Prunning Raspberries Flashcards
Roots and crowns are
Perennial
Canes are
Biennial
Secret to healthier plants and bigger. Sweeter berries
Late winter pruning
Pruning and decrowding prevent
Mold and disease
Pruning and decrowding prevent
Shaded leaves and buds in lower half of plant to die
Without buds, you’ll have fewer
Fruiting branches
Without buds, you’ll have much smaller
Crop
Primocanes first year
Green primocanes
Buds won’t flower until the following year with _ variety
Summer bearing
If you have an ever-bearing variety
Buds of primocanes give small fall crop
If you have an ever-bearing variety buds on lower canes will
Remain dormant until next season
As winter nears, primocanes drop their leaves and develop
A thin brown bark
In second year, canes are called
Floricanes
As their berries ripen, floricanes begin to
Senesce
Senesce definition
Deteriorate with age
Big part of pruning raspberries is
Getting rid of spent floricanes
In growing season, get rid of
Any new plant that grows out of 2 ft row
Don’t clip spent floricanes in
Fall
Spent floricanes help plant survive winter by
They send carbohydrates to crowns and roots
_ canes per linear foot in row (range)
3-5
Row width (range)
1.5-2 ft
First step late winter pruning
Remove spent floricanes
By removing dead floricanes you prevent
Disease spores from overwintering in them and spreading to new canes
