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Perhaps you should treat them as French 'remontant' varieties: Leave unpruned for the moment and see if the new canes fruit in the autumn - If so, do this: Canes that fruited in the autumn just need the frosted tips trimmed in the spring. Once they have fruited for the second time in early summer, cut them down, leaving the new canes to fruit in the autumn

Connect your well pump via a tap to trickle hose, then the water goes to the roots of the plants rather than the leaves and you only water the rows and not the bare ground in between.

Well you did ...... sort of! You differentiated between summer raspberries and autumn raspberries, whereas I gave advice for summer raspberries, and the 'Remontant' varieties that fruit in the autumn on new canes, then AGAIN on the same canes the following summer. Yes, for the varieties that only fruit once in the autumn, your advice is correct.

Here's what you do irrespective of the type of raspberry: As soon as the canes have finished fruiting in the summer, cut the old fruited canes down to the ground. Also cut out any weak new ones and thin the new canes if necessary. If they are a 'remontant' variety they will fruit now, then again next June on the same canes. In that case, in the early spring just nip off any dead bits on the tops of the canes. Cut them down after the second [June] fruiting. If the are conventional 'English' raspberries they won't fruit until next summer.

I brought a 'Peregrine' from UK and it loves it here. Fruits ready at the end of July in Centre. Perhaps earlier where you are.

Probably flea beetle. Don't worry too much about it as the plants will grow away from it. You miight also find it on other brassicas, including radishes.

Following a series of quick power cuts on Friday, my PC has died. Does anybody know of a good 'Pointy-clicky' in the Loches area [southern 37, or northern 36] who could have a look at it. A bit of English would help!

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