You should be aware of this

Soft fruitthat does not need to be cut or only needs to be cut a little

Some of the types of berries that you can easily grow include:

• Elderberries
• Sea buckthorn
• blueberries
• Cranberries

Blueberries and lingonberries sprout almost completely anew every year, so that the plants rejuvenate on their own. Here it is only advisable to thin out the bushes occasionally. Then the berries get more light and become bigger and more aromatic.

Elderberries and sea buckthorn grow on large bushes the size of trees. There is no need to cut back as the crowns are not very dense. These berries will grow anyway, even if they receive little light.

You have to cut these varieties

• Red and white currants
• Black currants
• Gooseberries

With currants, the pruning depends on the variety. Red and white bushes bear most of the fruit on the two- and three-year-old shoots.

All shoots that have been harvested are cut right above the ground after harvest. New shoots must remain on the bush.

at black currants the berries are already growing on the annual wood. Therefore, cut off all shoots immediately after harvest.

Here, too, the pruning takes place after the harvest or at the latest until the onset of frost.

Gooseberries bear on the one to three year old shoots. So only the shoots that are three years old are cut, because they would only produce a few berries in the next year.

Maintenance cuts for all soft fruit bushes

For all Soft fruit varieties the rule is that dead, dried-up branches are cut out. This also applies to sick branches.

Too dense shoots or twigs that grow across the shrub should also be thinned out.

Tips & Tricks

Experienced gardeners do not cut their soft fruit bushes until spring, as then there are no more leaves hanging on the bushes. However, this includes a trained one eye, that recognizes the age of the shoots. Beginners should better use scissors immediately after harvesting to avoid cutting errors.

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