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Boost raspberry harvest with proper pruning

When and how to prune raspberries is based on the type of raspberries you are growing and how you prefer to manage them.
Harvesting fresh raspberries from your home garden is a fulfilling experience, and with some thoughtful pruning, you can maximize your harvest. By removing old and diseased canes and thinning out new ...
If you don't prune these shrubs before the end of winter, you won't get the most out of their berries when it's their time to ...
black raspberry bush with three large clusers of ripe and unripe berries - Milanika/Getty Images Pruning is an important part of caring for any raspberry plants. Black raspberry plants (Rubus ...
A bit of summer pruning goes a long way to keeping your raspberries healthy and productive. So, get out the mosquito netting, long sleeves and pruners and get busy. The summer harvest is produced on 2 ...
If you want your raspberries to bounce back a bit quicker next season, here's how you need to prune them before it gets too ...
Q: I'm not sure what type of red raspberry plants I have, but I'm guessing everbearing since they're still producing raspberries now. What should be done to these plants at the end of the season? I ...
Lisa Slattery, Linn County Master Gardener, offers timely tips on pruning raspberries: This is the first in a series for pruning small fruits in the Iowa home garden. Today's blog will cover ...
Break out the leather gloves, heavy long sleeve shirt or coat, pruners, and head out to your raspberry patch. Proper routine ...
Q: I didn't get any fruits from my raspberry bushes for the first five years until I realized what I was doing wrong: I was cutting back the bushes at the end of the growing season in late October.
It's easy. Relax. You've never been in better hands. Her name is Cass Turnbull and she's on intimate terms with anything that's ever needed pruning. Cass is the founder and current president of ...