Autumn raspberries cutting pruning and manuring

[Kirk]

Cutting to 3" or less or more should not really make a difference as they send up new canes from the main root. It is not really the old cane that grows anew.

If the leaves are/were still on and green then they would be producing some food for the plant, so really it makes sense that if green then leave them to get on with it. Cut back when the leaves turn and drop off.

Last couple of years have been odd so not overly surprised if your cropping has been poor. Mine have not really made a raspberry for sometime. May need to show them a book on what it is they are supposed to do.

They are shallow rooted so will suffer if dry, mulch is used for this, they are derived from a woodland plant and wood lands do not dry out as a garden does. Not sure about manure, may find it is of some benefit, but not sure by how much. Would have thought a chipped bark+compost+manure mix to be better.

[littlemoney]

Blood Fish & Bone fertiliser - like this Wilko Fish Blood & Bone 1.5kg at wilko.com

Thanks. Think I've got some buried in the shed, years old. Perhaps I will dig it out and use it

[littlemoney]

Cutting to 3" or less or more should not really make a difference as they send up new canes from the main root. It is not really the old cane that grows anew.

If the leaves are/were still on and green then they would be producing some food for the plant, so really it makes sense that if green then leave them to get on with it. Cut back when the leaves turn and drop off.

Last couple of years have been odd so not overly surprised if your cropping has been poor. Mine have not really made a raspberry for sometime. May need to show them a book on what it is they are supposed to do.

They are shallow rooted so will suffer if dry, mulch is used for this, they are derived from a woodland plant and wood lands do not dry out as a garden does. Not sure about manure, may find it is of some benefit, but not sure by how much. Would have thought a chipped bark+compost+manure mix to be better.

Thanks for the info. This year as it was a very dry Spring I did use a pourous soaker hose then covered with well rotted horse manure to keep the moisture in and then the rain came. If I don't use the horse manure this autumn it will be well rotted by the spring.

[mothhawk]

In the past I've always cut mine down to 3ft to get that early crop...

I don't follow the logic of this, autumn rasps are for late fruiting. if you want earlier fruit, surely that's what summer fruiting rasps are for?

[littlemoney]

I don't follow the logic of this, autumn rasps are for late fruiting. if you want earlier fruit, surely that's what summer fruiting rasps are for?

I have got a few summer raspberberries but not many. However it seems to the latest thing to try to get two crops from autumn raspberries. In my case it was an unsuccessful experiment and I am going back to the traditional method of one crop.

[Bren In Pots]

I have got a few summer raspberberries but not many. However it seems to the latest thing to try to get two crops from autumn raspberries. In my case it was an unsuccessful experiment and I am going back to the traditional method of one crop.

I did it for the same reason it did seem a good idea at the time.

[oldmoondog]

I cut mine back to the ground after Christmas and it seems to work every time. I scatter manure after the first foot or so of growth and hey presto I get loads of fruit.

[littlemoney]

I cut mine back to the ground after Christmas and it seems to work every time. I scatter manure after the first foot or so of growth and hey presto I get loads of fruit.

Thanks for the suggestion.