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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: tartonterro on December 06, 2007, 20:26:15

Title: autumn raspberries
Post by: tartonterro on December 06, 2007, 20:26:15

looking for any hints and tips people have when planting autumn raspberries - hopefully gona get them planted this weekend, weather permitting - so would be glad of any hints that are out there.

Title: Re: autumn raspberries
Post by: forkauk on December 08, 2007, 12:12:47

See Monty Don -

http://tinyurl.com/yusun5

Title: Re: autumn raspberries
Post by: manicscousers on December 08, 2007, 13:05:20

yhanks for that, forkauk and welcome to the site  ;D

Title: Re: autumn raspberries
Post by: davholla on December 09, 2007, 13:42:06

If they are autumn bliss they will not need much support.

Title: Re: autumn raspberries
Post by: tartonterro on December 09, 2007, 18:38:41

got two varieties from thomson & morgan - autumn bliss and allgold, both state that they dont need support

Title: Re: autumn raspberries
Post by: caroline7758 on December 09, 2007, 19:04:19

Careful- Monty is talking about summer ones.

Title: Re: autumn raspberries
Post by: saddad on December 09, 2007, 20:54:04

Hi Forkauk...
 ;D

Title: Re: autumn raspberries
Post by: Garden Manager on December 10, 2007, 10:51:35

They will need some support, just not in the same way as summer canes. I  find they grow so vigourously that they over hang the surrounding area and it can be difficult getting between the rows to pick the fruit. So I tend to use stakes on the corners of the beds and attach wires or long stout bamboo canes to the stakes. This keeps the canes more upright and keeps them off the surrounding paths.

In fact i am currently building new raised beds for my autumn raspberries. I have designed them with corner stakes built into the beds by using extra long stakes for the corner posts of the beds.

Hope this helps.