This is the third video i've seen in this subject this morning and it is definitely the best. thank you. you cleared up the primacane/ floricane thing. the other guys confused me hugely.
Thank you so much, I love reading comments like this! When I first got into gardening I felt confused on a lot of the terms, so I try to make that a priority when doing my own gardening videos now :) Thank you for watching!
Everbearing raspberries (sometimes called fall-bearing) are primocane-fruiting, meaning they are the ones that will produce fruit on the first year canes later in the season (then again on those same canes the following year). Your summer bearing raspberries are your floricane (or 2nd year cane) raspberries, so they don't produce on those 1st year canes but produce a hefty yield on the 2nd year canes earlier in the season. Some people like to cut ALL of their everbearing raspberry canes back to the ground each fall - since they know they'll get fresh canes in the spring that will produce fruit. I personally don't recommend this method because it removes healthy floricanes that are likely to give you a summer crop. For me, I prune both my everbearing and summer bearing raspberries the same. Focus first on removing all dead or damaged canes. Then prune back the tips of your floricanes that are too long or unruly. Let your primocanes grow as they wish, just tie them up to your trellis as soon as they're long enough!
I have an abundance of wild black raspberry growing in the woods by my house. They're amazing plants and produce so much with sweet and flavorful berries! They're native to my area but difficult to find growing wild, especially with quality berries. I'd like to replant some of mine in my local conservation areas and give some away to my friends with gardens, can I just dig up the plants? or should I propagate?
Oh we LOVE the wild black raspberries - such an impressive flavor for a wild fruit. I definitely recommend digging up the root mass, that will have a higher success rate. The roots can be surprisingly deep, so dig at least 1.5 feet down just in case. This will likely stunt your active canes, so I would wait until after they produce your fruit this summer. But preferably wait until they go dormant in the fall. Give them a nice dose of granular fertilizer (I recommend garden tone, see description above) around June, and second dose if you have time, that will help give the roots a boost before they go through the transplant phase. It would be a fun experiment to try to propagate a few cuttings too - I’ve never propagated canes but now I’d like to try!
Great information here. I've got strawberries and blueberries thriving, but I gave up on raspberries a few years ago. I'm excited to give them another try this year.
Thank you! Once you get in the groove of it, raspberries can be fun and easy to grow. A few of my well-established plants produce a crazy amount of fruit each year, it's been helping on the groceries bills a bit! Hope you have success this year :)
This is the third video i've seen in this subject this morning and it is definitely the best. thank you. you cleared up the primacane/ floricane thing. the other guys confused me hugely.
Thank you so much, I love reading comments like this! When I first got into gardening I felt confused on a lot of the terms, so I try to make that a priority when doing my own gardening videos now :) Thank you for watching!
Thank you! Is there a difference in pruning summer bearing vs everbearing and how can you tell which kind you have early in the spring?
Everbearing raspberries (sometimes called fall-bearing) are primocane-fruiting, meaning they are the ones that will produce fruit on the first year canes later in the season (then again on those same canes the following year). Your summer bearing raspberries are your floricane (or 2nd year cane) raspberries, so they don't produce on those 1st year canes but produce a hefty yield on the 2nd year canes earlier in the season. Some people like to cut ALL of their everbearing raspberry canes back to the ground each fall - since they know they'll get fresh canes in the spring that will produce fruit. I personally don't recommend this method because it removes healthy floricanes that are likely to give you a summer crop. For me, I prune both my everbearing and summer bearing raspberries the same. Focus first on removing all dead or damaged canes. Then prune back the tips of your floricanes that are too long or unruly. Let your primocanes grow as they wish, just tie them up to your trellis as soon as they're long enough!
I have an abundance of wild black raspberry growing in the woods by my house. They're amazing plants and produce so much with sweet and flavorful berries! They're native to my area but difficult to find growing wild, especially with quality berries. I'd like to replant some of mine in my local conservation areas and give some away to my friends with gardens, can I just dig up the plants? or should I propagate?
Oh we LOVE the wild black raspberries - such an impressive flavor for a wild fruit. I definitely recommend digging up the root mass, that will have a higher success rate. The roots can be surprisingly deep, so dig at least 1.5 feet down just in case. This will likely stunt your active canes, so I would wait until after they produce your fruit this summer. But preferably wait until they go dormant in the fall. Give them a nice dose of granular fertilizer (I recommend garden tone, see description above) around June, and second dose if you have time, that will help give the roots a boost before they go through the transplant phase. It would be a fun experiment to try to propagate a few cuttings too - I’ve never propagated canes but now I’d like to try!
I just got some raspberries and blackberries and this helped so much. I’m going to trellis them between the pool and hot tub as a barrier.
Thank you.
Great idea to use this as a natural barrier! Hope your trellising goes well and your berries prosper!
Great information here. I've got strawberries and blueberries thriving, but I gave up on raspberries a few years ago. I'm excited to give them another try this year.
Thank you! Once you get in the groove of it, raspberries can be fun and easy to grow. A few of my well-established plants produce a crazy amount of fruit each year, it's been helping on the groceries bills a bit! Hope you have success this year :)
Thank you....EXCELLENT!!
Thank you! Hope your pruning endeavors go great this year!
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