Raspberries....

[john1066]

After last years fruiting I cut the old canes to six inches from ground level. At the moment there is no sign of shooting for this years fruit. Will they grow and am I being a bit impatient..x

[albaqwerty]

am not a gardener, but it's early yet. Sounds like a severe pruning (which is what some plants need and it does them the world of good in the long run)

[ladybirder]

Yes you did right. Prune canes that held fruit in summer, during the autumn, cutting them right back to the ground. The strongest new canes that came up last year you should have tied in to fruit next year, and removed the rest. You will have to be very unlucky to lose them as they are very hard to get rid of. Mine keep popping up and I don't want them, I don't have the room.

[Chipchopper]

John, when I first started growing raspberries, I remember someone saying "you wont get any fruit in the first year, as they fruit on 2nd year canes".
When that second year came around, I got a fair daffy of fruits but then I began to wonder how was I gonna tell the difference between first year canes and second year canes?
Well watching them grow, I noticed the older canes became brown, but the new canes stayed green, so this became a rule of thumb from then on and I remembered to cut out the brown canes and leave the green ones to flower and fruit for the following year. simples ;-)

[ladybirder]

chipchopper is correct, you can clearly see the difference between the new and old canes, no problem.

[Ric.ror]

Oh I've put all sorts in this year (thank you £ shop)
Rhubarb, gooseberry,red currant, black current and something else I forget