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Pruning Raspberries and Blackberries: Timing by Cane Type

Most brambles fruit on second-year canes (floricanes). Remove spent canes after harvest. Exception: fall-bearing 'Heritage' raspberry fruits on first-year cane tips; it can be mowed to the ground in winter for a fall crop.

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