raspberry help

[gan heather]

I know this gets asked a lot and I have read through the other threads, but I'm still having trouble getting my head around it. I got a plot in early winter and it has raspberry canes on it. I don't know what variety they are, so don't know if I should be pruning them now or not. They have a lot of dead berries on them, I can see where they have been pruned at one time (would this be apparent on summer fruiting raspberries?), and there are what appear to be young raspberries growing around the main plants. So what should I do? Prune now or leave it? I've included photos of the pruned area and the young raspberry canes, if it helps at all.

[flighty1]

Hi there
Other people will probably advise you better than I but basically irrespective of what type they are I treat both types the same & once they have fruited I cut out the old fruiting canes.

[tamsin]

Both types you cut down the canes that have fruited. With autumn raspberries that should be all of them. With summer raspberries there should be some canes that haven't fruited (don't cut these) and they are the ones that will fruit this year.

Start cutting old the canes that have fruited, if you have canes left when you are done you have summer rasps, if you don't you have autumn.

That's my understanding anyway

[sarraceniac]

Yup. Just cut back the canes that have obviously fruited. If in doubt don't cut, it won't hurt until you can be sure to leave a few untidy, non-productive canes on.