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RE: Raspberries! Monarchs(ORANGE Tuesday)! Rainbows! Oh MY!
My first crop of raspberries were done weeks ago also. Second crop from the primocanes are just starting to trickle in now. Yellow jackets become a problem with the second crop.
Maybe you can help me @garden-to-eat !!!!
I keep reading about the primocanes and the floricanes and am getting confused! I get that raspberries grow on the floricanes (2nd year) but I don't see a crop coming in for the fall. I cleared out the old woody floricanes when the berries were done...now what? Do I leave the primocanes all winter? Do I cut them in the spring or leave them alone?
I have a hard time abiding yellowjackets - those scoundrels - I got bit 2 weeks ago on the neck :0(
I'm sure the type raspberries you're growing plays into it somewhat but I get new growth that sprouts from the ground each spring which are that years primocanes. They begin flowering after the second year canes (floricanes) are done producing which is mid to late July for me. The primocanes grow very tall for me and produce raspberries at the top in late summer and early fall. When they are done in late fall I cut the tops off and they become my floricanes for next year.
So do you have new canes coming in that sprouted this year? Here is my post on raspberries so you can see what my hedge looked like in the spring. The one cane poking out of my row cover is a primocane so you can see how high they get.
https://steemit.com/gardening/@garden-to-eat/the-other-red-berry
so I have cut all the old florocanes down - all the berries came from them. As of Monday, the green-shooted primocanes don't look like they will produce any fruit, but maybe they still will?
Maybe you have a different variety of raspberries that don't produce a second time.