Pruning Raspberry Canes

[piskieinboots]

so Summer fruiters are cut back when?

[HeyWayne]

so Summer fruiters are cut back when?

The same time as the others in my book.

[BUFFS]

summer fruiters are cut back after fruiting and tie in the new growth for next years fruit...enjoy..

[Alison]

I cut my summer ones back in the autumn and my autumn ones were cut back last Friday. Don't know if this is correct but it works for me.

[FB.]

I cut my summer ones back in the autumn and my autumn ones were cut back last Friday. Don't know if this is correct but it works for me.

Sometimes it's not a case of whether something is "correct" or "by the book" - it is often better to let your own experiences guide you.
They're your plants, in your climate. You know them better than anyone else and you know what gets you acceptable results.

[sarraceniac]

Let's be honest about this, summer fruiters are a waste of space. The newer autumn fruiting hybrids start fruiting about July anyway and fruit far more heavily than the usual summer fruiters. You can get earlier summer fruiters but not much, and they are usually very light croppers. If my summer fruiters (Glen Ample and Glen Moy) don't pull their socks up this summer the lot will be replaced next year with Polkas, which are perfick, just perfick. It solves a lot of problems too Wayne.

[Alison]

Let's be honest about this, summer fruiters are a waste of space.

Not in my opinion, had tonnes off mine last year and have loads of jams, fruit vinegar and frozen / bottled ones left. They started fruiting mid June and the autumn ones didn't come along until about early September, way after the summer ones had finished. I say, get both.