Gooseberries are hugely productive soft fruit bushes that benefit from annual pruning to ensure they provide the biggest harvest possible. By selectively pruning older wood, and encouraging the ...

3. Fruit bushes You may have enjoyed gluts of gooseberries, blackcurrants and redcurrants, but if you want just as many fruits next year, prune out the stems which have fruited in autumn.

Thick growth helps to keep the birds away and you can be sure of pruning back to a living bud. Standard gooseberries make excellent plants for tubs. Choose a pot 35cm (14in) deep and wide and fill ...

Pruning soft fruits at the right time is essential to keeping plants productive. Follow our guide to get the most out of your fruit bushes and vines. Grapevines are exuberant climbers, so if you ...