Cut back raspberries in autumn
Autumn raspberries are particularly easy to care for, especially when it comes to pruning them correctly. Unlike summer raspberries, you don't need to remember which rods are annual and which are biennial.
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Since autumn raspberries already produce their main harvest on the annual shoots, you can simply cut all shoots down to the ground in autumn.
The shrub sprouts again in spring and produces fruit on the new branches in the same year.
Biological protection against pests
Experienced gardeners advise leaving some of the rods on the ground when pruning autumn raspberries.
They serve as winter quarters for useful insects such as predatory mites. In the spring, these valuable gardening helpers settle back on the plant and eat spider mites and other pests.
Care of the autumn raspberries by pruning them in summer
Some varieties of autumn raspberries tend to develop very many canes.
As a result, the fruits do not get enough light. They stay small and are nowhere near as sweet as the raspberries that have ripened in the sun.
In the case of strongly growing varieties, make sure that the shrub does not grow too densely by cutting out in summer. A maximum of 15 rods should remain on the plant. Simply cut off the rest.
Remove or shorten weak shoots
You should regularly remove shoots of the autumn raspberry that appear very weak or are even infected with diseases or pests.
They do not develop fruit and unnecessarily weaken the root.
If the branches of the autumn raspberries shoot up too much, you can shorten them at any time. The plant doesn't mind the pruning.
A little guide to pruning autumn raspberries:
- Regularly thin out bushes
- Remove sick and weak shoots
- Shorten rods that are too long
- Cut back completely to the ground level in autumn
Tips & Tricks
By cutting back radically in autumn, you prevent the dreaded rod disease from spreading to the raspberries. It arises on the two-year-old rods. However, since these are cut back in autumn raspberries, the rod disease does not occur.
