Dwarf Raspberry Plant

If they are summer fruiting the fruit will be on last year's canes. If they are autumn fruiting, the new canes will bear the fruit. If you are unsure which you have, I would hazard a guess that as you have more new growth than old canes shooting, they are probably autumn ones and you can remove the old canes.

I would carefully prune out the old canes. They do not look as if they are suitable to fruit this year - I guess they were cut back for ease of transport or simply selling in a pot.

The new growth will do one of two things:

If Summer raspberries they will grow to a reasonable length and that is all - no flowering or very little, so no fruit.

If Autumn raspberries they will grow to a reasonable length and flower reasonably well and then fruit with a fair crop.

If the first then leae the canes to flower and bewar fruit next year.
If the second you can let them fruit, leaver the canes on to make food and strengthen up then prune down sometime in winter or early spring and they will repeat the cycle annually.

Are they specifically "dwarf" or are you using the term as they are small at present?

Was there a label giving the variety?

No they are actually a dwarf plant, I believe they are summer fruiting. The variety is ruby beauty.

So you reckon I should remove the old canes?

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/plants...atio-raspberry

So, no. Leave the old canes until they've fruited then cut them out.

I have 6 of the same cultivar, only bought last year, as I understand it, it will fruit on last years canes. I would give it a high nitrogen feed to perk it up a bit.

Having bought exactly the same plant this year, I asked Suttons to send me some instructions. This is what they sent me:

Raspberry Ruby Beauty is a patio raspberry and it can be grown successfully in containers as well as in the garden. It is a thornless variety and will grow up to 1m and there is no need to support the canes.
Raspberries can be planted when the weather and soil conditions are favourable, avoiding frozen and waterlogged soils. If you plant in containers then we would recommend a good quality compost such as John Innes No 3. Allow at least a 10 litre pot per plant or 3 plants to a 40 litre pot and 70cms spacing if planted in the ground.

If planted in the ground then choose a sunny position. Ideally the soil should be slightly acid with a pH of 6-6.5. The ground needs be well cultivated, incorporate a good amount of well- rotted manure or garden compost and keep weed free. Add fertiliser at the point of planting and again in March every year.

Keep the plants well-watered especially in June and July when fruits and new canes develop.

Ruby Beauty is a summer fruiting (Floricane) type and the canes need to be cut back as soon as they have finished fruiting to make space for the next year’s canes. You can expect your first crop of raspberries in the second year from planting.

Thanks for that, I'll leave the canes hopefully some growth soon.

To anyone who's got this plant, has any of your last year canes got any sign of life on them? The new canes have nearly completely taken over the pot with only 1 or 2 leaves on the old canes?