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Additional information
Soak roots before planting; keep well-watered during growing season
Stems of newly planted red raspberries may not produce shoots; new shoots arise from crown & rhizomes.
Pruning in a nutshell
Red raspberries fruit on either 1st year canes (primocanes) or 2nd year canes (floricanes) - or both.
Floricane: In early spring, prune out last year's (dead) fruiting canes. In early summer, head back new 1-year canes to promote lateral branches and more flowers/fruit.
Primocane raspberries: 1) May be treated like floricanes for an early summer crop (2) May be pruned to the ground each spring for a late crop on primocanes; or 3) Leave floricanes and primocanes for a summer and fall crop.
See fact sheets: www.knox-lincoln.org/landscapes-gardens-maine
