This is also a good time to trim canes to about 5 feet in height. You may notice winter injury on cane tips. This will maximize yield and fruit quality. In late March to April, thin the remaining canes to allow 4–5 sturdy canes per foot of row (see drawing at right). Removing these dying canes will prevent diseases and give the primocanes space to grow. Use a lopping shears and remove the floricanes at ground level (see middle drawing). They are easy to distinguish from the green primocanes. These floricanes are reddish brown and woody. Such canes have served their purpose and will die this fall. Raspberry picking season is here (see drawing at left).Īfter your last harvest, prune out the canes that bore fruit. A second year cane is called a floricane. In its second year the cane will bloom, bear fruit in summer, and then die. The first year it develops into a green cane called a primocane. Here’s how:Īn individual raspberry cane lives for only two years. Raspberries must be pruned every year to produce good yields of high quality fruit.Īlmost all raspberries grown in North Dakota are summer-bearing red raspberries grown in a narrow hedgerow.
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