Raspberries Advice Please

Just got my plot and in the throws of clearing all the weeds and grass, in between
these are some raspberry canes which have been neglected. I want to try and keep
these on the plot if possible and was hoping for some advice on what is the best, as there are some real old canes in there as well as some new growth as well

I was going to start by chopping out the old canes and then maybe transplanting
into another part of the plot, could this be done now or is better to wait to the winter
or would I be better off just digging these out and then starting again with fresh canes later in the year?



Also looked at a Youtube video on Raspberries, but not sure if the video would apply to mine? also mine look like they are the late bearing fruit type rather then the early summer variety....but might be wrong here

 

Hi intel, If the raspberries are in a place that suits you, just clear the grass/weeds, chop out the old, dead canes and give the remaining plants a good feed of an ericaceous fertiliser. The leaves look a bit chlorotic, so a dose of sulphate of iron, or Miracle-Gro Ericaceous will sort that out. Are the canes spiny? One of the best varieties I know of has completely smooth stems and enormous, tasty fruit but have never been able to positively identify it! If yours are autumn-fruiting, you could perhaps prepare a row nearby, with posts and wire, for planting a summer-fruiting variety this autumn.

 

If you can see any signs of fruit from last year chop those canes out (to leave new suckers). If not wait until they have fruited this year, then chop all canes out once they have fruited (that will leave new suckers behind on Summer fruiting types, and nothing behind on Autumn fruiting (they will produce new suckers next year).

Raspberries tend to go down hill over time (you's do look chlorotic but it might also be virus), and if it were me I would be buying in new, certified virus free, stock and planting them in fresh ground (in late Autumn/Winter). You won't get any crop in the first year (and even if the plants want to fruit it is better not to let them to sacrifice a first year crop for better long term establishment of the plants).

 

Thanks for the advice , well....took a chance and cleared out all the old canes and the tops of some of canes that were dead wood on top but a good growth below, and with all the weeds and grass gone, this hopefully will allow some air around the bottom of the canes.

After clearing, we were able to see that the bush had sent out little suckers everywhere which were growing East to West and I remember reading somewhere that its better to grow these North to South as I guess the sun will then reach both sides of the bush........so dug up & transplanted, managed to get about 5 bushes in total, hopefully if the bush can survive living with all those weeds and grass then hopefully it will survive shock of being transplanted