Any suggestions on raspberries?
I planted two kinds, spring bearing and fall bearing, and now can’t remember which is which.
Last year some of the bushes flowered late and got fruit late.
This year those same bushes are putting out leaves on the canes that fruited.
What do I do about pruning raspberries?
I am the LAST person on the face of this planet you want to ask about raspberries.
Thankfully, Diana knows about them..........
“What do I do about pruning raspberries?”
Well, you really screwed the pooch planting everbearing and spring bearing berries together, LOL!
The easiest way to figure this out is to just lop them all down in the fall when they are done, or be lazy like me and lop them down in the early spring.
Your spring bearing canes will produce fruit first, the everbearing canes will produce a later, heavier crop.
So, if you want to make all your juices and jams at one time in the fall, I’d pick the earlier berries, freeze them whole on a cookie sheet, then pop them into a ziplock when frozen. You can add those to the later berries you pick and go from there.
Or, you can just eat them all as they come and enjoy a long crop of berries. :)
I have “Heritage” berries which are everbearing. I lop them all down in the spring and get one big fall crop from late August through October some years. I prefer the late crop because those little ‘Picnic Bugs’ aren’t around to bother the fruit, and the wasps and bees aren’t as aggressive in the fall as they are in the spring & summer. (If I miss a few berries, the bees & wasps hone in on them which makes picking and adventure!)