These are Mysore raspberries I put in the ground about a year ago and a few weeks back here in San Antonio we had a few days of below freezing weather (with rain, which encased things in ice). I read these raspberries were fine in hot and cold weather, but I think the freezing rain may have done them in. Is there any chance of them coming back? Wait and see? Prune?
by Jumpy-Lobster-1926
4 Comments
They should be fine. They can survive down to about 15°. But they usually die back below 20-25-ish. You may lose most of your branches but you can give them a month or so and see if you get any green from them. Or trim them down to within about 12 inches above soil.
I wouldn’t panic. Here in Ohio raspberries die back almost to the ground every year and then put out new canes. If those aren’t a primocane cultivar you might not get berries this year, but I’m sure they aren’t dead.
Unrelated but how do you like San Antonio? I want to move there in a few years
I highly doubt it, though im not sure how cold tolerant southern varieties are. Where i am i get -40°C/F in winter and my raspberries have never been bothered.