How to prune tulameen raspberry

Late summer (after harvest) for spent canes; late winter/early spring for tipping and thinning. Remove all canes that fruited this season at soil level immediately after the last berry is picked. The following late winter, select the 5–6 sturdiest new canes per stool, remove the rest, and shorten each to around 5 ft (1.5 m).

Annually — twice per season (post-harvest removal + late-winter thinning/tipping). Tulameen raspberry is a floricane (summer-bearing) variety that needs annual pruning to stay productive. After harvest, cut all fruited canes to ground level. In late winter, thin remaining first-year canes to 5–6 of the strongest per plant and tip them to about 5 ft to encourage side-shoot fruiting.

Remove all canes that fruited this season at soil level immediately after the last berry is picked. The following late winter, select the 5–6 sturdiest new canes per stool, remove the rest, and shorten each to around 5 ft (1.5 m).