When do i cut back autumn raspberries

Now is a great time to order and plant new raspberry canes for next year. Both Victoriana Nursery and Ken Muir stock good selections of both Summer and Autumn Fruiting varieties and now is the time to order while they still have a wide choice of varieties available.

Very helpful. Do have a few canes. Not moving them but will cut them back. Gorgeous photos as always. Now I have a hankering for a potager. Would they grow in Leeds? They also sell pot-grown raspberries which are available for a longer season. These are however more expensive and will cost more to transport. All they require is well drained soil with plenty of organic matter-well rotted manure or garden compost -mixed in. They can even take a little bit of shade.

Do hope you can buy your raspberries and wish you happy planting and eating! Thanks v much for this step by step guide. The photos are a great idea to help know what to look for and the luscious-looking fruit a great incentive! Available bare-rooted from Victoriana Nursery, and Ken […]. These canes can be pruned in February. Fall-bearing raspberries are so rewarding to grow. Like strawberries and peas they offer the delight of fresh eating, straight from the garden — instant gratification compared to having to prepare or cook most other produce.

And what an experience picking and eating those sumptuous berries is! Gently pinching the fruit away from its central plug, cupping the bright jewel in your palm to admire it and check for damage and insect hitchhikers , popping it in your mouth and letting it release its sweet, tangy juices as it melts on your tongue. And then picking another — and another — and another, until your fingers and chin are sticky and smeared with pink!

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Related Products. Birds, especially pigeons, can cause an array of problems including eating seedlings, buds, leaves, fruit and vegetables. Protect the plants from birds by covering them with netting or fleece. Scarecrows and bird-scaring mechanisms work for a while, but the most reliable method of protection is to cover plants with horticultural fleece or mesh.

This is the main problem on raspberries. Dry patches develop at the stalk-end in midsummer, and often you will find a small white maggot inside the fruit. You can pick off the infected fruit, but this will not stop the spread. Grow autumn fruiting plants which are less affected. Cane blight is a serious fungal disease in raspberries.

During summer, leaves on fruiting canes wither and the bases of the canes turn dark brown, and the bark may split. The wood becomes very brittle so that the canes snap off easily at the base. Weak and plants under stress are more susceptible to cane blight, so make sure raspberries are well watered and mulch with well-rotted manure around the base to prevent drying out.

When planting, make sure canes are well-spaced so that they have good air circulation. Where the disease develops, cut out and dispose of any affected canes. Cut back to below soil level and disinfect the secateurs between cuts.

This is a fungal disease causing purple patches on canes. It rarely kills raspberries, but can reduce yield severely by weakening the canes and killing buds. Avoid overcrowding by thinning out any young canes that are not required. This should be done as early in the spring as possible. If spur blight develops, cut out and dispose of badly affected canes. Harvest regularly, to get fruits at the peak of ripeness, when richly coloured, plump and easy to pull off.

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