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Raspberry problem.
I have been growing raspberrys for 3 years. the first year i had a good
crop, the 2nd was fair but this year not very good. i tend to get fruit on only certain branches but i have loads of new shoots coming up all the time. is it a pruning problem? any advise would be welcome. |
Raspberry problem.
I have never had raspberries, but I know that blackberries musts have the
bearing canes cut off when done bearing. Then the new canes will bear the following year. When you cut them off, destroy them preferably by burning. They could contain harmful pests and diseases. Some raspberry growers say they cut them to the ground after they finish harvesting the fruit, but that idea kind of scares me. Maybe it is a different kind of raspberries. Dwayne "tony" wrote in message ... I have been growing raspberrys for 3 years. the first year i had a good crop, the 2nd was fair but this year not very good. i tend to get fruit on only certain branches but i have loads of new shoots coming up all the time. is it a pruning problem? any advise would be welcome. |
Raspberry problem.
In article , Dwayne
writes I have never had raspberries, but I know that blackberries musts have the bearing canes cut off when done bearing. Then the new canes will bear the following year. When you cut them off, destroy them preferably by burning. They could contain harmful pests and diseases. Some raspberry growers say they cut them to the ground after they finish harvesting the fruit, but that idea kind of scares me. Maybe it is a different kind of raspberries. Yes, that is the correct way to treat raspberries Dwayne. By the time the canes which have borne fruit are ready to cut out, new canes should have appeared which should be left in to produce next year's fruit. It may be as well to restrict the new canes to 5 or 6 if there are a lot of them, or some new canes be taken as side-shoots if additional bushes are required. The same applies to autumn fruiting raspberries, though sometimes they may be left until the following spring to be pruned. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
Raspberry problem.
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: I have been growing raspberrys for 3 years. the first year i had a good crop, the 2nd was fair but this year not very good. i tend to get fruit on only certain branches but i have loads of new shoots coming up all the time. is it a pruning problem? any advise would be welcome. As well as pruning (follow Alan's advice!), are you feeding them? I find raspbs respond well to a good mulch, and that also helps keep the weeds down. I prune mine after they have finished fruiting, and just cut out anything that looks tatty or has old fruit sprays on it. Seems to work. Victoria |
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Raspberry problem.
Autumn-fruiting rasberries fruit on that year's growth unlike the summer
varieties, which fruit on the previous year's growth. All the stems on the autumn fruiting varieties can be cut to the ground over the winter. I have a similar question: I inherited a few autumn fruiting raspberry "twigs" last year with the new house. They are a yellow variety(Autumn Bliss?). Anyway, they were pretty weedy things and I cut them all back to the ground last autumn. This year they have produced really good shoots - around 1.5m long or more, but only a few of which have produced fruit (and those that did produced a good number, and loads more than last year's poor crop). So should I still cut all the growth down this year - even those shoots that didn't fruit - or should I leave some standing? Any ideas? -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
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from Victoria Clare contains these words: As well as pruning (follow Alan's advice!), are you feeding them? I find raspbs respond well to a good mulch, and that also helps keep the weeds down. I prune mine after they have finished fruiting, and just cut out anything that looks tatty or has old fruit sprays on it. Seems to work. Also, raspberries need a certain amount of manganese, and if your soil is deficient in it (as some parts of East Anglia are) the leaves are yellowish and look a bit as if they're infected with the mosaic virus. You can get foliar feeds and other supplements containing manganese - you don't need much. -- Rusty Hinge No m'lud, it wasn't a sneg. My joints creak. |
Raspberry problem.
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"timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" (Tim Challenger) wrote: I inherited a few autumn fruiting raspberry "twigs" last year with the new house. They are a yellow variety(Autumn Bliss?). "Fall Gold" perhaps. Autumn Bliss are red. According to Hessayon, autumn fruiting raspberry pruning is simple - cut all stems down to the ground in February. Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com |
Raspberry problem.
