Bill helps make raspberry pruning simple. Berries are so good for you, delicious and easy to grow. Pruning and training are the keys to successful berry growing. www.greengarden...
Darn. Looks like I need to make videos on finding the meaning of life, getting rich while taking a shower and how to make the perfect pot of Shrimp Gumbo. Thank you for the feed back and the rating. Never got that kind of grade in school. Bill
You are the only one that has been able to help me see what to do with my raspberry bushes..and helping me to understand what's going on with them.... after tons of videos!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
That was extremely helpful! I just recently started gardening and few days ago I bought a raspberry plant for a container. You would be a great teacher. I didn't even know plants had to be pruned and it seemed like something super hard to do but now I feel like I know everything I need to know :)
Thank goodness for your video. I was looking forever and only reading how to's that were not very straight forward and simple. I wish all garden how to's were this clear cut and simple. Great video, thanks again!
GreenGardenGuy1. Roger that, be one with the berries, got it, lol. So I went and looked at my small iffy looking raspberry bush which is on its 2nd yr. It has yet to produce berries, but looks to be getting some this year. Lots of green berries, but not turning red yet. I have not done any pruning or anything to it since having it, besides adding fresh soil once a yr, and taking off dead leaves. It has about 3 to 4 canes in total but they do not look like yours in the video? Mine are all slightly brown at the bottom with green mixed on each crane? I'm thinking I should maybe take 1or 2 out to thin them and help the others produce berries? What do you suggest?
Btw we also have really sandy soil here. Being close to a big lake. I think a lot of my struggles result from that as well. I fertilize all my plants, but wondering if I should do so more or if there is something else I should try?
Thank you so much for making such a clear understanding of how to prune my raspberries. I made $500 on my U pick. This is my 3 rd year and they needed pruning. God Bless!
Thank you. It is a simple process once you understand the principles. I suspect folks who make it sound complicated may not fully understand the subject.
Thank you for the details on this video. Other video are frustrating since I am watching these to LEARN about raspberries. I appreciate that you give the instructions simply with definitions of terms and then show what to do. Many thanks!
This is the BEST explanation of pruning raspberries I have seen - and I have watched A LOT! I have saved it to watch again and every year! Thank you much!
I just came in from pruning after seeing the video. I decided to cut the canes and lay them back on the ground they came from... just like in the wild..only cut into smaller peices. Thanks again and thanks for responding to my post.
That works. It's called stick mulching. Raspberry leaves are very high in nitrogen and good fertilizer. I used to pile them under my Persimmon until they got dry and crunchy. I would then use them as starter for my BBQ. This would get the thorns out of the landscape.
I am pleased that you were able to make use of this information. I enjoy making the videos. Wisconsin is a fine place to grow raspberries. I raised berries in Wisconsin for over 15 years with good success. The only warning I might offer you is do not allow the wild raspberries to hang around your property if you wish to grow the tame ones. They carry a virus that can really put your crop into decline. Control aphids so they can't transmit disease to your garden from the wild.
Thank you. Most videos don't really hold my attention or drag on about random things that ARENT needed or ramble on about other things... Great educational video.. Got a new sub
Thank you Jeremy, I know exactly what you mean. I think the problem with a lot of videos is the producers haven't figured out how to edit. Public speaking is all about the 80/20 rule. 80% of what is recorded is worthless blabber and 20% is gold. I try to chop out the 80% and leave the gold. Bill
Bill, can't express how grateful I am for your videos, especially this one on pruning raspberries. I've watched numerous videos on the subject but you are the only one who explained the differences between types of raspberries, how to treat each one individually, and what to expect from each. I have a beautiful row of everbearing red and one of the black cap (thanking the local birds for delivering those to my yard!). After listening to you, I now think I need some yellow and purple in my berry patch! Thanks again!!!
The best video on RUclips explaining the whole raspberry pruning situation. Excellent! I hope you make more of these simple straight to the point videos Dear Mr. Bill! You have so much knowledge and experience, and it is wonderful to know that you are willing to freely share all your hard won knowledge with strangers on the internet. Many blessings upon you, and I hope one day to be able to share all the things I have learned as freely as you do! You are an inspiration! Bless you, you are a wonderful human being! cheers -Rov
I was attempting to make it simple. Some time video producers fail to organize themselves so they are coherent to others. At other times I see people who really don't know what they are talking about acting as if they do. The complexity and confusion is a smoke screen for lack of understanding. If it isn't straight forward and understandable it is probably wrong. Gardening is actually a very simple subject. Bill
Finally I found a great site to SHOW me how to prune my poor raspberries. Thank you Bill for taking the time to do so. Looks like I may have been doing it wrong these last few yrs. I have a raspberry in a large container about 2ft across x 1 1/2 ft deep. Should I transplant into the ground as the growth seems somewhat stunted. The canes only get about 3-4 ft tall. I neglected them last yr...no fertilizer or manure of any sort. Terrible I know...Thanks for any help and for your posts.
Laura, Raspberries bind up the soil rapidly and don't last long in containers. They usually escape on their own through the drain hole. I am surprised they haven't yet. Yes I would definitely move them to the garden ground and out of the container. I move my garden patch around every few years. All I can tell you from your description of the plants is that they are red raspberry. If they shatter easily you might want to consider using a different variety. I like Indian Summer. The berries hold together well. Bill
I sold the house and the berries last week. Moved to a new house in Hawaii. No raspberries as of yet but I am sure to plant some soon. Thanks for the feed back. Bill
I am doing pretty well with southern, low chill blackberries and blue berries here. If I could find the right type I believe raspberry is possible too.
Thanks, Mr. Merrill for the informative video on maintaining a raspberry patch. I watched this video on behalf of my dad, who has a raspberry patch in his backyard and he was not sure about how to prune them. I have taken notes on this video, since he does not have a computer and will share your valuable information. Thanks!
You're welcome. I hope the notes help him. The beauty of a video is to be able to actually see the work. I generally take notes on key points when I watch videos myself though. It keeps me from forgetting. Perhaps you might introduce your Dad to the free computers at most libraries. Thanks again. Bill
Very Informative. I have been trying to figure out how to prune my black raspberries. Everyone explains the everbearing and summer but they do it in a way that is confusing and then they never go into detail about the black raspberries. This is the first thing i have seen that was done in a way that made me actually understand what i need to do. Thank You!
