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Old 10-03-2009, 06:49 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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My new allotment is quite water retentive..I am thinking of putting a
few raspberries in and wonder if I dug the trench deep enough then put
in about 6 inches of quarry waste (limestone) it would help the drainage
by routing it off my plot...Will the limestone affect the Raspberries ?


I'd suggest gravel or small shingle - the natural habitat of wild
raspberries is rather more acidic.

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