Monthly Tip

The time of year to cut back raspberry canes depends on the type of raspberry you’re growing. For summer-bearing varieties, remove all the floricanes that bore fruit immediately after the summer harvest, leaving the new green primocanes. Then, in the winter, you can just inspect and remove any weak or damaged canes. For fall-bearing (also called everbearing) varieties, you have a choice. Canes that bore fruit in the fall will produce a small crop in the summer, then can be cut down. Or, to skip the summer crop in favor of a heavier fall crop, you can cut down all growth in the winter to encourage vigorous summer growth.

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