OMG...I just saw your video and it was sooo helpful. Everyone said it was simple to understand, but you were the one who made it so. I suppose August 1 is a little late for a "July" prune, but now that I know what I'm doing, Im goin' for it! Thank you. Happy Gardening!
When you do this in summer depends on your local climate. I like to time it for the last few berries coming off the spring crop. At this point no damage is done to the old canes and the new ones are still pushing up in the patch. Pruning later endangers the fruit and flowers of the second crop. Thanks for the feed back. Bill
As this will be my first year planting raspberry canes, I have found this video to be the most informative!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge GGG1 - your explanations and details will be most helpful!
+George Ballance Glad I could be of assistance. Once you get the process in mind it is very simple and easy to apply particularly when you consider the reward will be raspberry abundance. Thanks, Bill
Great video! Just moved to the West Coast and inherited an old raspberry patch (never had them before!). I knew something was up when the fruiting ones started to shrivel up & die. This tutorial was incredibly helpful! I'm ready to jump in (with some long sleeves on!) THANKS AGAIN!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and learned a lot from it. I can tell... if you and I ever met in real life we would become good friends right away, no doubt about that. Thanks a million. A friend in Canada.
Seldom have I ever met a gardener that I didn't like. In a crazy world the garden is a great place to have your thoughts and body. Thank you so much. I recently sold the California property but if you ever make it to the Big Island of Hawaii on vacation drop in for a cup of coffee.
I had no idea I had everbearing raspberries . This is after 20 years of growi ng them in MT. Mine don't produce until July and I couldn't figure out why they had flowers in late Sept. Great presentation that answered questions I didn't know I had.
Ever bearing berries can be treated in two way. Either follow the video instructions and get two crops or mow the entire patch to the ground every fall and harvest one crop in mid summer. This is the best way if you live where the season is too short for two crops.
Thank you for the feed back. Raspberry thrive on medium to better soils. The Fremont, CA area was blessed with good soil. Otherwise I use organic fertilizers, apply organic matter to the soil and rotate the patch every three to four years. Other than that it's just the raspberries, they grow that way!
I like that you hit all 3 kinds. I transplanted wild black cap raspberries into a berry patch in my yard and have had a tough time finding information about them (most every video was about blackberries, not the same thing). My opinion, you can't beat the flavor of black raspberries!
Yes, the Black cap is very good. I grew up with them as the most abundant berry in Northern Illinois. Beware of moving wild berries into you tame berry stand. They harbor virus that can be very destructive to the cultivated forms. While growing berries in Wisconsin I had to exterminate every wild cane with in a 1/4 mile of my tame canes. It still didn't work and I eventually ended up contaminated.
This really helped me a lot. I have a patch of Caroline that I put in a raised bed. Most of the information I find is for the traditional raspberries and it just is a whole other thing. Thank you so much!!!
Great informative video I’m anxious to add more raspberries to my yard. You made it sound so simple. Don’t know how graceful I’m going to look rolling around on the ground though😁.
Damn, mate! One of the best explanations I've ever seen/heard! ...I planted golden everbearing raspberry and blackberry previous fall ..so I really needed some basics about pruning..this vidoe gave me everything I needed!! thanx much, Bill!
Eduard, Thank you for the feed back. I am glad I could help out. I listened to some of your music and found it very nice. We live in two different ends of the guitar universe but I enjoyed your playing.
GreenGardenGuy1 Im very glad for my guitar music to be njoyed :)) aand I was surprised by your guitar too. I actually do like the style of music like yours quite well. I'm more emotional/melancholic in the music, but sometimes, I use to enjoy some country and blues too :) I have 12 string acoustic and used to play some alternative country sometimes..but it's quite long time ago I played if for the last time... Bill, thanx for your friendly words! hope your berries are doing well! :) hehe....aand.. by whe way, I think we will meet here again some day..I will be glad if I could ask you for some gardening advices in the future :) take care!.....greetings from Slovakia!
Eduard Ritok I played most anything for a living through the years so I have a pretty wide platform of sound to work from. I retired from professional music about 20 years ago but I keep noodling out ideas for my video sound tracks. My berries are doing fine, I moved the patch about 3 months back and they are all pushing leaves and flowers at the moment. Thanks for asking. Bill
Thank you so much for helping me in my garden! Your knowledge and great presentation was appreciated! I have subscribed to your blog to keep up on things! Looking forward to more!
Thank you very much. There are always more videos coming. Just posted one on Pineapples yesterday. There are 170 other videos on my site you might check out. Most are quite useful if you need the sort of information they cover. Bill
Thank you for offering much more practical alternatives for cane pruning disposal other then “burn it away from plant to prevent diseases and ‘pest’ habitat.” Raspberry leaves are high in N and calcium, compost them, chop and drop them. Canes are hollow for overwintering solitary bees and also the predators of whatever pests we try to prevent. I like that idea of burning canes in a BBQ.
Thank you for making this video, I'm just starting out and bought a couple raspberry plants last year and didn't know whether I should prune them completely to the ground or not. Thanks to you I now know I need to wait til July and then I'll be able to tell what type I have and prune accordingly, instead of waiting til the end of the year when everything is dead.
Glad to hear I could steer you in the right direction with the raspberries. Like most things there are different ways to approach them. If you are raising the ever bearing type and live in a northern area where the season is too short to raise both crops you can do the once per year lawn mower prune in the dormant period. This will give only one crop per year but it is really simple. Just cut the entire patch to the ground in winter. This only works with the ever bearing type though.
Great video Bill. Thanks for keeping it simple and really giving me a good visual and what to do, when to do it and how to do it. I really appreciate it. Mike
You're welcome Mike, glad I could help. Have a look through the other 138 garden videos I have on the sight, you may find more useful information. Feel free to share and thanks for the feed back. Bill
I have two varieties in my raspberry patch. I grow a red fruited ever bearing type called Indian Summer and a golden fruited ever bearer called Fall Gold. Both types produce a crop on both the floricanes and the primocanes in spring and late summer. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for the comment. It does appear to be one of the most popular videos out of 800 on my channel. I guess it is hard to find good information on growing berries. Bill
You will not find me rolling on the ground these days, I will wet myself giggling trying to get back up LOL. Great tips. I just received my order and I can't wait to taste them in the near future. I am going to grow one under one of my mulberry trees that will protect it from the afternoon sun. I also have a corner in the front yard protected from our harsh summer. We will see how they go this year.
So if you are planting raspberries, they do tolerate a bit of shading but I have always grown them in full sun. The full sun location worked in Wisconsin, California and Hawaii. The plants run underground, they need to be cut back to the bed with a shovel each year. I would place them away from other plants so digging is easy. I generally plant raspberry were we can walk all the way around the patch.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 That's funny, my friend up in New South Wales was telling me that raspberries crow crazy up her way. She's closer to Queensland, the subtropics. I'm down south, in Adelaide. Mine grew beautifully then summer came and just gobble them up. My friends in Wisconsin grow them in full sun too. Hmmm, there's hope for me yet, eh :) Okay, I will pop them in full sun, ta. :)
One of the best Rasberry Pruning videos I have seen or read. I just finished my everbearing variety this week and wanted to make sure that I did it right. The one thing I did that I am not sure if it is the right thing is I topped off the new canes already to try to encourage fruiting side shoots. Did I top these to soon? I only cut off the top six inches of the tallest plants. Thanks again for a Great Vid!!
GreenGardenGuy1 ok I'm going to show some ignorance in the hope of learning something. I have Boyne,Niwot, Heritage,Nova,Royalty,Joan J, Taylor, and fall gold. I just planted them this year spring. I'm assuming I wait till July next summer and cut the old plants like you said and leave the new green stalks like you showed. I borrowed your idea of T posts and supports for the berries. Also, mine all lived but I didn't get much berries this year, is that normal? Thanks in advance.
If your berries have not produced fruit yet then they are not yet ready for pruning. After your canes produce a crop of spring fruit is when they are pruned. This is in the case of ever bearing raspberries. If you have summer bearing the situation is different. These only make a single crop before pruning. If you prune the canes before they fruit you will never see fruit form. Canes are pruned after fruiting, not before.
Is there any way to tell if that branch fruited short of looking at each branch or will the color always s be different. I'm assuming mine are ever bearing.
You know if they fruited because you would have picked fruit. The only other way to tell is looking at the tip of the cane. A fruited cane will have the stems that held the berries. A cane that has not fruited will only have a terminal bud with leaves. I see some of your berries are ever bearing from memory. Others that you listed I have never heard of. Type their names into google and see if they are ever bearing or summer bearing the culture of the two types are different and it isn't a good idea to mix them in the same patch.
Copy that Jason Williams. Thank you Bill for explaining all this so clearly, because nearly everyone else is saying something different than the video I just watched. You brought all the pieces together in your video, and I finally get it! I'm so excited! Ha Ha! I'm getting rid of our June Bearing/Summer Bearing Raspberries, and putting in Everbearing Raspberries. I may decide to cut all the floricanes in early spring down to 2-3", and only have one large crop in the fall. Have you ever done that?
It really feels good to help connect the dots for others. Strange, I couldn't grow raspberries after moving to Hawaii until I tried the Mysore Black Raspberry. I just did my first raspberry video in years about that plant. Aloha
11 Years ago this video made you famous on You Tube! Would be cool if you made an anniversary raspberry video on how to grow them in the big island. Sheers!
I had thought of this but Raspberries won't grow for me in Puna. I have Mysore Black raspberry but that is a completely different tropical form and I just chop it down once each year. No skill or knowledge involved. The berries I videoed were in CA. Things are different here.
+stuart sullenbarger Heritage is an ever bearing raspberry so it is pruned exactly like the raspberries I show in the video. The canes are pruned to the ground after the second fruiting. They can also be pruned to 4 or 5 feet in winter to keep them from being too top heavy. Jewell is typical of most black raspberry. Remove the old canes after fruit ripens and tie up the new ones.
Thank you for your time in making this video. I planted some black raspberries last fall and just tied them up in May 2013. This is the best video I have found on RUclips for Raspberries. Keep up the good work. Hopefully mine in Wisconsin will produce as good as yours in sunny California :-) . Happy growing!
Hi Bill, thank you for your video. Makes it simple. I'm in Australia and have two varieties, Chilliwaks and Heritage :-) With these two I get three fruits a season.
Hi, You have it. An ever bearing variety combined with a summer bearing type will give you three crops of berries per year. I use two ever bearers, Fall Gold & Indian Summer, with two summer varieties, Purple Royalty & Black Cumberland. The Cumberland doesn't seem to like California much but the Purple Royalty does a fine job of producing between the ever bearing crops. I also end up with four colors and flavors of fruit.
Thanks G.G.G.1, great video everything I needed to know, cause I didn't have a clue on what to do or look for.This is my second year gardening. I just transplanted my new raspberry canes that I bought for my little garden and thought blueberries and raspberries would be great to add to the mix. It came with 3 canes that are ready to give out new berries this fall (round 2). In the last few weeks 3 more new canes have grown. For the first time out of all the raspberries video Iv'e watch, yours hit every point. Thanks for spending the time share. Look forward to watching your other videos. Cheers!
Vince Thanks for the feed back. There is nothing like raising a berry crop. I just picked fresh blackberries for lunch and it was heaven with purple stains. I knew if I tossed this video out there tat sooner or later some one needing the information would find it. Glad you did. Bill
I'm actually really excited to start a raspberry bush of my own after watching how relatively simple it is to prune these bushes. The double fruiting everbering bush seems like it will be a good choice.
So much info! I have red summer 1x crop...in my urban city of Chicago garden. I have loads of new babies, growth, etc...I have them a bit wild but will use mybold tomato cages to keep them together and do what you showed us to do. Thanks!
Thanks for watching. Subscribe, always new stuff. I was born in Chicago. Grew up watching Muddy waters, Howling Wolf and Paul Butterfield play the blues there.
Hi Bill - good information on pruning. I learned a lot from you and appreciate your sharing this. I'm looking at growing some Heritage heirloom raspberries in 2016 but I like the idea of having both the ever-bearing and fall-bearing berries both.
