- care work in the fall
- Autumn raspberry care in the fall
- Summer raspberry care in autumn
- Plant new raspberry plants
- Do raspberries need winter protection?
- tips and tricks
To ensure that the raspberries continue to bear lots of delicious fruit next year, you should still do some work in autumn. Besides cutting back and thinning out, now is the best time to plant new raspberry plants.
care work in the fall
- Cut back the autumn raspberries completely
- Only thin out summer raspberries
- Remove diseased, weak shoots
- Shorten rods that are too long
- Cut out excess offshoots
- Winter protection for potted raspberries
Autumn raspberry care in the fall
After harvesting, cut off autumn raspberries down to the ground, all canes. They bear the one-year-old rods that sprout the next year.
For each linear meter of row of raspberries, lay two cut rods on the ground. This ensures that the beneficial insects in the garden survive in winter.
Summer raspberry care in autumn
Summer raspberries are cut back immediately after harvest in summer. Since they bear fruit on the two-year-old rods, you must not cut off the remaining shoots in autumn.
Thin out plants that have grown too densely, remove dead and diseased shoots. You can easily shorten very long rods.
Plant new raspberry plants
Autumn is the ideal time of year to plant new raspberry bushes.
Take root cuttings from the roots of your shrubs and create a new raspberry row or raspberry hedge.
Place the new plants in well-drained soil in a sunny, airy spot. You can harvest the first new autumn raspberry plants as early as next year.
Do raspberries need winter protection?
Raspberries are hardy. They go into hibernation and can withstand very low temperatures.
However, you should protect newly planted raspberry rows from frost with some brushwood, fir trees, leaves or other insulating materials.
Potted raspberries need a little winter protection, as the soil in the pot freezes through much faster. Wrap bubble wrap around the pot and place in a sheltered spot.
tips and tricks
Even if there is still a lot of compost in autumn - 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 in cold winters or die completely.