How to Prune Latham Raspberries

Raspberries are a widely grown small fruit in home gardens. The fruit belongs to the group referred to as brambles because of the thorns on their stems or canes. Raspberries bushes have perennial roots and biennial canes and grow well with minimal care in the right growing conditions. Latham raspberries are a red raspberry variety. Red raspberries are the most grown raspberry variety in the United States, cites the North Carolina State University Extension. Besides red, the raspberries also come in black, purple and white colors. Pruning is an important management step in ensuring that your raspberry plants stay healthy and continue to produce a good harvest.

Sharp pruning scissors
Yardstick

Instructions

- 1
  Use sharp pruning scissors to cut down all weak and diseased canes to the ground. Recommended time for pruning red raspberries is during March or early May, suggests the Iowa State University Extension.
- 2
  Inspect canes for any damage and remove all damaged canes to ground level as well.
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  Measure the vigorous growing canes 30 inches from ground level with the yardstick. Leave only the ones that are about ¼ inch in diameter at this point and cut down all the others.
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  Prune away all tips on remaining canes that show signs of winter or cold damage. Cut back the stems to the live, healthy stem tissues. The approximate distance between the remaining canes should be about 6 inches at the end of the pruning.
- 5
  Cut down all the fruiting canes to the ground after the end of the summer harvest. Remove and destroy all pruned material.

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