Topic: Raspberries Leo - pruning advice please

[sand]

We planted Leo Raspberries early last year - they are classed as late.  I cannot remember how to prune them.

We had some fruit last year and pruned weak shoots leaving one tall cane per plant that are now starting to show signs of life.

Should I leave them aloone as summer fruiting or cut back now to 6" as autumn fruiting.  Does 'late' mean autumn?

Help?

Sand

[jennym]

Leo are mid/late summer fruiting, so, don't prune them - they will produce fruit on the old canes that over-wintered. New growth will then come this year. After the old canes have finished fruiting, cut the old canes back and leave the new growth to stand over winter, so it can produce fruit in 2008. You might find it handy to loosely tie loops of string around the old canes now, so that you know exactly which ones to cut down at the end of summer.

[sand]

Thank you jenny, that's fantastic, I'm off to do just that now.  I was so close to chopping the lot down!

Phew.

Sand