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Raspberry pruning - urgent!

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    I forgot to prune my raspberry plants at the end of last year, so will need to do them tomorrow; as far as I know, they are summer fruiting (they start pretty early, and are all done by September-ish), so can anyone tell me how hard I need to chop them?
     
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    Summer fruiting Raspberry's are easy to prune....this link might help
    you better, basically Summer fruiting you cut down the 2 year old canes
    and with the Autumn fruiting you cut them all down.

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      Just make sure you only chop out the old canes, should be fine.
       
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        You're not too late FC, I've still got to do mine.
         
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          Summer Fruiting: Chop after their second year, after they have fruited.
          Autumn Fruiting: Chop at the end of the year, after they have fruited.

          Raspberries leave a small conical shaped stem (pea sized) behind when you pick them, so the safest and best way to approach pruning Raspberries, especially if you have a mix of summer and autumn, is to prune out all stems that have the conical stem left behind that tells you it has fruited.

          Steve...:)
           
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            Just popped to the allotment and pruned mine :)
             
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              Didn't get round to mine today, but will be doing them tomorrow - raining now.
               
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                Good reminder, I've been putting it off for ages! Need to do my autumn ones :blue thumb:
                 
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