Raspberries are scarce, sour and small – this is not how raspberries are pruned: 2 mistakes many gardeners take for rules
One of the most common reasons for reduced raspberry yields is improper pruning.
We'll tell you about two main mistakes gardeners make when pruning raspberries.
How not to prune raspberries
All gardeners know that after fruiting, they need to cut off the shoots that have borne fruit, but few people understand that this recommendation should not be taken literally.
If you prune raspberries in late summer – early fall, 4-5 weeks before frost, the fruit buds may freeze.
Experts advise pruning raspberries in the spring before the sap begins to flow.
Secondly, you shouldn't cut out young shoots in the fall, even if there is a lot of them. Let them survive the winter.
The shoots are a vegetative, photosynthetic mass; they feed the rhizome, the peak of growth of which occurs in August.
