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Old 30-10-2009, 07:51 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:42:47 GMT, RogerT
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I am enjoying a wonderfull late crop of raspberries - on next sumers canes!

I sometimes have had a few fruits, but this year I have loads. Normally
I cut off the tops of the canes in the winter as part of tying them in,
which removes any fruiting spurs.

This year as I have so many fruiting I am wondering whther I should just
leave them on the canes after the frost has had them, or shorten or cut
out these spurs?

Any advice please?

Roger T


Roger, I don't think it is next year's canes which are fruiting. There
are two ways of treating raspberries. For Summer ones, you cut out
canes which have fruited and leave the new canes for the next year.
For Autumn raspberries you cut all the canes down in Winter and the
canes which grow in Spring will fruit the following Summer.
Are yours established plants?
Do you know what variety they are?
I treat all mine as Autumn ones, and still have quite a few fruits on
my plants now, though they are late having been moved last year.
If I were you I would cut these canes down again in winter and look
for another good crop next Autumn.
If you do have any canes which have not fruited, you could leave them
uncut and get a crop in the summer.
Good luck


Pam in Bristol


They are next years cane, this years fruiting canes were pruned out in
laate September.

I still have the autumn fruiting canes producing fruit, although not as
much as the "summer" canes. I cut the autumn fruiting canes down in
February usually.

Roger T