On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 21:46:28 +0100, Roger Tonkin
wrote:

In article , Nospam@invalid
says...

On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:51:14 +0000 (UTC), Ann Lancing
wrote:


How and when do I prune Autumn Raspberries?

Do I cut back the same as the summer ones?



Ann


Easy rule for all raspberries - cut the canes that have fruited (and
only those) down to ground level as soon as they've finished. If you
don't do it this way, make sure you cut autumn fruiters (only!) down
to ground by the end of January.

Cheers
Jake

Only problem with this is, that I've found the autumn fruiting ones can
start putting out flowers again, so you can go on picking until the
first frosts if you lucky. I usually leave the autumn fruiting canes
until February, then cut then down, before the current years new shoots
start to appear.

Fair point, Roger. I still have Tulameen (summer) fruiting. You could
argue that autumn raspberries, if not cut down in January (OK Feb at
your altitude), will fruit again around late April/May though you'll
then end up with a maze of live and dead canes and I'm not convinced
that the main autumn crop won't then suffer. It's down to experience
perhaps - knowing when a cane has decided to give up. I err on the
side of caution - lopping the canes off when I think they've had it
but still feeding the soil to allow the roots to rebuild their
reserves before their knobbly bits get frozen in the winter

Cheers
Jake
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