Whilst clearing down the blackcurrants, I found
entwined several long (5ft+) summer fruiting raspberry
canes, spread away from my main row by aboy 4ft. As I
would like some more canes in the row, can I move
these as they are and expect them to fruit next year
or should I move and cut down in the autumn so they
will shhot next year for cropping the year after.

I prefer the former approach and may well try a couple
even if strongly advised against it!!!


--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

Roger Tonkin wrote in
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Whilst clearing down the blackcurrants, I found
entwined several long (5ft+) summer fruiting raspberry
canes, spread away from my main row by aboy 4ft. As I
would like some more canes in the row, can I move
these as they are and expect them to fruit next year
or should I move and cut down in the autumn so they
will shhot next year for cropping the year after.

I prefer the former approach and may well try a couple
even if strongly advised against it!!!



How do you know that they are summer fruiting? Yes I am confused too.
A previous thread suggested that autumn fruiters can fruit in summer if the
canes are not cut off to ground level in autumn, but left to fruit in
summer, then cut them.

Baz

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Roger Tonkin wrote in
:

Whilst clearing down the blackcurrants, I found
entwined several long (5ft+) summer fruiting raspberry
canes, spread away from my main row by aboy 4ft. As I
would like some more canes in the row, can I move
these as they are and expect them to fruit next year
or should I move and cut down in the autumn so they
will shhot next year for cropping the year after.

I prefer the former approach and may well try a couple
even if strongly advised against it!!!



How do you know that they are summer fruiting? Yes I am confused too.
A previous thread suggested that autumn fruiters can fruit in summer if the
canes are not cut off to ground level in autumn, but left to fruit in
summer, then cut them.

Baz

Mainly because my autumn fruiting ones have spiny
stems, and the summer fruiting ones smooth stems.

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

On 20/08/2013 19:52, Roger Tonkin wrote:
Whilst clearing down the blackcurrants, I found
entwined several long (5ft+) summer fruiting raspberry
canes, spread away from my main row by aboy 4ft. As I
would like some more canes in the row, can I move
these as they are and expect them to fruit next year
or should I move and cut down in the autumn so they
will shhot next year for cropping the year after.

I prefer the former approach and may well try a couple
even if strongly advised against it!!!



Go for it. I tried that a few years ago and getting a crop in the first
year seemed to have no long term ill effects. The books tend to talk
about raspberries being surface rooted ; be prepared to go well down to
dig them up.

Roger Tonkin wrote:
Mainly because my autumn fruiting ones have spiny
stems, and the summer fruiting ones smooth stems.


That's interesting to know. I'd be interested to hear other people
agree that this is the case, cos I've not heard it before.

On 24/08/2013 23:09, Victoria Conlan wrote:
Roger Tonkin wrote:
Mainly because my autumn fruiting ones have spiny
stems, and the summer fruiting ones smooth stems.


That's interesting to know. I'd be interested to hear other people
agree that this is the case, cos I've not heard it before.

A lot of the newer varieties of summer fruiting raspberries are now
smooth stemmed as well

"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message
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Whilst clearing down the blackcurrants, I found
entwined several long (5ft+) summer fruiting raspberry
canes, spread away from my main row by aboy 4ft. As I
would like some more canes in the row, can I move
these as they are and expect them to fruit next year
or should I move and cut down in the autumn so they
will shhot next year for cropping the year after.

I prefer the former approach and may well try a couple
even if strongly advised against it!!!

This is a useful link to a video on pruning and removing canes. The first 8
minutes is worth watching:-
http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/t...-please.52722/
He's from California so Fallbearing is Primocane and Everbearing is
Florocane.

Your question was about moving plants rather than pruning. I move my plants
between November and March, providing there is no frost in the ground.