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Posted by safaribabe 7 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 23, 09 at 22:58
| Hi! I planted two raspberry canes last spring. They grew, struggles, and survived. Towards the end of summer, new canes/suckers came up. So now what? A book I have said to let everything just grow the first year and don't do any pruning. Should I wait until spring to do my first pruning or cut off the first canes and just let the new growth fill in?
I have two plants but now I am thinking I might get two more to grow opposite to the ones I have and do two rows. If these cans do well, how many berries can one expect to get? |
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RE: Raspberries.... first year, now what?
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| Last year's canes should have produced berries this year, though it would have been a small bunch. You can cut these canes back because they won't produce anything next year. All the new canes that grew this season will produce berries next year. As for production, I would say to expect one or two bunches of 5+ berries from each cane, at least that's what I've seen on my plants that I planted last year. They don't produce much until about the third year or so when they've had a chance to spread throughout the bed. It's safe to say you will have more berries each year, depending on how much you prune. |
RE: Raspberries.... first year, now what?
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- Posted by ericwi Dane County WI (My Page) on
Fri, Oct 23, 09 at 23:19
With regard to pruning, it depends. We have everbearing red raspberries, and I prune them back to 10 inches in the fall. Then I mulch the bed with shredded tree leaves. The canes pop up in the spring, and we see our first blossoms in late June. There will be a small amount of fruit in July, but it really comes on in August, and fruits right through September, 'till mid October. Since your canes were just put in this past spring, I would be inclined to leave them alone, no pruning. See what happens in the spring. By fall, you will know if you have to begin pruning. With regard to fruit yield, with a new bed, you might get one pint per week, when the canes are peaking. This will increase as the canes spread, and the bed expands.
Raspberries will take over your whole yard, if you let them. |
RE: Raspberries.... first year, now what?
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| Dpends on the kind of raspberries -- everbearing, or June-bearing? If you've only got two canes, I'd just leave them. Let them winter and put on green growth next year. That gives you time to find out what kind they are. Pruning differs. I planted 2 canes once, and by the third year I had a 15 foot row of thriving raspberries and got lots. Quarts and quarts. I ate most of them. :-D |
RE: Raspberries.... first year, now what?
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| This is my first year for raspberries, planted 3 plants but only one produced fruit in the summer. Right now, one of the plants has long branches and one does have fall berries, some of which are still ripening. Would you suggest these long branches be cut back.....cut all plants to about 12-18 inches before mulching with leaves and straw? |
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