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Raspberry Advice please
Andy36
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in Fruit & veg
Hi there, we've just been able to get an allotment and have found a row of raspberry canes. I've no idea if they are Autumn or Summer varieties but there are a few shriveled up raspberries here and there so I don't know if they could have been hanging around since last Summer or if are perhaps from Autumn.
Shall I I cut everything back now assuming they are either Autumn raspberries or Summer raspberries that have been there 2 seasons... everything looks quite woody.
Or should I leave the canes there and take my chances with a crop this year? If I did this I would plant a new row this year if possible to give fruit next year (thanks for helpful advice from earlier thread too!).
Any advice appreciated, thank you.
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Why not cut half down (every other one) that way, if they are summer fruiting, you will still get some fruit on the older canes, and if you get fruit from canes that grow this season, you will know they are autumn fruiters
As i cant see any supports, i reckon they are autumn ones, but you never know, the last owner might have just not bothered
As I can see support (green horizontal wire), my guess would be that they are summer-fruiting types and would keep the light-brown canes which are clearly covered in buds (those will grow into side shoots which will later bear the fruit) and remove the dead (grey and brittle) and dark brown canes (last year's bearing canes) without buds.
I'm going with Bob's advice - I think those look like summer fruiting raspberries and I think that if you look closely you'll see which are the new canes. Cut all the old ones out, tie the new ones into the wires and give them a feed with fish, blood and bone and a mulch of compost or well rotted manure.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you very much for all the replies, will go through and cut out all the dead and dark brown canes which may well end up like cutting down every other one. Will give a feed and keep fingers crossed for fruit in the summer.
Thanks again, Andy
You must have good shelter, I was going to cut my autumn fruiting canes down a couple of weeks ago only to discover that the wild weather that dominated January had done it for me, there was only 2 left to cut!