On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:50:56 +0000, Frank Booth Snr
wrote:

Christina Websell wrote:
"Frank Booth wrote in message
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Derek wrote:
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:08:14 +0000, Frank Booth Snr
wrote:


I've temporarily inserted the roots in a tub of damp compost,

Is there no way you can get them into the ground, its a good time to
do it, and then just forget them till next year, if you leave them in
a tub,. they might get too dry......well in my experience they WILL
get too dry, or if you water them, they will get too much!

Let nature do the work, :-)


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No. I don't have a garden. They are going to be grown in containers on my
balcony, just like my strawberry plants, which have been very successful
over the last few years. Eg....

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I had not realised that raspberries could be grown in containers. They are
very greedy feeders.

It depends how big and deep the containers are. I understand raspberiies
are shallow rooters and the spread of the roots and soil/compost are
more important factors. It's just an experiment, but I'm confident it
will work out. I'm starting out with 5 plants with 1 plant per container.

This year I experimented with early fruiting raspberrier. Six canes in
a 30 litre container and a mix of John Innes no 3, garden compost and
coarse grit on a broadly 40/40/20 ratio. Had a good, tasty crop,
picking until late September and have 4 strong (and 2 less so) new
canes already grown to about 5 feet ready for next year. They were fed
weekly with with a high potash fertiliser but apart from that needed
little care beyond tying in.