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Rasberry Cane Pruning.
I am about to tackle a thicket of autumn fruiting rasberries.
How should they be pruned and when? I've been told that it might be different to earlier fruiting rasberries. Thanks mark |
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Rasberry Cane Pruning.
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writes I am about to tackle a thicket of autumn fruiting rasberries. How should they be pruned and when? I've been told that it might be different to earlier fruiting rasberries. Thanks mark Summer fruiting raspberry canes are "biennial" - they grow one year, and fruit the next. So in that case you cut out the old canes that have fruited, leaving the newer canes for next year. Autumn fruiting raspberry canes are "annual" - they grow and fruit in one year. So you can cut autumn fruiting raspberries down to the ground after fruiting. You don't have to be that rigorous - if a cane is producing side shoots you can cut it back to where the buds are breaking, and you'll probably get an earlier start to the cropping season. http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0600/cane_bush.asp http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&a...ng+raspberries -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Rasberry Cane Pruning.
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from Stewart Robert Hinsley contains these words: In message , mark writes I am about to tackle a thicket of autumn fruiting rasberries. How should they be pruned and when? I've been told that it might be different to earlier fruiting rasberries. Summer fruiting raspberry canes are "biennial" - they grow one year, and fruit the next. So in that case you cut out the old canes that have fruited, leaving the newer canes for next year. Autumn fruiting raspberry canes are "annual" - they grow and fruit in one year. So you can cut autumn fruiting raspberries down to the ground after fruiting. You don't have to be that rigorous - if a cane is producing side shoots you can cut it back to where the buds are breaking, and you'll probably get an earlier start to the cropping season. Following an earlier question here about taking cuttings from raspberries, I felled my autumn raspberry and cut the canes with buds into foot-ish lengths, and have left them planted in potting compost over winter. The buds are now bursting, but I haven't investigated the canes' subterranean regions for roots yet - I'll do that when (if) they begin to look as if they're growing. Watch this space... -- Rusty Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk |
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