Pinching Raspberry

I wonder if any ones knows if you can or should pinch out growing tip on Autumn raspberry.
We planted 6 "twigs" this year and all growing nicely.
One only has one stem but is around 4 foot 6" high (137 cm) so not sure if to just let it grow on or stop it to grow side shoots?
Thank you

 

Hi Trogre,

If the growth looks healthy with no die back then I would leave it to grow.Taking out the top won't make it produce side shoots.The chap on the next plot to us has some raspberry plants that have grown over six foot tall in his fruit cage but we grow Autumn Bliss and they never get much taller than me at 5ft 1"

As long as they remain healthy leave them to fruit which they should be doing soon if you live in a part of the country that is enjoying mild weather at the moment.

The canes will send out runners which will produce new plants and you should also cut off at the base after fruiting any stems that go dead and brittle.

Hope this info is of help to you.

 

I would have cut them to the ground after planting. Best to avoid getting a crop in the first year, however most people probably prefer to have something!

Any canes that fruit should be cut to the ground after fruiting, and then fresh canes will come (as suckers) next year. Summer fruiting will take two years to bear fruit (cane grows from a sucker in year one and then matures and fruits in year two), whereas Autumn fruiting will do all that in a single year.