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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: debster on August 03, 2009, 14:35:57

Title: pruning raspberry canes
Post by: debster on August 03, 2009, 14:35:57: when do i do this and how please? they had an awesome crop this year really enjoyed them.
thanks in advance
Title: Re: pruning raspberry canes
Post by: SMP1704 on August 03, 2009, 14:44:57: I did mine yesterday - you can tell which are the old canes as they are brown and quite brittle - next years canes are still green. Cut as close to the ground as possible. Give a balanced feed and stand back :D
Title: Re: pruning raspberry canes
Post by: debster on August 03, 2009, 14:48:49: so if i cut off all the brown ones and leave the green they should be ok yes?
Title: Re: pruning raspberry canes
Post by: SMP1704 on August 03, 2009, 14:55:52: Works for me. Also, in the spring if you take the top 6" off of each cane, it encourages each cane to put out side shoots and more fruit.
Title: Re: pruning raspberry canes
Post by: debster on August 03, 2009, 15:14:02: excellent thank you ill just wait for the rain to stop ;)
Title: Re: pruning raspberry canes
Post by: macmac on August 03, 2009, 15:18:33: I grow mainly Autumn Bliss and they're even easier you just wait untill Jan/Feb and cut the whole lot down as they fruit on growth made the same year.I'm picking some fruits as big as strawberries :o
I only grow the summer fruiting to get a few earlies
Title: Re: pruning raspberry canes
Post by: debster on August 03, 2009, 15:23:10: ah well now i dont know what type they are but guessing that they have already fruited they are probably a summer variety
Title: Re: pruning raspberry canes
Post by: macmac on August 03, 2009, 16:08:29: Quote from: debster on August 03, 2009, 15:23:10
ah well now i dont know what type they are but guessing that they have already fruited they are probably a summer variety

Then pruning out fruited canes now leaving new canes to fruit next year is right
Title: Re: pruning raspberry canes
Post by: saddad on August 03, 2009, 16:13:07: I'm an Autumn Bliss fan myself, for exactly that reason. As MacMac says if they've finished cut out the ones that have fruited.. :)