"Rusty_Hinge" wrote in message
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Thanks Rusty, there's no shortage of material, as it's the allotment next
door. I assume early Spring, a few weeks after the parent plants are
growing
strongly.

Do it now! Best time is autumn.

She's also offered loganberry, that has spread about 12 feet along wires.
Can't say I've tasted these before, so fingers crossed for a reasonable
summer.

Ah, they propagate by the tip of the cane rooting, as per bramble. If
any of last years canes are touching the ground, especially at the ends,
but sometimes at a side-shoot, you may find rooted bits.

Cuttings don't take, IME.

If none, ask if you can peg down the end of a cane when it has nearly
stopped growing.

I popped into one of those warehouse DIY places yesterday, for some plumbing
bits. I had a nose in the gardening section and spotted about 100 raspberry
"plants". Each plant (£6) consisted of a soft poly pot (about 3 litres of
soil) with EXACTLY 10 stems on each plant. Each stem approx 200mm.

Question : Is this one plant or 10 canes? If it's 10 canes then this is good
value at 60p per cane. If it's a plant, then it's expensive. I couldn't
detect any movement from the stems, which might suggest its a single plant -
unless the stems/canes were cut last year, popped into a poly pot of soil,
canes rooted to form a plant. In which case, they can be untangled.

Too long a Q at the gardening check-out, so couldn't enquire. The varieties
FWIW : Malling General Leo, Malling Jewel, Glen Prosen and Glen Clova.

Bertie