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Message: [QUOTE="headfullofbees, post: 138455, member: 408"] These are basically primocane raspberries, and although you can get a crop June to August, it is my experience that the raspberries in BOTH harvests are not as good as when you limit them to one crop per year. Here's what I do with my primocane raspberries: Cut them right down to the ground late Jan-early Feb. This stimulates new shoot growth and these shoots grow into canes which provide a fantastic crop of tasty juicy raspberries from late July-end September, cropping at a lower level, which I use for jam and wine, for another 4-6 wks dependant upon the weather. This, and a comfrey tea feed June, July and Aug, plus picking a punnetful each morning, and usually another punnetful in the evening, (Started with 10 canes) is the only work I have to do for them. I have strawberries, blackcurrants and rhubarb in June, plums and cherries in July. I try to enjoy as much fruit as I can, but all at its best. Welcome to the forum. [/QUOTE]