amzn_assoc_linkid = "b8aabc49ddfd3a77fed4dc91180d28b7"; Black raspberries are a beautiful landscape plant. Size doesn’t matter. The berries are delicate and can fall apart or bruise if they are not handled with a bit of reverence. Pruning raspberries this way forces secondary or lateral branches to grow from nodes along the stem. .hide-if-no-js { Pick raspberries as soon as they have colored up all over. One or two berries in the cluster might be rich-ripe while the other berries are still not even close to being ready to pick. It is known that raspberries last a little longer than strawberries. Raspberries, like all berries, are picked at the peak of ripeness.   In the early summer, they start out as hard, little brown buds that seem to me to look like dried up raspberries. Use the same test for telling when they are ripe:  If you have to force them off the cane, they are not yet ripe. Hold the stem of the strawberry at about one half of an inch above the berry between your thumbnail and index finger while cradling the fruit in your palm. Find something to hold your berries. They are often packed in opaque boxes that may conceal inferior fruit beneath a display of perfect specimens on top. amzn_assoc_enable_interest_ads = "true"; Check for any evidence of mold or moisture. The raspberries mature at different rates, so you will want to go through the patch and pick only the ripe ones. I love mulberries, had a tree in my backyard in Albuquerque, but now I live in Upstate, NY, haven’t seen a tree here yet. When the raspberries are almost too ripe, they will develop a faint dusty grey sheen. So I watch for the orange tint and avoid picking the ones that have not reached dark red. I hope you are able to locate some mulberry trees in Upstate, NY! Raspberries need around an inch of water per week during the growing season. Today our raspberry bushes were covered with ripe berries. Filter by sub-region or select one of u-pick fruits, vegetables, berries. Place them so they aren’t touching and then place them in a place they won’t be disturbed. It can be a bucket, a plastic bag, a basket, or some other kind of … cb_ad_border = "#CCCCCC" google_ad_client = "ca-pub-4166420025940107"; /* Raspberry blog post 2013 */ google_ad_slot = "8237940585"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; Time to Salsa! Dry patches develop at the stalk-end in midsummer, and often you will find a small white maggot inside the fruit. Our raspberries are growing along the length of our chain-link fence, so we don’t have to do much stepping into or reaching into the clusters of limbs. Ripe raspberries leave behind a stem with a soft white core on the cane when they are picked. //