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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Kleftiwallah on October 02, 2022, 16:31

Title: Raspberries (follow on).
Post by: Kleftiwallah on October 02, 2022, 16:31

Good afternoon everybody,
after hacking back the overgrown raspberry patch, applied well rotted  'hoss muck and straw', I see new shoots are showing.  Do I (A) leave well alone or (B) trim them back to ground level and if (B) can I use these shoots as cuttings?

Cheers,   Tony.

Title: Re: Raspberries (follow on).
Post by: mumofstig on October 02, 2022, 20:06

Summer fruiting or autumn fruiting, or unknown?

Title: Re: Raspberries (follow on).
Post by: Goosegirl on October 03, 2022, 10:57

Personally I'd leave them as they won't produce much more growth this year, then let them grow next year to see when they fruit.

Title: Re: Raspberries (follow on).
Post by: Kleftiwallah on October 03, 2022, 12:04

Good morning mumofstig,
 I've no idea which but I tend towards the Summer fruiting variety.

Cheers,  Tony.

Title: Re: Raspberries (follow on).
Post by: mumofstig on October 03, 2022, 12:50

If they are summer-fruiting then you may not get much of a crop next year, unless they make shoots PDQ  before the winter stops all growth.
Autumn-fruiting are usually cut right to the ground in winter, but as you are not sure, you'll just have to leave them to get on with it  :lol:
Like GG says, make a note of when they flower, so you'll know for future pruning...

If you want some more, you'll have to dig a few plants up and split them apart, so each stem has a piece of root for replanting.