So that the raspberries bear lots of delicious fruit next year, you should do some work in the fall. In addition to cutting back and thinning out, now is the best time to plant new raspberry plants.
How to care for raspberries in autumn?
In autumn you should cut back autumn raspberries, thin out summer raspberries, remove diseased and weak shoots, shorten long canes and cut out excess offshoots. New raspberry plants can be planted, and potted raspberries require light winter protection. However, you should no longer fertilize.
Maintenance work in autumn
- Cut autumn raspberries back completely
- Just thin out summer raspberries
- Remove sick, weak shoots
- Shortening rods that are too long
- Cut out excess offshoots
- Winter protection for raspberries in pots
Autumn raspberry care in autumn
After harvesting, cut autumn raspberries down to the ground, including all the canes. They grow on the one-year-old canes that sprout the next year.
Place two cut canes on the ground per meter of raspberry row. This ensures the survival of the beneficial insects in the garden in winter.
Summer raspberry care in autumn
Summer raspberries are cut back immediately after harvest in summer. Since they produce fruit on the two-year-old canes, you must not cut off the remaining shoots in autumn.
Lighten out plants that have grown too densely and remove dead and sickly shoots. You can shorten very long rods a little.
Planting new raspberry plants
Autumn is the ideal season to plant new raspberry plants.
Take root cuttings from the roots of your bushes and create a new raspberry row or raspberry hedge.
Place the new plants in well-loosened soil in a sunny, airy location. You can harvest the first new autumn raspberry plants next year.
Do raspberries need winter protection?
Raspberries are hardy. They go into hibernation and can withstand very low temperatures.
You should, however, protect newly planted raspberry rows from frost with some brushwood, fir trees, leaves or other insulating materials.
Raspberries in pots require light winter protection, as the soil in the pot freezes much more quickly. Place bubble wrap around the pot and place it in a protected location.
Tips & Tricks
Even if there was often a lot of compost in the fall, you should no longer fertilize your raspberries with it. The roots need a rest. With an additional supply of nutrients they would continue to grow. As a result, they suffer frost damage or die completely in cold winters.
