Pruning blackberries can be tricky because you have floricanes and primocanes, mechanical damage and even insect damage. This time of year it is faily simple to tell wich canes are alive and wich are dead. Remove the dead canes first (this will be the ones that had fruit on them last year). Next remove the spindly canes and anything broken or crossed. Tip back branches on the extrememly long shoots and continue to the next plant. For a more detailed description of bramble pruning see
Growing Blackberries and Raspberries in Kentucky
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| After old cane removal and tipping back |
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