On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:42:50 GMT, Baz wrote:

Dave Hill wrote in
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Cut out the old growth and leave in the new to fruit next year

Is that true of both summer and autumn fruiters? I am unsure but autumn
ones need to be cut off 3" above ground because they fruit on new canes,
and summer ones fruit on last years canes?

I need to know this too. I have ordered both summer and autumn varieties.
Glen Cova, Malling Jewel and Tulameen.

Baz

An easy rule of thumb is to chop to ground level any cane that has
fruited immediately it finishes fruiting but don't cut any that have
not fruited unless they are very weak or diseased. As the autumn
fruiters won't have produced new canes at that point you can't go
wrong. Some people prefer to leave the autumn fruiting canes in place
through the winter for some reason but if you do this, make sure they
are chopped down no later than January.

Tulameen's a good choice. Crops well for a long time and IMO really
tasty fruits. I think it actually produces too many new canes each
year - I've only got so much space - so I tend to work on the basis
that when I cut out an old cane, I tie the best available new one in
its place and when I've done this with all the old ones, I remove the
surplus.


Cheers
Jake
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