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Hi , is it still OK to plant rasperry canes?
I just ordered some from Ken Muir & they say they are still sending them out so they obviously think it is.
Any ideas? I bought 20 mixed ie 10 Redsetter (early) & 10 Octavia  (late)  & 5 autumn fruiters Galante.
Any thoughs anyone?
Terri :)

What a BIG avatar !

I'd say its ok to plant them now if you do it quickly - the only problem I could see would be damaging any longish shoots that may already have emerged - but the sellers probably keep them in cold storage. Anyway, they are quite tough, and even if you do break a few shoots I guess they'll probably grow again!

Wattapain, I ordered my raspbs from Ken Muir last year on one of the last days they'd send them out (end March I think?). They were starting to sprout when they arrived, but the planted okay, and the galante even fruited a little in the autumn. I have not cut the galante back and I'm hoping for a double-crop this year ;D

Summer raspbs like your redsetter and octavia fruit on last year's wood so won't fruit till next summer any way.

Just get them in as soon as you can after they arrive!

OMG what happened? How do I change it?
Help!!

Maybe if you re-size the original and save it under another name? Then re-submit it?

Whilst waiting for them to arrive, prepare the soil if you haven't already done so.
The old addage of digging a trench and putting 3-4in of muck in the bottom certainly won't do any harm.  Then once planted and watered in, mulch - particularly given the drought forecasts.  Just keep it away from the stems.
Clifford

Muck's better put on top than underneath. In the days when I buried leafmould, I often used to dig it up again virtually unchanged a year later. Put the same quantity on top, and the worms will take it down in six months.

Whilst I do not disagree with you about the worms dragging all downwards, I find that the moisture retentive nature of muck underneath is the winner with rasps.  Whilst they are relatively shallow rooting, they do benefit from the moisture below
Clifford

I planted my canes at the weekend, so hoping they will be ok, with a bit of compost and muck underneath.