Sunday 26 March 2017

Pruning the raspberries

We have managed to prune the raspberries each year - unlike the apples and cherries. However I have discovered that we have been doing it a bit wrong.
We have two varieties:
This one fruits spring and autumn and grows the canes to fruit on in autumn and spring. So we should either prune it right back after it has fruited each time or prune it in winter leaving the new canes that have not fruited yet

This one is apparently the most common raspberry in the WORLD and fruits once in July on canes it grew the previous autumn. As we have been pruning it to the ground in winter it is not surprising we have not been getting much/any fruit from it. We should prune only the old wood in winter or prune it to the ground in about August just after it has fruited.

They were all crammed in one bed but we have realised they need to be more spread out and put them across three beds now.

Before pruning and transplanting

After. The nearer bed has the Willamette and the next two the Remontant (these got pruned to the ground as they were being transplanted so we won't get the early crop from them this year)

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