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Salmon Egg · 29-07-2007, 09:49 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible

On 7/29/07 12:42 PM, in article
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Hi! ...I've got a newbie question here. This morning my wife, in a bit
of over-zealous cleaning up, snipped a large number of red raspberry
plants to the ground in an area next to the house. I live in Southern
California. I know that pruning back berries is normal in winter...but
are these berries toast without any leaves to support them in
summer...or will they come back? Without a root structure, are the
stalks replantable? Is there anything I should put in the ground to
help them? Thanks for any advice.

Your post makes me think that my wife might be bigamous. We live in Southern
California. A few years ago she did the same thing to bababerries. Of the
various raspberries I have tried, bababerries have the best berries.
Unfortunately, I do not seem to keep them alive. Thus never came back,

I think that the outlook is better for other varieties, but do not expect
any berries until next year's season t the earliest.

Bill
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The PC conservative does not believe in evolution but likes to see natural
selection proceed. The PC liberal believes in evolution but will do almost
anything to prevent natural selection from working.