Just the basics on berries. Thank you. I've been growing berries most of my life. I seem to have a fair understanding of their culture but from the amount of views I get on this video, that understanding isn't common. Aloha
Hey Ray, Thanks for the feed back. I am always making more garden videos I believe I have over 130 of them now. Scroll through the list at you tubes Greengardenguy1 channel. I put up one about garden nursery on 4/4 and one on pruning blueberries 3/29. I have one on tomatoes in the can waiting for me to finish. More on the way, thanks. Bill
Carrie Ryan Things will be pretty much the same with summer bearing raspberry as opposed to ever bearing. The only difference is you will get only one crop per year and it will come in mid summer rather than spring and fall.
Until you mentioned it the production of greenhouse raspberries was an unknown concept to me. I did a bit of research and I see it is done by leaving potted plants out in the winter cold until chilling hours have been met. They are then moved into the greenhouses where the warm temperatures cause them to break dormancy. I suspect the greatest problem you will find in Portugal is getting enough chill. You would need to find a lower chill berry than the one used in Holland.
Great video!! Learned lots and now I know what kind of raspberries I got from my garden plot neighbour. I will leave them alone and prune out the old growth in July. I would love to try the black raspberries and may put up an arbour over the existing raspberries to provide some shade and give the black raspberries something to climb on. Yum
love your apple trees healty and good yeilds! This was the best video for prunning rasberries. a lot of good info for a newbie like myself! thanks so much! oh where would a buy an apple tree like that? i live in massachusetts thanks
Thank you for the feed back on the video. Glad you were able to make use of the information. I tried to make it clear and simple. That is a whole row of apples being used as a hedge behind me. Most of them are Pole Apples. Half were grown by Stark Brothers Nurseries in MO, the other half were raised by Pacific Groves in Oregon. Further down the row I am using dwarf apples Cox Orange Pippin and Fuji. They were grown by Dave Wilson in California. Some of this material is available on the east coast but there are also fruit tree nurseries out by you too that would have these trees. Bill
Only 2 minutes in and this guy has explained raspberries better than ALL the other vids i have watched.
Recommended viewing :) A++++++++
Darn. Looks like I need to make videos on finding the meaning of life, getting rich while taking a shower and how to make the perfect pot of Shrimp Gumbo. Thank you for the feed back and the rating. Never got that kind of grade in school. Bill
Yes he did!!
Exactly.
And the first 30 sec he wasn't talking
Like actually!!
You are the only one that has been able to help me see what to do with my raspberry bushes..and helping me to understand what's going on with them....
after tons of videos!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thank you for the feedback. It's really not that difficult, just hard to explain. Enjoy the berries!
That was extremely helpful! I just recently started gardening and few days ago I bought a raspberry plant for a container. You would be a great teacher. I didn't even know plants had to be pruned and it seemed like something super hard to do but now I feel like I know everything I need to know :)
Thank goodness for your video. I was looking forever and only reading how to's that were not very straight forward and simple. I wish all garden how to's were this clear cut and simple. Great video, thanks again!
I just love berries Jess. Been around them so long I learned how to think like one! Bill
GreenGardenGuy1. Roger that, be one with the berries, got it, lol. So I went and looked at my small iffy looking raspberry bush which is on its 2nd yr. It has yet to produce berries, but looks to be getting some this year. Lots of green berries, but not turning red yet. I have not done any pruning or anything to it since having it, besides adding fresh soil once a yr, and taking off dead leaves. It has about 3 to 4 canes in total but they do not look like yours in the video? Mine are all slightly brown at the bottom with green mixed on each crane? I'm thinking I should maybe take 1or 2 out to thin them and help the others produce berries? What do you suggest?
Btw we also have really sandy soil here. Being close to a big lake. I think a lot of my struggles result from that as well. I fertilize all my plants, but wondering if I should do so more or if there is something else I should try?
Thank you so much for making such a clear understanding of how to prune my raspberries. I made $500 on my U pick. This is my 3 rd year and they needed pruning. God Bless!
So glad to hear you are profiting from the berries. Time to prune! Bill
Okay, after watching your video, I feel armed and ready to prune my raspberry patch. Thanks for your sharing, Bill.
+Teta Hilsdon It is my pleasure to have been of service. Wish i could be there to help. Bill
Good video. You kept it much simpler than most other raspberry experts
Thank you. It is a simple process once you understand the principles. I suspect folks who make it sound complicated may not fully understand the subject.
Thank you for the details on this video. Other video are frustrating since I am watching these to LEARN about raspberries. I appreciate that you give the instructions simply with definitions of terms and then show what to do. Many thanks!
You're welcome. The need to understand raspberries has made this one of the most popular videos I've done. Thank you for the comment.
This is the BEST explanation of pruning raspberries I have seen - and I have watched A LOT!
I have saved it to watch again and every year! Thank you much!
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I just came in from pruning after seeing the video.
I decided to cut the canes and lay them back on the ground they came from... just like in the wild..only cut into smaller peices.
Thanks again and thanks for responding to my post.
That works. It's called stick mulching. Raspberry leaves are very high in nitrogen and good fertilizer. I used to pile them under my Persimmon until they got dry and crunchy. I would then use them as starter for my BBQ. This would get the thorns out of the landscape.
I am pleased that you were able to make use of this information. I enjoy making the videos. Wisconsin is a fine place to grow raspberries. I raised berries in Wisconsin for over 15 years with good success. The only warning I might offer you is do not allow the wild raspberries to hang around your property if you wish to grow the tame ones. They carry a virus that can really put your crop into decline. Control aphids so they can't transmit disease to your garden from the wild.
Thank you. Most videos don't really hold my attention or drag on about random things that ARENT needed or ramble on about other things... Great educational video.. Got a new sub
Thank you Jeremy, I know exactly what you mean. I think the problem with a lot of videos is the producers haven't figured out how to edit. Public speaking is all about the 80/20 rule. 80% of what is recorded is worthless blabber and 20% is gold. I try to chop out the 80% and leave the gold. Bill
@@HaveYouSeenMyGardens I have no idea what I ment. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I will make that comment disappear
Thank you, I am happy to be of service. As you can see it is really pretty easy. Just understanding the process is the key.
GreenGardenGuy1
Great job, easy and simple explanation. Thank you very much.
