Program Overview

Pruning and Training Blackberries

This course will provide home gardeners and small farmers with information needed to prune the various types of blackberries grown in North America: floricane-fruiting trailing, semi-erect, and erect cultivars and single- or double-cropping primocane-fruiting erect cultivars.

What You'll Learn

In this course, narrated lectures with photos and videos will address the learning outcomes, including an understanding of:

1. Types of blackberries grown and regional adaptation
2. The basics of plant growth and understanding the differences between blackberry types
3. How to prune and train floricane-fruiting trailing blackberries
4. How to prune and train floricane-fruiting semi-erect and erect blackberries
5. How to prune and train primocane-fruiting blackberries for a single or double crop

How this Course Works

Although there are lessons that may apply more broadly, this course is intended primarily for a North American audience. It will be especially relevant for home gardeners and small farmers. In this self-paced online blackberry course, you will navigate 1.75 hours of video in several lectures. You will have access to the course and the materials for one year after you enroll.

Course Details

• The course is available on demand.
• The course is online.
• The cost of the course is $50.

Related Courses

This course is part of our PRUNING AND TRAINING OF BERRIES, KIWIFRUIT AND GRAPES series.

Other Courses in the Series

• Pruning Blueberry for Growth, Yield and Quality
• Pruning and Training Grapes
• Pruning and Training Kiwifruit
• Pruning and Training Raspberries

Instructors

• Tao Orion: has been working in permaculture for over 15 years and specializes in permaculture designs on the West Coast.
• Bernadine Strik: Professor of Horticulture and Extension Berry Crops Specialist, with over 30 years of experience in research, teaching, and educational programs for commercial growers and home gardeners.
• Dan Stark: Forestry and Natural Resources, Assistant Professor of Practice
• Norma Kline: Forestry & Natural Resources
• Max Bennett: Forestry & Natural Resources
• Ann Harris: OSU Open Campus Education Coordinator