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--- garden:about:plants:fruit:raspberries:pruning [2025/12/20 20:09] – created davidbac
+++ garden:about:plants:fruit:raspberries:pruning [2026/01/08 23:54] (current) – davidbac
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 ===== Pruning raspberries =====
+==== Why prune? ====
+For all raspberries I begin the process during the winter, when then are dormant, by removing all suckers that grow from outside the bed.
+Then I remove all dead canes and those that are brittle, weak or broken.
+Raspberries grow from canes, shoots that have few branches. Pruning helps maintain productive plants. I read that to promote fruiting only in the fall some cut off all stems at the ground.
 ==== Different strategies for June-bearing and "Ever-bearing" ====
+=== June bearing ===
-==== June bearing ====
+{{ :garden:about:plants:fruit:raspberries:img_6573.jpg?400|Canes pruned for bearing in both summer and fall}}For all my raspberries, I cut last year's canes flush to the ground.This type of cut results in the formation of numerous new canes that grow as suckers from the roots. I use a sharp cutting tool at an angle to the cane.
-=== Plant needs ===
+=== Everbearing ==
-=== Pruning strategy ===
+I read that to promote fruiting only in the fall some cut off all stems at the ground.I prefer to maintain these canes as fall-bearing so I don't leave any canes at in the winter pruning, as above, cutting then off at the ground.
-==== Everbearing ====
+Once the new canes grow suckers in the spring, in late May or early June, when the they are about a foot tall I thin them  to a spacing of about 6 to 8 inches apart.
-=== Plant needs ===
+So, to promote fruiting in both summer and fall, prune a portion of the canes well above the ground (which will bear in June) and prune the remaining canes off at the ground.
-=== Pruning strategy ===