Gardening experts explain how to prune raspberries, with advice for both summer-fruiting and autumn-fruiting varieties ...

How to Prune Primocane-Fruiting Raspberries Pruning primocane-fruiting raspberries is simple if you only want a fall crop, says Pritts. Cut the canes to the ground in early spring before new canes ...

When pruning everbearing varieties to be fall-bearing, cut all canes down to the ground in early spring. The bush will sprout a new set of primocanes that will have berries in fall.

Fall is typically a key time of year for pruning shrubs. Treat plants to a trim now and this will keep things smart right through autumn and into spring.

Under no circumstance should we be pruning our shrubs or trees severely this time of year.

Similar to strawberries, summer-fruiting raspberry bushes produce a crop of berries once during the summer, whereas everbearing bushes produce berries all summer and into the fall.

Prune these 2-year-old canes after the summer harvest as you would on a summer-only bearing raspberry. Maximize your summer and fall harvest by planting a summer and a fall-bearing raspberry patch.

Pruning primocane-fruiting raspberries is simple if you only want a fall crop, says Pritts. Cut the canes to the ground in early spring before new canes emerge, using a mower, hedge trimmer, or ...

How to Prune Primocane-Fruiting Raspberries Pruning primocane-fruiting raspberries is simple if you only want a fall crop, says Pritts.