Raspberry Conundrum
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Im afraid I've neglected my raspberry patch. They are autumn and summer largely separated. Should I chop em all to the ground or just leave them till next winter.?
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If the Autumn ones have new shoots just showing at ground level, you can prune all the old canes to the ground level.. but if there is lttle sign of new shoots, I would just cut the oldest and weakest looking canes out.
With the Summer fruiting ones, just try and cut as many of the dead canes out as possible, to let some air in.
With the Summer fruiting ones, just try and cut as many of the dead canes out as possible, to let some air in.
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Autumn fruiting varieties will produce on old wood, I used to half prune mine to get some earlier and some later fruits to avoid getting a glut all at one time.
Been gardening for over 65 years and still learning.