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Aug 01, Learn the ins and outs of pruning raspberries from USU Extension experts Jerry Goodspeed and JayDee Gunnell. Connect with USU Extension!Facebook - http://fac. Jul 27, Pruning raspberry bushes improves their overall health and vigor. In addition, when you prune raspberry plants, it helps increase fruit production.

Since raspberries grow only foliage the first season (year) and flowers and fruit the next (second year), removing dead canes can make it easier to obtain a maximum yield and berry size. Mar 31, This guide shows you How To Prune Raspberry BushesWatch This and Other Related films here: shrubhauling.bar Video advice on how to prune raspberry plants.

Part 2 Quiz What's the benefit of cutting a whole fall-bearing raspberry plant down to the ground in the spring?

Diseases and parasites attacking raspberry. Raspberry bushes should be treated with fungicides such as Bordeaux mixture to guard against gray mold (Botrytis) or against raspberry spur blight. This treatment must be sprayed upon blooming, and once more two weeks later. Apr 12, Ever-bearing Fall Gold (shown after pruning) I tend to prune ever-bearing much more severely, leaving only the stronger, more robust canes, which (in my observation) leads to a better second raspberry crop in September.

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