Raspberry Bushes

Hello all.
I have just taken over my first allotment and am after some advice if possible.

The plot currently has around 30 raspberry bushes on it, all of them currently at about waist high. Unfortunately I have no idea whether these are the autumn or Summer fruiting variety, so am unsure when and how I should prune them.

I am thinking of cutting back 50% of them to ground level now and leave the rest until the spring and then cut them back to see how they go but any tips on how to tell autumn from Summer fruiters or any other advice or suggestions you may have would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks:thumb:

 

Take a look at the canes - those which are brown (and on which the leaves are dying or have died), will be those which fruited this year and these are the ones you need to cut back to about 2" above ground level. The rest - those with green stems - should be left alone, tie them to canes and they'll be the ones which fruit next year.