I leave mine until the spring, then cut away the dead canes once the canes start budding out the leaves. I only have a couple of plants, but get a good crop out of them. I have a bunch of new plants that came up this year, I hope they will produce this next season. I don't have a lot of plants, I am the only one in the family that eats them.
If your raspberry bushes are old enough to have fruited already at least one season, then in the fall after they have finished fruiting, cut them back down to about 3 ft height, being careful to cut in front of, and not behind the bud/nodule where the berry was picked (as this will be the base for next year's new growth).
Clean out any old leaves, dead stuff, and pull remaining weeds. Then leave them to hibernate over the winter. I like to glean out my bushes in the fall rather than in the spring, as I prefer to leave the young plants to grow and take root in the spring rather than upsetting the soil too much with vigorous intrusion.
Raspberries can grow naturally quite far up north in Canada (past latitude 50) even without the stalks being covered over the winter.
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I leave mine until the spring, then cut away the dead canes once the canes start budding out the leaves. I only have a couple of plants, but get a good crop out of them. I have a bunch of new plants that came up this year, I hope they will produce this next season. I don't have a lot of plants, I am the only one in the family that eats them.
Thank you for the information.
Nancy, I don't know anything about Raspberries so I found a video that I hope answers all your questions. Good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V822szhHuSw
If your raspberry bushes are old enough to have fruited already at least one season, then in the fall after they have finished fruiting, cut them back down to about 3 ft height, being careful to cut in front of, and not behind the bud/nodule where the berry was picked (as this will be the base for next year's new growth).
Clean out any old leaves, dead stuff, and pull remaining weeds. Then leave them to hibernate over the winter. I like to glean out my bushes in the fall rather than in the spring, as I prefer to leave the young plants to grow and take root in the spring rather than upsetting the soil too much with vigorous intrusion.
Raspberries can grow naturally quite far up north in Canada (past latitude 50) even without the stalks being covered over the winter.