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In article , nambucca wrote:

Pile loads of grass cuttihngs / compost /stable manure around the canes up
to 1 ft high ........you will be amazed at what is produced
.......Raspberry
canes need lots of compost /feeding and moisture at the roots

Could I use fresh grass cuttings for this?

No. Especially at this time of year they would extract nitrogen from the
soil as they decayed. A small amount in the autumn might not hurt, but
I'd only use well rotted stuff.

The place we're in the process of buying has a very overgrown veggie
plot and we've uncovered four rows of raspberry canes amongst the
brambles and weeds. We've trimmed the stems down to around eighteen
inches high and cleared most of the taller weeds, but there are still
loads of low-growing or annual weeds.

Arrrrrrgggggghhhhhh! Take out the dead (last year's) canes and leave the
new ones alone!

I'll have no shortage of grass cuttings and if I could tip them directly
around the raspberry canes to feed them as well as act as a mulch to
help get the weeds under control, that would be a real bonus.

You can use Paraquat on weeds round the bases of rasbperries when all
the new canes have grown. Or, you can mulch with compost or bark
chippings.

Make a proper compost heap and bung (just about) everything and anything
on it. Keep it working by adding plenty of nitrogen: the cheapest and
one of the most effective sources is urine.

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