13:36, Mon, Aug 12, 2024 Updated: 13:37, Mon, Aug 12, 2024 Pruning fruit plants at the right time is crucial for a bountiful harvest, and this is particularly true for raspberries. Article continues ...

Now that freezing weather has finally arrived, it’s time to cut back fall-bearing raspberry canes. I like to wait until the raspberry plants are exposed to a hard freeze before cutting them down.

Summer-fruiting raspberries (floricane) produce canes every year. These new canes grow throughout the summer, go dormant in the winter and produce raspberries the following summer, before dying back.

One ordinary fruit bush in your garden quietly decides how many raspberries you will pick next autumn. Prune it before winter ...

Learning how to prune raspberries is key if you're growing them in your garden. Getting it right will help keep your plants in top health and encourage heavy yields of their tasty fruits year after ...