If you mow a summer bearing crop to the ground in the fall you you will get no crop on new canes that come up in the spring.

If you mow everbearing raspberries to the ground you will get a fall crop on new canes that come up in the spring.

So no, they will not act like summer bearing in their crop, although the growth might be similar.

Yes you will still get berries.

If you have lots, try them both ways and see what you like better. It will probably be cleaner and simpler to do the mowing but you will sacrifice early fruit.

Mowing never worked well for me with my Heritage berries because if reduces the vigor of the plants, maybe because the weeds become so difficult to control. Cornell used to recommend it so if you can control the weeds it might work.

I hope if you try it you keep a part of the patch the old way and let us know how methods compare.

I cut down our raspberry bed, everbearing red, in the fall, leaving 10 inch stubs. I weed as necessary, and then I mulch the bed with 6 or 8 inches of shredded leaves and/or compost. The reason for leaving the raspberry cane stubs is so I can see where they are, and not step on them. Every spring, without fail, this bed greens up and takes off, with three foot canes by June, up to four feet by July. It begins to flower in June, and the first ripe fruit appears in late July. Fruiting continues through October. This location has morning sun and afternoon shade.

Thank you. I like the idea of mowing down just half the stand, and by the book the remainder. If happy with the mowing results I will continue that route. I do expect a later crop, maybe an issue here with early frosts. One way to find out.

I may use round-up, shielding the raspberries and spraying everything else. Depending on the size of the plant I may cover it with a 5 gal bucket or use a large sheet of cardboard. The cardboard works best with an assistant, I've used this method with tomatoes, eggplant and peppers.