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For all raspberries I begin the process during the winder, 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. For all my reaspberries, 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.

Pruning raspberries

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.

Once the new canes sucker up in the spring, in late May or early June whenw, when the they are about a foot tall I thin them to a spacing of about 6 to 8 inches apart.

To promote only fruiting in fall

Cut off all stems at the ground.

To promote fruiting in summer and fall, prune some canes well above the ground (which will bear in June) and the rest