AOL: The Fall-Bearing Fruit Bush You Should Be Pruning Before Winter Is Over The Fall-Bearing Fruit Bush You Should Be Pruning Before Winter Is Over Now that freezing weather has finally arrived, it’s time to cut back fall-bearing raspberry canes. I like to wait until the raspberry plants are exposed to a hard freeze before cutting them down. Break out the leather gloves, heavy long sleeve shirt or coat, pruners and head out to your raspberry patch.

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Proper routine pruning can help reduce the risk of disease, manage insect pests and boost ... Detroit News: For a bumper crop of berries next year, cut off fall raspberry canes in late fall Up until now it’s been a good November to be working outside. This has given us an opportunity to continue working on fall gardening chores. One of those fall chores is cutting back fall raspberry ...

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For a bumper crop of berries next year, cut off fall raspberry canes in late fall Spring sunshine has gardeners thinking about their raspberry patches, and experts say now is the perfect time to prune and prepare for a big harvest.