How to prune waldo blackberry

After fruiting ends (August–October); light tip pruning in late winter. Remove all fruited canes to ground level after harvest. Tie in the best 4–6 new canes to wires (Waldo is less vigorous, so fewer are needed). Tip retained canes in late winter to 1.2–1.5 m to stimulate lateral fruiting buds.

Annually, two-stage (post-harvest + late winter). Waldo is a compact thornless floricane blackberry. It fruits on two-year-old canes, so annual removal of fruited canes and training of new growth is essential. Its compact habit means less tying-in work than vigorous types, but the same floricane pruning cycle applies — skip it and productivity declines fast.

Remove all fruited canes to ground level after harvest. Tie in the best 4–6 new canes to wires (Waldo is less vigorous, so fewer are needed). Tip retained canes in late winter to 1.2–1.5 m to stimulate lateral fruiting buds.