Raspberry

Care guide

Perennial cane fruit that spreads by suckers. The crown is permanent; individual canes are biennial — they grow one year and fruit the next (floricane) or fruit the same fall (primocane/everbearing).

Steady moisture during fruiting; mulch heavily to keep roots cool and suppress weeds. Feed balanced in early spring.

Trellis the canes (T-post + wire). Know your type before pruning: cut spent floricanes to the ground after summer harvest; everbearing can be cut entirely to the ground in late winter for a single large fall crop.

Pick when berries pull free easily; harvest every 2–3 days at peak.

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