Stupid Raspberry Question

[posie]

I have a raspberry plant (cane??) that I got from Wilko's.  It's in a pot in the garden at the mo.  when I take it up the lottie and put it in the ground, does it need support, should i make sure there's something behind it, like shed wall??  I have not a clue as you can tell!

[posie]

[grawrc]

Do you know what sort of raspberry it is? e.g. summer or autumn fruiting? The former fruit on last year's canes and the latter on this year's. Mind you I'd plant it and cut it right back either way. Summer rasps normally need support - tied in to a wire - autumn rasps can usually cope without.

[ceres]

If there's no indication on the pack whether it's summer or autumn, err on the side of caution and pit it somewhere you can provide support if needed.  Once it begins growing you can tell which kind it is - summer fruiting canes straggle all over the place while autumn fruiting ones grow relatively straight and upright.  It's pretty late to plant though.

[posie]

Um. No idea . Cos the dog ate the label!!! I think it's a summer one, its a baby so only just getting its leaves and stuff so not sure about cutting back.  I only bought it about 2 months ago, when it had 1 leaf on it!  I've left it so late cos I've been trying to get the fruit section sorted and dug over, but I'm way behind with it now, wondering if it's worth just leaving it in pot this year at the garden and transferring to lottie next year.

[jennym]

Think it may be best to get it in the soil now, even though it is late. Raspberries do much better in the ground, but try and make sure it's kept well watered through dry months.

[PurpleHeather]

They seem to all be self supporting. They grow on fairly robust stems.

Unless you are in a very windy area. And I mean gales constantly. They will stand alone.

If you just have the one plant you wont get much off it. My new ones were planted as root stock in February. So get it planted out, the pot will only restrict growth.

Do not plant it near a black currant bush. The blackcurrants get a fungus which they can deal with but the raspberry can not and it will eventually mean that the  raspberry fruits will get a mouldy dark mark just on the place where you take the core out.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Plant it. It may be too late for fruit this year, but it'll be well established for next.

[davholla]

They seem to all be self supporting. They grow on fairly robust stems.

Unless you are in a very windy area. And I mean gales constantly. They will stand alone.

If you just have the one plant you wont get much off it. My new ones were planted as root stock in February. So get it planted out, the pot will only restrict growth.

Do not plant it near a black currant bush. The blackcurrants get a fungus which they can deal with but the raspberry can not and it will eventually mean that the  raspberry fruits will get a mouldy dark mark just on the place where you take the core out.

Is that true for Jostaberries as well ?  And how near is near ?  I have never heard this before

[OllieC]

They seem to all be self supporting. They grow on fairly robust stems.

I disagree, sorry! I think most if not all rasps are best supported, with the possible exception of a few Autumn ones. Even these are best supported, as you will reduce wind damage to the fruit later in the year (those nasty grey or brown hard lines on the ripe fruit).