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DavidW



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Location: South Wales
PostPosted: Tue Jan 25, 05 8:01 pm    Post subject: Rasberries Reply with quote
    

Is there an easy way to tell between, Summer and Autumn rasberries, as I’ve been told that you should prune the summer type back to the ground and leave the autumn type grow on. (I have a mixture of both and cannot remember which is which).

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David

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 25, 05 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I made the mistake of planting Summer and Autumn raspberries next to each other. Books say Summer fruit on last seasons new growth and Autumn on this seasons but there didn't seem much difference to me with fruiting times and what wood to cut out.

It could have been because I had a late Summer and early Autumn so see what other people say.

Me



Joined: 22 Jan 2005
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Location: Exeter
PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 05 12:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

after four years of experimenting I found that pruning to an unch of the soil once the new shhots have appeared works well for all my varieties. I've enjoyed plenty of harvesting throughtout the year

Behemoth



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 05 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Summer fruiting grow berries on the canes produced in the previous year, so don't cut the new ones or you'll get no berries!. In late winter cut out the canes that fruited the previous summer.

Autumn types produce berries on the same years growth. Cut the canes back as suggested above to about an inch in late winter.

For both types in early spring give them a good top dressing of manure. If you can.

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