Fruit and Vegetables

Re: pruning raspberies

Phot's-Moll — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:20:30 GMT

Bending and running along the wires is probably best if you don't want them taller than the fence, as cutting back will mean you'll lose a lot of the fruit. Cut the stems that have fruited back as soon as they've finished fruiting - this will give the new stems that will be starting to grow more space and it'll be easy to tell which ones to remove - later in the year they all look much the same.

Re: pruning raspberies

o2havemoretime — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:21:30 GMT

Definately summer fruiting

Re: pruning raspberies

Phot's-Moll — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:44:19 GMT

Are they summer or autumn fruiting ones?

pruning raspberies

o2havemoretime — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:33:04 GMT

To prune, or not to prune that is my question! My raspberries are in their second year of growth (1st year of fruit). They are doing really well, plenty of fruit but the new growth is about 7 ft tall. Do I cut this new growth down the to height of the fence they are up against (at 5ft) or bend them over and run them along the wires? I know I will need to cut down the old growth to the ground, when is the best time to do it?