In message , Mary
Fisher writes

"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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Raspberry runners are shallow-rooted,

WHAT?

I've given up on several after I've dug down two feet :-(

Mary


Possibly it depends on variety, but the ones that are spreading across
my allotment (I'm going to dig some out and give them to my
cousin-in-law come autumn) form new plants via roots that run maybe an
inch under the surface. The roots beneath the canes are deeper, but I
don't have two feet of top soil for them to grow in, and I don't recall
them going down more than a foot.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley