Prunning Raspberries

Question 1

Roots and crowns are

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Perennial

Question 2

Canes are

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Biennial

Question 3

Secret to healthier plants and bigger. Sweeter berries

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Late winter pruning

Question 4

Pruning and decrowding prevent

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Mold and disease

Question 5

Pruning and decrowding prevent

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Shaded leaves and buds in lower half of plant to die

Question 6

Without buds, you’ll have fewer

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Fruiting branches

Question 7

Without buds, you’ll have much smaller

Answer 7

Crop

Question 8

Primocanes first year

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Green primocanes

Question 9

Buds won’t flower until the following year with _ variety

Answer 9

Summer bearing

Question 10

If you have an ever-bearing variety

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Buds of primocanes give small fall crop

Question 11

If you have an ever-bearing variety buds on lower canes will

Answer 11

Remain dormant until next season

Question 12

As winter nears, primocanes drop their leaves and develop

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A thin brown bark

Question 13

In second year, canes are called

Answer 13

Floricanes

Question 14

As their berries ripen, floricanes begin to

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Senesce

Question 15

Senesce definition

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Deteriorate with age

Question 16

Big part of pruning raspberries is

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Getting rid of spent floricanes

Question 17

In growing season, get rid of

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Any new plant that grows out of 2 ft row

Question 18

Don’t clip spent floricanes in

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Fall

Question 19

Spent floricanes help plant survive winter by

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They send carbohydrates to crowns and roots

Question 20

_ canes per linear foot in row (range)

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3-5

Question 21

Row width (range)

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1.5-2 ft

Question 22

First step late winter pruning

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Remove spent floricanes

Question 23

By removing dead floricanes you prevent

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Disease spores from overwintering in them and spreading to new canes