wild rasps

Hi

There are some wild rasps near where I live and was wondering if I could take some cuttings and plant them at home? Would these take and if so what would I need to do time of year, where to cut etc.

Thanks in advance

 

Hi Scotty it's pretty easy to take cuttings but to be honest why bother as Wilco sells raspberries canes early on in Spring for only a quid!

I think a cultivated raspberry will be a far better taste than a wild one and of course should be a bigger friut too, I know what you're going to say 'but things taste better when they are free':hehe: kinda true lol.

If you still want to have a go take strips of cuttings and just dump them in pots of compost most of them will root.Hel.xxx.

 

Wild raspberries are very tasty if small, but the plants are almost as bad as Bindweed or ground elder for spreading. We have been trying to eradicate then from part of our garden for the last 14 years without total success. They really do spread far and wide by underground running woody roots. Even cultivated rasps spread a bit, but nothing like them. Beware.