raspberry canes - spacing and number

[burnie]

A trick I do when pruning my late fruiting raspberries is not to cut all the canes down to ground level.On the stronger(older) plants I might leave a couple of the canes only cut down by 50%.Then I get a few fruits in early summer and then the bulk later in the year.I've been doing it for two or three years and the plants don't seem to suffer.

[drichard12]

The 1st year I planted mine I let them grow and produce suckers I also removed flowers and any fruit. The 2nd year once firmly established I let them fruit and remove or cut down all but 4-5 suckers per plant. Sometimes I dig up the suckers and offer them to friends and family members.

[Croila]

A trick I do when pruning my late fruiting raspberries is not to cut all the canes down to ground level.On the stronger(older) plants I might leave a couple of the canes only cut down by 50%.Then I get a few fruits in early summer and then the bulk later in the year.I've been doing it for two or three years and the plants don't seem to suffer.

Thanks for this info Burnie ... I planted my rasps today: ten canes, five each of Autumn Bliss and All Gold. I alternated them in a row so, see what happens. I'm noting this info about cutting the canes though, cause it would be great to get two crops from them.

I'm just a wee bit concerned the soil's too heavy though. I dug in manure a month ago and because it's sticky clay, I should probably have put some sand in too. But, I didn't ... :-/