I purchased a raspberry plant from B&Q today spur of the moment type thing.
anyways, reading the label it says to dig a separate hole for each "cane" i've gathered from the tinterweb what the canes are (yes i had to look, i've not slept much lately lol) but when i look at the plant it looks like one whole thing.
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll32/ellieyusuf/lotty/780cb862.jpg)
so when i go to plant it do i actually prise these bits away from each other or do i leave it whole like that?
do i have 1 raspberry plant or a few ???
sorry if this is a really stupid question and it may be completely apparent but i'm just not getting it right now lol.
Awww - hugs ;)
They are sold that way - to make transport, storage etc more cost effective. When you take the whole 'plant' out of the container, it will be obvious that they are separate rooted canes (honest) ;D The single canes will soon bulk out
There are a few newbies on our site who have planted the 'whole' plant out............
Quote from: SMP1704 on April 01, 2010, 20:01:25
There are a few newbies on our site who have planted the 'whole' plant out............
yes that would've been me i'm afraid had i not asked lol
thanks for the info :)
"So call me a complete dunce ...."
You're a complete dunce...
Ah come on, someone had to say it! ;D ;D ;D
Raspberries are completely feral and hard to kill at the best of times. Even if you hack them about a bit, and separate out the various bits in a most woeful manner, they still throw roots out if you have well buried the cane. They will pop up all over the place later in the season.
Completely unpot them and tease out the bits of the plant and you will soon see what has to be planted! Enjoy those lovely berries.
Put the whole lot in a bucket ofwater for a few hours, the soil will fall away and you will be able to easily pull the separate plants apart to see what you've got.
..hold on...they do sell raspberries as established plants in pots...
..most commonly as canes though..
so when you take it out of the pot and if they do not come apart it is a established plant..those I would not start separating anymore this time of the year as looking at you photo they have started growing..by next year you have new canes poping up everywhere anyway... ;D
Le-y do check what type you've got 'cos summer fruiting varieties have to be pruned differently from autumn ones .
We have both the summer ones -cut down fruited canes after fruiting,they then produce fruit on new canes produced previous year(sorry if that sounds odd ???)
Autumn (we have Autumn Bliss )are cut down completely in Feb and will produce fruit on the canes that grow up same year.
You can tell why I never became a teacher :-\
Quote from: antipodes on April 02, 2010, 10:25:45
"So call me a complete dunce ...."
You're a complete dunce...
Ah come on, someone had to say it! ;D ;D ;D
:) quite right :)
Quote from: macmac on April 02, 2010, 12:35:50
Le-y do check what type you've got 'cos summer fruiting varieties have to be pruned differently from autumn ones .
Yes i sort of understand, i've just read the labe and it says its a Glen Ample and its a mid-season variety.
It says "cut back all fruited stems to ground level in winter.
so would this be feb i'd do it? and when it says all fruited stems does that mean there may be some that dont fruit? and i am to leave them long?
this explains it for you.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Grow-Your-Own/Fruit-A-to-Z/Raspberries
Quote from: tonybloke on April 02, 2010, 21:01:25
this explains it for you.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Grow-Your-Own/Fruit-A-to-Z/Raspberries
PERFECT! thank you :)