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:40 +0100 (BST), Steve Harris wrote:
In article m, "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" (Tim Challenger) wrote: I inherited a few autumn fruiting raspberry "twigs" last year with the new house. They are a yellow variety(Autumn Bliss?). "Fall Gold" perhaps. Autumn Bliss are red. According to Hessayon, autumn fruiting raspberry pruning is simple - cut all stems down to the ground in February. Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com Thanks Steve, I wasn't too sure. I'll do that then. At least I'm pretty sure it can't hurt them. I don't know the name of the variety, but it could well be Fall Gold. Large sweet ones, with little real raspberry taste, which turn an orange if left just a little too long. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Raspberry problem.
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:40 +0100 (BST), Steve Harris wrote:
In article m, "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" (Tim Challenger) wrote: I inherited a few autumn fruiting raspberry "twigs" last year with the new house. They are a yellow variety(Autumn Bliss?). "Fall Gold" perhaps. Autumn Bliss are red. According to Hessayon, autumn fruiting raspberry pruning is simple - cut all stems down to the ground in February. Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com Thanks Steve, I wasn't too sure. I'll do that then. At least I'm pretty sure it can't hurt them. I don't know the name of the variety, but it could well be Fall Gold. Large sweet ones, with little real raspberry taste, which turn an orange if left just a little too long. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Raspberry problem.
,snip Thanks Steve, I wasn't too sure. I'll do that then. At least I'm
pretty sure it can't hurt them. snip. Large sweet ones, with little real raspberry taste, which turn an orange if left just a little too long. Sorry to join the thread so late: I inherited a clump of raspberries on a plot of overgrown land. I cut them back hard and after two years the new canes were reaching more than six feet and producing a heavy crop. (Lots of Pavlovas, home-made ice cream and a freezer full to boot) BUT.... at the same time I planted a double row of Glen Magna. There is no comparison at all when it comes to flavour or yield - the Magna are magnificent, the older raspberries bland and disappointing. I gather that after ten years or so this can happen and the canes should be replaced. I am currently waiting for autumn when I will dig up the older canes for my neighbour to plant - they produce plenty of fruit but I'm going to spoil myself with some Glen Ample and Autumn Bliss to extend the season with better flavoured varieties. |
Raspberry problem.
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from Tim Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" contains these words: Thanks Steve, I wasn't too sure. I'll do that then. At least I'm pretty sure it can't hurt them. I don't know the name of the variety, but it could well be Fall Gold. Large sweet ones, with little real raspberry taste, which turn an orange if left just a little too long. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. If in complete doubt and you can live with a poorish crop next year. Leave one with this years wood on and one cut right back. Then you`ll know which is the better way due to the yield. -- email farmer chris on Please don`t use as it`s a spam haven. |
Raspberry problem.
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:14:57 +0100, Christopher Norton wrote:
The message m from Tim Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" contains these words: Thanks Steve, I wasn't too sure. I'll do that then. At least I'm pretty sure it can't hurt them. I don't know the name of the variety, but it could well be Fall Gold. Large sweet ones, with little real raspberry taste, which turn an orange if left just a little too long. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. If in complete doubt and you can live with a poorish crop next year. Leave one with this years wood on and one cut right back. Then you`ll know which is the better way due to the yield. There's always that, of course. Suck it and see. ;-) I think I'll leave one plant with some old (this year's) growth on just to see, and cut all the others back as normal. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Raspberry problem.
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:03:08 GMT, Tim Challenger
"timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote: Autumn-fruiting rasberries fruit on that year's growth unlike the summer varieties, which fruit on the previous year's growth. All the stems on the autumn fruiting varieties can be cut to the ground over the winter. I have both Summer and Autumn fruiting raspberries. (The latter are Autumn Bliss which are NOT YELLOW.) Last year the summer ones spred too much and I intended digging them out. So I cut all of them, both varieties, down to the ground during the winter. I am now picking loads of fruit off both sorts. I don't know if it will work with all summer fruiting ones but has certainly proved successful this year. Pam in Bristol |
Raspberry problem.
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from Pam Moore contains these words: /snip/ So I cut all of them, both varieties, down to the ground during the winter. I am now picking loads of fruit off both sorts. I don't know if it will work with all summer fruiting ones but has certainly proved successful this year. To a greater or lesser extent. Most can be treated either as summer or as autumn-fruiting, but obviously, the ones developed for a specific season do better than ones not developed for it. -- Rusty Hinge No m'lud, it wasn't a sneg. My joints creak. |
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