Here you can see all the old canes and the new from last year. I need to clean out the old stuff from last year. You can see the difference in the color of the cane to distinguish the dead, brown, from the live, purple wood.
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I have red rasp. growing wild in my yard so I don't tend to them too much. I get plenty just from neglect. I much prefer the black raspberries for taste and do keep them taken care of. #1 is red raspberries thriving on neglect and #2 is picture of trellis. You can also see the side shoots coming off a main stem. If these side shoots get too long i cut them back to about 2 feet. That is where your buds will form and flower and fruit will be.
Last edited by ProfessorM; 03-24-2008 at 04:00 PM..
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If you remind me during the summer I will take a photo of them when I prune them. Like I said before you are welcome to stop by and I can show you first hand. Hopefully this was helpful and not too boring. You can't hurt the plant, only loose some fruit. Everbearing plants produce 2 crops, the majority the first year onthe tips in late summer,fall. They then put out a small crop the following year early. You need to know the variety so you don't cut back after first crop and loose the second one. Here is where I buy all my small fruits. http://www.noursefarms.com/Catalog/C...SPBERRIES.aspx
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