Raspberry

Hi Dave,

You want to cut your fruited canes down to ground level. Try and cut just above a branch nodule - a nice , clean 45 degree cut. Summer fruiting raspberries fruit on 2 year old wood, so leave any unfruited canes for next year. Give them a good old mulch with compost or manure in the winter, and you could try a liquid feed when they start fruiting (although I never bother). Feeding will give you more/ bigger fruits.

Bear in mind raspberries give up the ghost a bit after 10 years or so, so you will need to dig them out and pant new canes. Do you know how long yours have been in? Age could be an answer to your small fruits.

This is sound advice: http://www.garden-marketplace.co.uk/fruit-bushes/raspberry-canes-plantin...

Thanks for the advice Dan,

Unfortunately i dont know how old the canes are so i've done exactly as you have suggested and will see how they fair next year! If they dont do well next year then i'll probably pull them up and start again.

Thanks again

Dave

Hi Dave a few points to add to the above replies its the summer fruiting canes that you cut like that the autumn fruiting you cut all the canes to the floor. All raspberries benefit from a sprinkle of potash gently forked into the soil at the beginning of the year Also if you replace your Raspberries DO NOT plant tham were the old ones have been

Thanks Lottyman,

Is it too late to add some potash now?

Devfox

Hello Devfox
Add sulphate of potash now a good handful per yard run but be careful not to get it on any new shoots which may be emerging then lightly fork it in being careful not to dig up the roots because they are very shallow rooting.Let us know how you get on and please keep posting about anything to do with allotments and allotmenteering
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