Thank you. I watch this every year so I prune correctly.
Looks like this might have been one of the more useful videos i ever did. Sure wish i could hit them all out of the park! Bill
Bill, can't express how grateful I am for your videos, especially this one on pruning raspberries. I've watched numerous videos on the subject but you are the only one who explained the differences between types of raspberries, how to treat each one individually, and what to expect from each. I have a beautiful row of everbearing red and one of the black cap (thanking the local birds for delivering those to my yard!). After listening to you, I now think I need some yellow and purple in my berry patch! Thanks again!!!
I guess after enough time hanging around the berry patch I must have started thinking like a raspberry. Thank you, Bill
Took me a while to find the video to answer all my raspberry growing questions and this was it !
My raspberry video appears to be a top 40 garden hit! Aloha.
The best video on RUclips explaining the whole raspberry pruning situation. Excellent! I hope you make more of these simple straight to the point videos Dear Mr. Bill! You have so much knowledge and experience, and it is wonderful to know that you are willing to freely share all your hard won knowledge with strangers on the internet. Many blessings upon you, and I hope one day to be able to share all the things I have learned as freely as you do! You are an inspiration! Bless you, you are a wonderful human being! cheers -Rov
I believe I have over 2000 videos by now. The raspberry one is old but keeps getting used because it is good. Aloha and thanks for the comment.
Great explanations! Watched a couple videos before yours, should've watched yours first and saved myself some time. Thanks
Thank you. It appears my raspberry video is one of the most popular I have ever done. Bill
Thank you, this makes so much more sense than other videos I have watched.
I was attempting to make it simple. Some time video producers fail to organize themselves so they are coherent to others. At other times I see people who really don't know what they are talking about acting as if they do. The complexity and confusion is a smoke screen for lack of understanding. If it isn't straight forward and understandable it is probably wrong. Gardening is actually a very simple subject. Bill
Great info.. nice mellow tone and pace to your instructions. I've been going about it all wrong. Now I can fix it. Thanks!
Glad I could help out. Once you get the hang of it the work is pretty simple. Bill
I've been doing this kind of thing my whole life, but I picked up a lot of new information from this video!
Great video!!
Glad to hear it. There are only a couple possible ways to prune everbearing raspberries so you must have come to the right channel.
Finally I found a great site to SHOW me how to prune my poor raspberries. Thank you Bill for taking the time to do so. Looks like I may have been doing it wrong these last few yrs. I have a raspberry in a large container about 2ft across x 1 1/2 ft deep. Should I transplant into the ground as the growth seems somewhat stunted. The canes only get about 3-4 ft tall. I neglected them last yr...no fertilizer or manure of any sort. Terrible I know...Thanks for any help and for your posts.
Laura, Raspberries bind up the soil rapidly and don't last long in containers. They usually escape on their own through the drain hole. I am surprised they haven't yet. Yes I would definitely move them to the garden ground and out of the container. I move my garden patch around every few years. All I can tell you from your description of the plants is that they are red raspberry. If they shatter easily you might want to consider using a different variety. I like Indian Summer. The berries hold together well.
Bill
this man is good teacher,i grew 9 varieties long time ago,i wish i had this man as my teacher,best wishes
I sold the house and the berries last week. Moved to a new house in Hawaii. No raspberries as of yet but I am sure to plant some soon. Thanks for the feed back. Bill
best wishes to you,and yes in your area it would be interesting to try some very unique fruit.
I am doing pretty well with southern, low chill blackberries and blue berries here. If I could find the right type I believe raspberry is possible too.
Thanks, Mr. Merrill for the informative video on maintaining a raspberry patch. I watched this video on behalf of my dad, who has a raspberry patch in his backyard and he was not sure about how to prune them. I have taken notes on this video, since he does not have a computer and will share your valuable information. Thanks!
You're welcome. I hope the notes help him. The beauty of a video is to be able to actually see the work. I generally take notes on key points when I watch videos myself though. It keeps me from forgetting. Perhaps you might introduce your Dad to the free computers at most libraries. Thanks again. Bill
GreenGardenGuy1 Yes, thanks for mentioning that about the computers. I will let you know how his raspberry pruning turns-out, Bill. Thanks!
Very Informative. I have been trying to figure out how to prune my black raspberries. Everyone explains the everbearing and summer but they do it in a way that is confusing and then they never go into detail about the black raspberries. This is the first thing i have seen that was done in a way that made me actually understand what i need to do. Thank You!
You're welcome Scott. As you see it is actually quite simple if you keep the explanation simple. Enjoy many excellent crops. Bill
OMG...I just saw your video and it was sooo helpful. Everyone said it was simple to understand, but you were the one who made it so. I suppose August 1 is a little late for a "July" prune, but now that I know what I'm doing, Im goin' for it! Thank you. Happy Gardening!
When you do this in summer depends on your local climate. I like to time it for the last few berries coming off the spring crop. At this point no damage is done to the old canes and the new ones are still pushing up in the patch. Pruning later endangers the fruit and flowers of the second crop. Thanks for the feed back. Bill
As this will be my first year planting raspberry canes, I have found this video to be the most informative!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge GGG1 - your explanations and details will be most helpful!
+George Ballance Glad I could be of assistance. Once you get the process in mind it is very simple and easy to apply particularly when you consider the reward will be raspberry abundance. Thanks, Bill
Great video! Just moved to the West Coast and inherited an old raspberry patch (never had them before!). I knew something was up when the fruiting ones started to shrivel up & die. This tutorial was incredibly helpful! I'm ready to jump in (with some long sleeves on!) THANKS AGAIN!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and learned a lot from it. I can tell... if you and I ever met in real life we would become good friends right away, no doubt about that. Thanks a million.
A friend in Canada.
Seldom have I ever met a gardener that I didn't like. In a crazy world the garden is a great place to have your thoughts and body. Thank you so much. I recently sold the California property but if you ever make it to the Big Island of Hawaii on vacation drop in for a cup of coffee.
Thank you for the comment. Glad to help.
I sure am glad we got that straightened out! Prune away and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Bill
I had no idea I had everbearing raspberries . This is after 20 years of growi ng them in MT. Mine don't produce until July and I couldn't figure out why they had flowers in late Sept. Great presentation that answered questions I didn't know I had.
