Q: I have two small blackberries that have really produced a lot of berries this year. The plants are pretty leggy. When they finish bearing fruit, should I prune them or wait until fall? Will they ...

How to prune your berry patch, with different approaches for floricanes and primocanes. Berry season is just around the corner, and NOW is the time to prune your raspberry and blackberry bushes. In ...

Regardless of the season, there is almost always a garden to-do list that you can be working on. In November, for example, there are a handful of plants that you can prune so that they come back ...

Blackberries are by far one of the easiest fruit crops to grow in south Louisiana, but some gardeners avoid them because they have a reputation for getting out of control, creating a bramble jungle.

I have numerous jalapeño pepper plants and they all are producing, except one. It’s a beautiful plant full of flowers, but it has never had any peppers. Any ideas? Christi Rossi It’s hard to say what ...

LEANING GINGERS: Some of the taller gingers, such as hedychium, alpinia and costus can get top heavy when they bloom and may lean or fall over. A little graceful leaning is generally not an issue, but ...

Amy Lynn Albertson prunes a dead branch. Be conservative when trimming back in the fall Pruning is probably one of the hottest topics we cover in Extension, and for some reason I receive the most ...

Pruning is something many homeowners believe they need to do to shrubs and trees in the fall. However, most pruning should really be done in the early spring and summer. For fall, focus on taking off ...