Daily gardening tip · Northern hemisphere · Sunday 1 November 2026
Prune Autumn-Fruiting Raspberry Canes to the Ground
Cut back your late-fruiting raspberries now to guarantee a strong harvest of fresh stems next year.
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Check your raspberry patch to ensure the canes have finished bearing fruit.
Take a sharp pair of secateurs or loppers.
Cut every single cane right down to soil level.
Clear away the old stems to keep the base of the plant tidy.
Why it works
Autumn-fruiting raspberries produce all their fruit on new stems grown within a single year. Cutting the old growth right down to the soil prompts the plant to throw up vigorous new shoots that will bear a fresh crop by the end of the next growing cycle.
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