Raspberry bushes have to be pruned every year to maximize growth and production and limit disease and pests. There are two types of Raspberry bushes, summer-bearing and ever-bearing. Which type you have will dictate how you prune. Pruning Raspberries isn’t hard and it doesn’t take long. But doing it right is essential to having a healthy, producing crop every summer.
Your Raspberry bush must not be pruned in the fall. Leave it alone! Raspberry pruning is done at the end of winter, leading into spring bud break. This allows you to clear out all the old brambles properly, easily determine the Floricanes from the Primocanes, and lets you have perfect spacing to lay down that final layer of mulch before the patch becomes foliage (and thorn!) heavy.
Check out this video on how to grow even MORE Raspberries from cuttings!: https://youtu.be/9gvbauuzY5s
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Can't prune, but still want to clean and winterize your Raspberry patch? Check this out: https://youtu.be/OHHWzAivEz8
Do you just use grass cuttings as mulch?
Thanks for this video…what do you mulch with?
Well rotted manure mulching has transformed my raspberries
Just moved on new property with tons of nut trees, fruit trees, endangered trees, and just found out last week the people before us also planted red raspberries all on our hill, East side of the property. It completely took over the entire hillside and now we have tons of berries… Will have to prune them this year.
Your instructions are so clear. Orderly and detailed. Thank you
Helpful info Thanks
I see you used grass clipping so I guess thats ok?
My berries are tiny … half size of a neighbour’s. And when I pick them they often break up. What will cause this ?
Was that just grass you mulched with ?
Have grown to really value your videos…good concise relevant info…thx. One question on flurocanes…why not cut them to ground level right after they have finished their early summer fruiting? My thought is then the crowns send more energy into the growth of the primocanes for the rest of the summer & fall. That’s how we’ve been doing it for 4-5 years now and while we’ve had spectacular results, wondering if they could be even better…always looking for a better way..l
Ok this was exactly what I was looking for. I was going to prune now (end of july) but I'll wait until next march/april.
will pruning after the first fruiting help the bushes fruit again
Thanks man Im in southern nsw Australia reckon my raspberries should go off this yr now good vid cheers all the best.
Thanks for all the tips, great content!
I am a newbie in gardening and I love your video! Thank you!
We just bought a new home that came with a massive raspberry and blackberry patch. It didn't produce any blackberries this summer but did produce a few raspberries. It seems completely overgrown. I notice your shoots are straight and upright whereas mine are vines that have fallen to the ground. I'm assuming that they haven't been pruned in quite some time. Should I wait until early spring to prune them all back or is it a lost cause since it's all been abandoned this year?
Loved your video!! It is the end of September and I was about to go out and prune my raspberry plants. I'm so glad I watched your presentation. I will save that task until Spring. Were you using grass clippings as mulch? Just checking….
Looks like you did the pruning with scissors.
First video that makes sense for a newbie. Thank you for the details, I think i got it!
I learn more from you than other channel because you show the cane instead of talk talk talk…
So when do I prune? In spring? Mine are a year in the ground. Should I let them flop around in the winter snow in Indiana? Thanks great video BTW
Thank you for the info- I put in 4 new raspberry rooted plants early spring 2021. From your instructions I shouldn’t prune or clean up for the winter- I understand that I must wait till late winter. Should I do any ground clearing or winterizing at all now, Protection of plants now or late fall?
What type of mulch do you use?
Here's to hoping you get this late in the game! I have some Joan J (everbearing) raspberries that I purchased and received in April of 2021. They flowered and produced this summer/fall and were actually quite decent. I am still a bit confused on WHAT I should and should NOT trim back. If I follow you, the canes that produced berries, I should leave alone as they are considered 1st year Primocanes and will become my spring/summer 2022 Floricanes? The other shoots that haven't produced, should those be cut back in the winter? Thank you, Tony
so you do it in march? i
What region are you in. Or doesn't matter??
So I've had my raspberry plant for 4 years the thing gets so big but It's never produced. Any tips for me on what I could be doing wrong.
Thanks! Your demo & instructions are going to be so helpful! I understand the difference between the two types of canes now. I also really like your suggestion of staggering the heights of the floricanes!