How to prune overgrown raspberry bushes

A pair of pruning shears might not sound like the tool of choice for increasing your berry harvest, but knowing when and how to prune raspberries will go a long way toward ensuring your plants produce plenty of luscious fruit.

Pruning raspberries annually can amp up your berry harvest—sometimes doubling it—and helps create a thriving, healthy berry patch. Use these tips and techniques to make smart cuts at the right times.

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What happens if you don't prune raspberries

Know your berries.

Determining how to prune your raspberry plants depends on the type you're growing and sometimes on when you want to harvest the fruit. All purple and black raspberries have a specific pruning plan.

Red or yellow raspberry pruning is dependent on when the plants fruit.

Should raspberry bushes be cut back in the fall

Red and yellow raspberry plants can fruit in fall and again in early summer the following year—these are known as fall-bearing raspberries. They produce a large crop in fall and a smaller crop the following summer.

Red and yellow raspberries can also produce one big crop of fruit in late summer to early

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