Raspberries

Hello.

I bought some raspberry cases two years ago and managed one raspberry (honestly) last year. I don't know whether they are summer or autumn ones. Anyway, last autumn on advice from a friend I chopped the canes (which had grown quite high - around five feet) back to the ground and the attached photographs show what I have now coming up. Would anyone care to advise what I should do next with these?

Many thanks.



Andrew

 

Mulch them, by covering the soil with a good 2 or 3 inches of compost. That is, if you have not already. This helps to retain moisture and keep the weeds down.

Autumn fruiting plants, grow from ground level and will fruit that same year.
Summer fruiting plants, grow from ground level but fruit the following year

As you pruned all of them you will by the end of the season be able to tell these plants apart so you know how to prune in future.

Any plants that fruit this year for you will be autumn fruiting, after the fruiting season is over, they can be cut down to the ground...ready for the whole cycle to start again next year.

All of the other plants will grow canes this year but will fruit on those canes next year.

Both your summer and autumn fruiting raspberries will need their canes tied in for support, else the wind can rock them around and break them. Hammer some stakes into the ground at each end of the row of plants and either connect wires between them or some thick twine...your essentially making a fence, have the wires run across at about every two feet vertically, and tie your canes to these. Here's a photo showing one with some cross members on it.



Steve...

 

That is so very helpful. Many thanks indeed. I await the result!!

Kind regards.



Andrew