Identifying two year old raspberry canes

[dilettante]

I've got a bunch of raspberry canes that need pruning, but I'm not quite sure which ones are the ones that fruited this year and need pruning and which are the first year canes that will fruit next year. Any tips?

[Scarlet]

The ones that have fruited will start to die off, they will be browner than the new canes. It will be obvious when you start pruning, the new canes will have good foliage at the moment.

[dilettante]

Thanks. I was looking at them earlier but only one cane was obviously old. I don't want to leave it too late to prune.

[Bigmallly]

Wait till this years dies down, it'll be a lot easier.

[veggiechicken]

By my reckoning, its never too late to prune a raspberry.
When its brown - cut it down............... or When its dead, off with its head

[Scarlet]

I'm lazy and have too much to do in September. I usually prune in Feb, it's really obvious then.

[Jay22]

This has helped me too, thank you. I've cut back the obvious canes and left the ones I'm not sure about!

I have the Glen Ample variety...huge and delicious and best of all free with GYO Mag so thanks to them also. They don't half grow tall though.

[Tripmeup]

I'm lazy and have too much to do in September. I usually prune in Feb, it's really obvious then.

Me too ....

[bramble]

By my reckoning, its never too late to prune a raspberry.
When its brown - cut it down............... or When its dead, off with its head

Sounds a bit on the cruel side Viggiechicken. ☺

[veggiechicken]

That's me Bramble
To be honest, I wait until they're completely dead and brittle and snap them off, with a bit of help from my boot. If they snap when I tread on them I'm know they're dead.

I didn't say this earlier as it makes me sound like a heartless raspberry killer, and I'm not. I lurve every raspberry that's running amok through the garden

[BUFFS]

This has helped me too, thank you. I've cut back the obvious canes and left the ones I'm not sure about!

I have the Glen Ample variety...huge and delicious and best of all free with GYO Mag so thanks to them also. They don't half grow tall though.

the ones that you tied in ,I trim the tops off mine at 5ft and next year they put out loads of sideshoots and what appears to be a larger crop, I may be wrong but after 10-12yrs it seems that way..

[Jay22]

Oh great BUFFS will do this when I get the chance...thanks!

[rosiepumpkin]

I moved all my raspbs last week. They'll be a lot happier. They were randomly heeled in in mid July last year and not moved since. I'll get out my shiny new secateurs on them once they've settled in (aka I get around to it).

[dilettante]

the ones that you tied in ,I trim the tops off mine at 5ft and next year they put out loads of sideshoots and what appears to be a larger crop, I may be wrong but after 10-12yrs it seems that way..

Do you think that would work with my raspberries? They're summer fruiting but I don't know the variety.

[dilettante]

Ah well if that'll work I'll just do that. Good tip, thanks.