While raspberries and blackberries have different habits, once they bear fruit on canes grown in the previous years, then pruning is a sure thing you have to do on both. The two biggest benefits of ...

But if you’re not 100% sure what the best time to plant raspberry canes is, then read on to see what our gardening experts ...

February is a busy time for pruning. Deciduous shrubs, grasses, and hedges all need trimming this month along with climbers, ...

Pruning raspberries is simple, especially fall-bearing raspberries. Raspberries must be trellised if growing in a high tunnel. Many growers also choose to trellis open-field raspberries to make ...

Harvesting of these plants is also easier when they are secured to a trellis. Fruited canes of black and purple raspberries and erect blackberries should be removed after harvest. Dormant pruning is ...

Spur blight, anthracnose and cane blight are fungal diseases that infect raspberries. Cane diseases can kill part or all of the raspberry cane. This reduces yield the following year. Cane disease ...

Prune autumn fruiting varieties in mid-winter, cutting the old canes back to ground level. Tie in new stems to the supporting wires as they grow, using garden twine. Raspberries are a hungry and ...