Splitting rasberries?

[RenishawPhil]

We bought quite a few raspberry canes and about 5 in the fruit cage have failed to materalise.  It looks a bit empty, where as another fruit cage with raspberry canes from a local place has filled up nicely(garden centre ones good, specialist online place useless!

On our old allotment quite a lot of the raspberry plants have sent up new shoots from the soil, so we want to transplant some of the new shoots and place in the fruit.

So whats best way to do this?, do you cut the sucker out from the ground

And what time of year should i do this?

[RenishawPhil]

[chriscross1966]

Put a spade between the sucker and the main plant facing towards the sucker. IN a single fell swoop plunge it into the heart of the beast and excise the unwanted growth with as much root as possible. put in big pot with some extra compost and stick it in a saucer or tray and keep it well watered till autumn. don't let it flower if it tries to. I'd suggest planting either during dormancy or (to ensure that it is alive) once it starts to shoot in spring.

I had to do one like this a week or so ago and after a couple of days looking a bit sad (prolly best shade it with the temps we're getting) it's perked up. ... Raspberries are tough old goats once they've got a piece of root to play with really...

[daveylamp993]

i dug some raspberry suckers up 4 weeks ago taking as big a rootball as i could and planted them straight away,gave them a real good watering,they never wilted or anything and are thriving,the variety is glen moy,i have done the same with autumn bliss in the past too.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Cut the top growth down to a few inches to reduce water loss.

[Ellen K]

Kind of related: I bought 6 Joan J canes from T&M.  They sent them just before Easter so they were in transit for 1 week.  I planted them immediately but they seemed so dry and I became convinced some had not survived - checked today and the last dead one is just about putting up some green now. 

So dont write them off too soon.  Raspberries are hard to kill.

[chriscross1966]

THe one I potted up has just survived me being away for a week (nearly) at a festival  and is looking happy in its pot... It is getting obvious that I have two different sorts of raspberry in my patch, two of each plants. One type has grown quite tall (adn started doing that at the end of last summer) the other is much shorter

[irridium]

i put about 14 canes in last year and this year have have at least quadruple that. i'm freegling all the suckers this week as it just looks really messy with them sprawling all over the place. i was intending the freegling ppl would dig em up themselves, but i think it'll best to do it myself, that way, i know it'll be my fault if i damage the parent plant ::) that is fruiting..

[RenishawPhil]

i put about 14 canes in last year and this year have have at least quadruple that. i'm freegling all the suckers this week as it just looks really messy with them sprawling all over the place. i was intending the freegling ppl would dig em up themselves, but i think it'll best to do it myself, that way, i know it'll be my fault if i damage the parent plant ::) that is fruiting..

Hiya.

It says you are notts? I am in nottingham. If possible would I be able to have some of you please:)