If you live in a particularly cold part of the country, you might prefer to leave the canes alone after fruiting and wait until early spring. Once they have finished fruiting, you can cut all the canes down to the ground ready for new growth next spring. Image: Raspberry 'Polka' (Autumn fruiting) from Thompson & MorganĪutumn fruiting raspberry varieties flower and fruit in the same year, so they need to be pruned differently to summer raspberries.īest planted over the winter when dormant, autumn fruiting raspberries should be pruned to the ground on planting. Prune autumn fruiting varieties of raspberry in spring
Hoe these out rather than cutting or digging, which can encourage more shoots.Īnd check your plants after winter - you may need to remove any frost-damaged tips.
It’s also a good idea to remove any weak growth and ‘runners’ that appear in the wrong place. Growing just a few strong canes produces a better crop than cultivating a lot of spindly stems that don’t get enough light. About 20cm apart is the perfect distance. Once your plants are established, it may be necessary to thin out some of this young wood to prevent the canes from becoming too congested. Removing the old wood encourages healthy new shoots to grow from the base, reinvigorating the plant. Cut all the old wood to the ground – it’ll be dark brown – leaving the new green shoots to develop and fruit the following year. Once you’ve harvested the berries, all the stems that bore fruit should be removed.
Summer fruiting raspberries crop on the previous year’s wood so newly planted canes won’t produce fruit until their second year. Cut the canes down to about 2.5cm in height, which will allow them to develop strong shoots. Summer fruiting raspberries are best planted between early autumn and late spring and should be pruned straight after planting. Image: Raspberry 'Cascade Delight' (Summer fruiting) from Thompson & Morgan Summer fruiting varieties are easy to grow and maintain
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