I have both summer-bearing and everbearing varieties in my garden, and I want to make sure I prune them correctly.

For my summer-bearing varieties (Indian Summer, Latham), the 1st-year canes don't produce fruit, so the only thing I should do is cut the 2nd-year canes to the ground in the fall or winter.

For my everbearing variety (Fall Gold), the 1st-year canes bear fruit on the tips in the fall, while the 2nd-year canes bear fruit lower down during the following summer. So I need to cut the tips off the 1st-year canes in the winter and cut the 2nd-year canes to the ground after they produce, in the fall.

Is this correct?

Thanks in advance,
Rob

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Originally posted by obywan59: According to planting and care instructions from Nourse Farms, to get 2 crops on your everbearing raspberries, simply prune as you would your summer bearers.

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You mean leave the 1st-year canes alone and cut them down after the 2nd year? I thought it helped to cut off the tops of the 1st-year canes, to help fruit production in the 2nd year.

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I've tried that, but I've found that for me I get a much better quality crop with larger fruits from the fall crop, so I simply cut all the canes to the ground each winter so that all the energy goes into the first year canes and into the fall crop of berries. [/QB]

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Wow, that's a bit scary. I noticed fruit on only some of my 1st-year canes last fall.

Thanks,
Rob