Ever bearing berries can be treated in two way. Either follow the video instructions and get two crops or mow the entire patch to the ground every fall and harvest one crop in mid summer. This is the best way if you live where the season is too short for two crops.
Who knew I'd laugh so much at a video about pruning raspberries? Delightful, thank you! I'm inspired to grab my clippers :)
Humor is important when dealing with plants that have spines! Bill
Thanks for the info, friend! I'm very impressed by how vital your berry patch is. I'm trying to get a berry patch going in my yard this year. :)
Thank you for the feed back. Raspberry thrive on medium to better soils. The Fremont, CA area was blessed with good soil. Otherwise I use organic fertilizers, apply organic matter to the soil and rotate the patch every three to four years. Other than that it's just the raspberries, they grow that way!
Thanks for the video, you made pruning raspberry simple!
Nora Simon You're welcome Nora, glad to help. Bill
I like that you hit all 3 kinds. I transplanted wild black cap raspberries into a berry patch in my yard and have had a tough time finding information about them (most every video was about blackberries, not the same thing). My opinion, you can't beat the flavor of black raspberries!
Yes, the Black cap is very good. I grew up with them as the most abundant berry in Northern Illinois. Beware of moving wild berries into you tame berry stand. They harbor virus that can be very destructive to the cultivated forms. While growing berries in Wisconsin I had to exterminate every wild cane with in a 1/4 mile of my tame canes. It still didn't work and I eventually ended up contaminated.
Good tip! Well I didn't have any canes to begin with...so all I've got right now is the wild ones!
This really helped me a lot. I have a patch of Caroline that I put in a raised bed. Most of the information I find is for the traditional raspberries and it just is a whole other thing. Thank you so much!!!
I am so glad I could help. Lots of other garden topics on the channel. Thanks for the comment. Bill
Great informative video I’m anxious to add more raspberries to my yard. You made it sound so simple. Don’t know how graceful I’m going to look rolling around on the ground though😁.
Laying on the ground is a lot easier than giving yourself a back ache by stooping. It's all about comfort not grace.
GreenGardenGuy1 That is very true
Berry Bill is a genius! I am now going to clean up my 20'x30' patch into 3-4 rows. Thanks Bill!
You are welcome. Thanks so much for watching. Bill
Damn, mate! One of the best explanations I've ever seen/heard! ...I planted golden everbearing raspberry and blackberry previous fall ..so I really needed some basics about pruning..this vidoe gave me everything I needed!! thanx much, Bill!
Eduard, Thank you for the feed back. I am glad I could help out. I listened to some of your music and found it very nice. We live in two different ends of the guitar universe but I enjoyed your playing.
GreenGardenGuy1
Im very glad for my guitar music to be njoyed :)) aand I was surprised by your guitar too. I actually do like the style of music like yours quite well. I'm more emotional/melancholic in the music, but sometimes, I use to enjoy some country and blues too :) I have 12 string acoustic and used to play some alternative country sometimes..but it's quite long time ago I played if for the last time... Bill, thanx for your friendly words! hope your berries are doing well! :) hehe....aand.. by whe way, I think we will meet here again some day..I will be glad if I could ask you for some gardening advices in the future :) take care!.....greetings from Slovakia!
Eduard Ritok I played most anything for a living through the years so I have a pretty wide platform of sound to work from. I retired from professional music about 20 years ago but I keep noodling out ideas for my video sound tracks. My berries are doing fine, I moved the patch about 3 months back and they are all pushing leaves and flowers at the moment. Thanks for asking. Bill
Great explaining, very clear directions and examples on what to do, thank you!
Glad i could help out.
Thank you so much for helping me in my garden! Your knowledge and great presentation was appreciated!
I have subscribed to your blog to keep up on things! Looking forward to more!
Thank you very much. There are always more videos coming. Just posted one on Pineapples yesterday. There are 170 other videos on my site you might check out. Most are quite useful if you need the sort of information they cover. Bill
You're welcome, glad I could help. Bill
This guy is pruning like hes working under a car haha good video
I had worked as a mechanic in past years.
Thank you for this video! I have never seen it explained so clearly.
This one goes back to the beginning of the channel but it keeps getting views. Aloha
Thank you for offering much more practical alternatives for cane pruning disposal other then “burn it away from plant to prevent diseases and ‘pest’ habitat.” Raspberry leaves are high in N and calcium, compost them, chop and drop them. Canes are hollow for overwintering solitary bees and also the predators of whatever pests we try to prevent. I like that idea of burning canes in a BBQ.
I walk the leaves off as mulch under fruit trees and finally use them for smoke on chicken or salmon.
Thank you for making this video, I'm just starting out and bought a couple raspberry plants last year and didn't know whether I should prune them completely to the ground or not. Thanks to you I now know I need to wait til July and then I'll be able to tell what type I have and prune accordingly, instead of waiting til the end of the year when everything is dead.
Glad to hear I could steer you in the right direction with the raspberries. Like most things there are different ways to approach them. If you are raising the ever bearing type and live in a northern area where the season is too short to raise both crops you can do the once per year lawn mower prune in the dormant period. This will give only one crop per year but it is really simple. Just cut the entire patch to the ground in winter. This only works with the ever bearing type though.
Thank you for a very extensive and easy to understand video!
You are very welcome. Glad I could help. The world just wouldn't be the same without berries!
If holes in leaf what that cause
Thank you for you information. I have the black raspberry that is a bit out of control. This video was very much needed. ❤
Thanks for dropping by. Berry pruning is easy once you understand the basics. Aloha
Great video Bill. Thanks for keeping it simple and really giving me a good visual and what to do, when to do it and how to do it. I really appreciate it. Mike
You're welcome Mike, glad I could help. Have a look through the other 138 garden videos I have on the sight, you may find more useful information. Feel free to share and thanks for the feed back. Bill
I have two varieties in my raspberry patch. I grow a red fruited ever bearing type called Indian Summer and a golden fruited ever bearer called Fall Gold. Both types produce a crop on both the floricanes and the primocanes in spring and late summer. Thanks for watching.
This is the best instructional of all.
Thank you.
