Where our allotments are (near Edinburgh), pruning out the fruited canes immediately after fruiting is a recipe for being eaten alive by berry bugs. I tend to wait until it is cooler but even today I was being eaten alive by midges - the Scottish scourge. However, the old canes are now removed - but...

It is time to cut out the old canes of my summer fruiting raspberries, however, some of the new canes which I would have expected to leave for next year are already flowering and have embryo fruit. I am a loss as to whether to cut these canes out, cut off the flowers or what. If I cut out these cane...