate snowberries by cuttings

Do you want these Poppy as a hedge pull, you can propagate them by cuttings. To do this, cut small shoots 20 centimeters long on a frost-free autumn day.

Store the cuttings in sand over winter and place them in individual pots in spring to root.