Thank you for the comment. It does appear to be one of the most popular videos out of 800 on my channel. I guess it is hard to find good information on growing berries. Bill
You will not find me rolling on the ground these days, I will wet myself giggling trying to get back up LOL. Great tips. I just received my order and I can't wait to taste them in the near future. I am going to grow one under one of my mulberry trees that will protect it from the afternoon sun. I also have a corner in the front yard protected from our harsh summer. We will see how they go this year.
So if you are planting raspberries, they do tolerate a bit of shading but I have always grown them in full sun. The full sun location worked in Wisconsin, California and Hawaii. The plants run underground, they need to be cut back to the bed with a shovel each year. I would place them away from other plants so digging is easy. I generally plant raspberry were we can walk all the way around the patch.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 That's funny, my friend up in New South Wales was telling me that raspberries crow crazy up her way. She's closer to Queensland, the subtropics. I'm down south, in Adelaide. Mine grew beautifully then summer came and just gobble them up. My friends in Wisconsin grow them in full sun too. Hmmm, there's hope for me yet, eh :) Okay, I will pop them in full sun, ta. :)
@@wildchook745 We have great raspberries here too but they are the black Mysore raspberry from S. Asia.
One of the best Rasberry Pruning videos I have seen or read. I just finished my everbearing variety this week and wanted to make sure that I did it right.
The one thing I did that I am not sure if it is the right thing is I topped off the new canes already to try to encourage fruiting side shoots. Did I top these to soon? I only cut off the top six inches of the tallest plants.
Thanks again for a Great Vid!!
Great, great video! Thank you for sharing.
Robert Stilson You're welcome.
Excellent video covering all aspects. Many thanks for posting.
Glad it was helpful! This video turned out to be an oldie but goodie. It keeps getting traffic years after it was recorded.
best video on berries ive seen, thank you good work
Every once in a while even I get it right. thank you, Bill
That was a great video helped with all I needed to know thank you for sharing. Hope I can get my raspberries looking healthy and producing more fruit.
They enjoy a good regime of fertilizers and a nice thick mulch for best production. Good luck with the berries, Bill
Great Video Bill...Answers every question I had. Cheers
Thank you Bob.
Now I know where i found your channel at Bill. I obviously subscribed. Penny from Iowa
I've been hiding out all this time behind some raspberry canes.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 lol
Raspberry wood in the BBQ, talk about learning something new!! Very informative video. Thanks.
In a sustainable world there is no such thing as waste. Aloha and thanks for watching.
Good juicy presentation, Bill. Thank you for useful info.
Thank you. It's an oldie but a goodie.
seems like a straightforward process thanks for your nice vid
You are a great teacher. Thank you so much for your help.
You're welcome, glad I could help out on this subject.
You're welcome, glad I could help out.
Finally explained very well without requiring a Ph.D. In understanding.
Good thing for both of us that I never got further than a BS in school. We all know what BS is and a Ph.D is just Piling it on, Higher & Deeper
GreenGardenGuy1 ok I'm going to show some ignorance in the hope of learning something. I have Boyne,Niwot, Heritage,Nova,Royalty,Joan J, Taylor, and fall gold. I just planted them this year spring. I'm assuming I wait till July next summer and cut the old plants like you said and leave the new green stalks like you showed. I borrowed your idea of T posts and supports for the berries. Also, mine all lived but I didn't get much berries this year, is that normal? Thanks in advance.
If your berries have not produced fruit yet then they are not yet ready for pruning. After your canes produce a crop of spring fruit is when they are pruned. This is in the case of ever bearing raspberries. If you have summer bearing the situation is different. These only make a single crop before pruning. If you prune the canes before they fruit you will never see fruit form. Canes are pruned after fruiting, not before.
Is there any way to tell if that branch fruited short of looking at each branch or will the color always s be different. I'm assuming mine are ever bearing.
You know if they fruited because you would have picked fruit. The only other way to tell is looking at the tip of the cane. A fruited cane will have the stems that held the berries. A cane that has not fruited will only have a terminal bud with leaves. I see some of your berries are ever bearing from memory. Others that you listed I have never heard of. Type their names into google and see if they are ever bearing or summer bearing the culture of the two types are different and it isn't a good idea to mix them in the same patch.
Thank you for this great video. You made my raspberries very happy !!
Out of over 500 garden videos this one appears to be the most popular. Thank you. Subscribe if you have not already.
Copy that Jason Williams. Thank you Bill for explaining all this so clearly, because nearly everyone else is saying something different than the video I just watched. You brought all the pieces together in your video, and I finally get it! I'm so excited! Ha Ha!
I'm getting rid of our June Bearing/Summer Bearing Raspberries, and putting in Everbearing Raspberries. I may decide to cut all the floricanes in early spring down to 2-3", and only have one large crop in the fall. Have you ever done that?
It really feels good to help connect the dots for others. Strange, I couldn't grow raspberries after moving to Hawaii until I tried the Mysore Black Raspberry. I just did my first raspberry video in years about that plant. Aloha
11 Years ago this video made you famous on You Tube! Would be cool if you made an anniversary raspberry video on how to grow them in the big island. Sheers!
I had thought of this but Raspberries won't grow for me in Puna. I have Mysore Black raspberry but that is a completely different tropical form and I just chop it down once each year. No skill or knowledge involved. The berries I videoed were in CA. Things are different here.
Thx ....helps a lot...the red are called heritage,the black raspberries are called Jewell....Thx again for the help.
+stuart sullenbarger Heritage is an ever bearing raspberry so it is pruned exactly like the raspberries I show in the video. The canes are pruned to the ground after the second fruiting. They can also be pruned to 4 or 5 feet in winter to keep them from being too top heavy. Jewell is typical of most black raspberry. Remove the old canes after fruit ripens and tie up the new ones.
Thank you and best wishes to you and yours from Ireland 🇮🇪
Greetings from the Big Island. Aloha
Wonderful video. I WILL SURELY BE WATCHING MORE OF THEM.
There is somewhere over 700 of them to watch by now! Enjoy
Thank you for your time in making this video. I planted some black raspberries last fall and just tied them up in May 2013. This is the best video I have found on RUclips for Raspberries. Keep up the good work. Hopefully mine in Wisconsin will produce as good as yours in sunny California :-) . Happy growing!
