[nasta78]

hello.

I need a bit of hlep here. i got an allotment last year and inherited some rasperries. since i did not know what kind -summer/autmn they were i just let them untouched...this is what happend. they prouduced small furit on old nearly dry - i suppose last years canes and then couple of weeks later they produced larger fruits on thei new canes. can you please tell me what kind of rasperries are these as they dond correspond with neither summer nor autumn description.
thank you.

[mumofstig]

It sounds like autumn fuiting to me.

Summer fruiting varieties don't fruit on new wood...........so all the old canes left from last year should be cut right out and only the new green canes, which are growing, left.

[gremlin]

Trouble is that Raspberries don't read the books, and will do what they like. They can fruit (badly) a second time on old canes.  

My autumn raspberries start new shoots from underground in March-ish.  The summer ones start sprouting new shoots for next year in about August.

Raspberry cane plants only last 10 years or so, so don't struggle if it looks like ancient stuff. Buy new bare rooted stuff in autumn.

[nasta78]

thanks for the replies.

I will leave them again this year, see what they produce and buy new ones as well and plant elsewhere.
I quite like the small early fruits

[Growster...]

Nasta, it might be a good idea to give them a little general fertilizer now, and if you have some left-over compost, mulch them round the roots, to keep the moisture in.

This will give you a reasonable crop, and you may find that they perk up this year, and you could keep them a bit longer!

At least by next year, you'll know what you've got anyway!

Good luck - and welcome here too!!

[fatcat1955]

If you do not prune autumn raspberries you can get a early harvest from the old canes and a later bigger one from the new canes.

[mumofstig]

which is what the OP is doing 
but you get a bigger autumn crop if you prune them properly cos all the plant's energy goes into the new canes.
If you have early and late varieties it's obviously worth pruning each the proper way 

[fatcat1955]

He asked what raspberries he had I explained Autumn.

[sunshineband]

which is what the OP is doing 
but you get a bigger autumn crop if you prune them properly cos all the plant's energy goes into the new canes.
If you have early and late varieties it's obviously worth pruning each the proper way 

and this is good advice about caring for Autumn Raspberries to get the best out of them, as I have learned.

A decent mulch now helps too, with some BFB in first

[nasta78]

which is what the OP is doing 
but you get a bigger autumn crop if you prune them properly cos all the plant's energy goes into the new canes.
If you have early and late varieties it's obviously worth pruning each the proper way 

Hi, this makes sense, I realised it this morning and did prune them(some of them as i want to compare which will do better )...hope its not too late...will see
thanks for the advice.