How To Care For Raspberry Plants In Spring. Choose a planting site that is in full sun. You will want to prune the growing raspberry bushes in the spring and right after you harvest the fresh berries.
You will want to prune the growing raspberry bushes in the spring and right after you harvest the fresh berries. Raspberry plants must not be allowed to dry out during their flowering and fruiting seasons. Do not wait until the plant is leafing out since this could stunt growth.
Raspberries should be fed in early spring by scattering a granular all purpose fertilizer with an N-P-K ratio of 10-10-10 around them at the rate of 1 pound per every 10 feet of row.
You will want to prune the growing raspberry bushes in the spring and right after you harvest the fresh berries. Apply only the amount of fertilizer to the raspberries as recommended on the package. Apply a second round of fertilizer later in the year. Everbearing red raspberries should be pruned twice a year because this provides two crops a season.