Hi Bill, thank you for your video. Makes it simple. I'm in Australia and have two varieties, Chilliwaks and Heritage :-) With these two I get three fruits a season.
Hi, You have it. An ever bearing variety combined with a summer bearing type will give you three crops of berries per year. I use two ever bearers, Fall Gold & Indian Summer, with two summer varieties, Purple Royalty & Black Cumberland. The Cumberland doesn't seem to like California much but the Purple Royalty does a fine job of producing between the ever bearing crops. I also end up with four colors and flavors of fruit.
I like your method of pruning, sort of let's nature show you what needs to be done.
Rod
levelflightvideo It stands to reason, nature always has greater intelligence than humans. We are only one of it's many brains.
Thanks G.G.G.1, great video everything I needed to know, cause I didn't have a clue on what to do or look for.This is my second year gardening. I just transplanted my new raspberry canes that I bought for my little garden and thought blueberries and raspberries would be great to add to the mix. It came with 3 canes that are ready to give out new berries this fall (round 2). In the last few weeks 3 more new canes have grown. For the first time out of all the raspberries video Iv'e watch, yours hit every point. Thanks for spending the time share. Look forward to watching your other videos. Cheers!
Vince Thanks for the feed back. There is nothing like raising a berry crop. I just picked fresh blackberries for lunch and it was heaven with purple stains. I knew if I tossed this video out there tat sooner or later some one needing the information would find it. Glad you did. Bill
I'm actually really excited to start a raspberry bush of my own after watching how relatively simple it is to prune these bushes. The double fruiting everbering bush seems like it will be a good choice.
Thanks so much!!! Really helpful and easy to understand.
Thank you for the comment
Thank you, thank you. Glad it was helpful.
Found your raspberry video. I knew you'd have one. Thank you!!
I have several of them actually.
best video on you tube about caring for raspberries
Out of the 543 videos I have on this channel this one rings more bells than any of the others. Thank you , Bill
Thanks Bill, following your advice over on Old Blighty.
I had to look up Old Blighty, never heard the term used before. Thanks for watching. Bill
Well done, thanks. I have a better understanding now and reaffirmed my current technique.
Trimmed my black raspberries yesterday, and made a video of it.
Useful tactic, just lay on the ground to cut the canes out.
Thanks for the feed back, glad I could help. Bill
Well, that's what I do in the Summer - never really thinned out my plants.
Thank you for the support. Enjoy the berries and don't stain your shirt!
Thank you for the video!
Hi from Romania!
Romanians must be avid gardeners. I have more views from your country than any other non English speaking location. Aloha and thanks for the comment.
So much info! I have red summer 1x crop...in my urban city of Chicago garden. I have loads of new babies, growth, etc...I have them a bit wild but will use mybold tomato cages to keep them together and do what you showed us to do.
Thanks!
Thanks for watching. Subscribe, always new stuff. I was born in Chicago. Grew up watching Muddy waters, Howling Wolf and Paul Butterfield play the blues there.
Hi Bill - good information on pruning. I learned a lot from you and appreciate your sharing this.
I'm looking at growing some Heritage heirloom raspberries in 2016 but I like the idea of having both the ever-bearing and fall-bearing berries both.
+Matthew Cuba Thanks for the feed back. Definitely, include an ever bearing variety in the patch. Bill
Just what I need to know and timing is great... almost July outside of Washington DC.
An oldie but goodie that comes around every year. Thanks
Very thorough video Bill! Thank you!
Thanks for the feed back. Bill
That was amazing! A lot of that I’ve never heard of before
Just the basics on berries. Thank you. I've been growing berries most of my life. I seem to have a fair understanding of their culture but from the amount of views I get on this video, that understanding isn't common. Aloha
Thanks for the great video Bill. I am in CT growing some for the first time. Great tips.
Mike
Glad to help out. Berries are one of the most wonderful fruit crops. Bill
Good vid, one of the best on here, learned lots,let's have some more bill!!!
Hey Ray, Thanks for the feed back. I am always making more garden videos I believe I have over 130 of them now. Scroll through the list at you tubes Greengardenguy1 channel. I put up one about garden nursery on 4/4 and one on pruning blueberries 3/29. I have one on tomatoes in the can waiting for me to finish. More on the way, thanks. Bill
Such a helpful and informative video. Thank you!
Carrie Ryan Things will be pretty much the same with summer bearing raspberry as opposed to ever bearing. The only difference is you will get only one crop per year and it will come in mid summer rather than spring and fall.
Until you mentioned it the production of greenhouse raspberries was an unknown concept to me. I did a bit of research and I see it is done by leaving potted plants out in the winter cold until chilling hours have been met. They are then moved into the greenhouses where the warm temperatures cause them to break dormancy. I suspect the greatest problem you will find in Portugal is getting enough chill. You would need to find a lower chill berry than the one used in Holland.
Yet another great hands on video ...
Thanks this was super helpful. I had browning on the canes and thought they were diseased- didn't realise the canes die after fruiting!
A minor but important aspect of managing a berry planting. Glad i could help, thanks.
Fabulous video and well watchable! Thanks for making it. for us
Thanks for watching the channel. Bill
Great video!! Learned lots and now I know what kind of raspberries I got from my garden plot neighbour. I will leave them alone and prune out the old growth in July. I would love to try the black raspberries and may put up an arbour over the existing raspberries to provide some shade and give the black raspberries something to climb on. Yum
Thank you for the comment. Glad I could inspire the love for berries. Bill
love your apple trees healty and good yeilds! This was the best video for prunning rasberries. a lot of good info for a newbie like myself! thanks so much! oh where would a buy an apple tree like that? i live in massachusetts thanks
Thank you for the feed back on the video. Glad you were able to make use of the information. I tried to make it clear and simple.
That is a whole row of apples being used as a hedge behind me. Most of them are Pole Apples. Half were grown by Stark Brothers Nurseries in MO, the other half were raised by Pacific Groves in Oregon. Further down the row I am using dwarf apples Cox Orange Pippin and Fuji. They were grown by Dave Wilson in California. Some of this material is available on the east coast but there are also fruit tree nurseries out by you too that would have these trees. Bill
thanks so much
Thank you so much! Incredibly helpful!