A little while back I posted that I had bought some bare-rooted
raspberry canes, But when they arrived they looked very dry, even
though the top buds on the stems showed some grren in them.

I've temporarily inserted the roots in a tub of damp compost, and have
just taken a photo of a cross-section of one of the stems. As you can
just see there is a thin green circle at the circumference, whilst the
remainder of the inner stem looks like white dead wood.

Is this what I should expect at this time of year?

http://tinyurl.com/3yvkqcw

Regards

Frank

On Nov 18, 3:08*pm, Frank Booth Snr wrote:
A little while back I posted that I had bought some bare-rooted
raspberry canes, *But when they arrived they looked very dry, even
though the top buds on the stems showed some grren in them.

I've temporarily inserted the roots in a tub of damp compost, and have
just taken a photo of a cross-section of one of the stems. As you can
just see there is a thin green circle at the circumference, whilst the
remainder of the inner stem looks like white dead wood.

Is this what I should expect at this time of year?

http://tinyurl.com/3yvkqcw

Regards

Frank

Looks perfectly normal to me.
David

Dave Hill wrote:
On Nov 18, 3:08 pm, Frank Booth Snr wrote:


I've temporarily inserted the roots in a tub of damp compost, and
have just taken a photo of a cross-section of one of the stems. As
you can just see there is a thin green circle at the circumference,
whilst the remainder of the inner stem looks like white dead wood.

Is this what I should expect at this time of year?

http://tinyurl.com/3yvkqcw

Regards

Frank

Looks perfectly normal to me.
David

Frank, that white stuff is just pith. Compare with brambles and
such-like.

--
Mike.

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, :-)


www.lincolnfuchsiasociety.info

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, :-)


www.lincolnfuchsiasociety.info

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....

http://tinyurl.com/38fo9oa

"Frank Booth Snr" wrote in message
o.uk...
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, :-)


www.lincolnfuchsiasociety.info

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....

http://tinyurl.com/38fo9oa

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

Christina Websell wrote:
"Frank Booth wrote in message
o.uk...
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, :-)


www.lincolnfuchsiasociety.info

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....

http://tinyurl.com/38fo9oa

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.

On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:54:58 +0000, Frank Booth Snr
wrote:


Are you aware how tall these canes can grow?

Cutting the tops off is a possibility but then most of the fruiting
blossom will be lost. And it will need staking.

Best of luck, its a new way of growing raspberries to me.

Derek
www.lincolnfuchsiasociety.info

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

Christina Websell wrote:
"Frank Booth wrote in message
o.uk...
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, :-)


www.lincolnfuchsiasociety.info

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....

http://tinyurl.com/38fo9oa

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.

Derek wrote:
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:54:58 +0000, Frank Booth Snr
wrote:


Are you aware how tall these canes can grow?

Cutting the tops off is a possibility but then most of the fruiting
blossom will be lost. And it will need staking.

Best of luck, its a new way of growing raspberries to me.

Derek
www.lincolnfuchsiasociety.info

They will be growing up a an 7' ft wall covered by a trellis.. If they
get too tall I'll bend the canes over.

Christina Websell wrote:
"Frank Booth Snr" wrote in message
o.uk...


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....

http://tinyurl.com/38fo9oa

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

They'll grow just about anywher - especially where they're not wanted.

--
Rusty

Jake wrote:

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.

I planted two canes two-and-a-half years ago - one of an autumn-fruiting
golden-fruited one, and another summer-fruiting red - just to try them
with a view to getting more.

The red was disappointing, and has produced another two or three canes
in two-and-a-half years. Haven't bothered to recap on variety...

The golden one spread out new canes into a circle of six feet in
diameter - around forty of them in the first year. They are now invading
my black, white and redcurrants, are nestling under the apple tree, and
impinging on the space the summer variety should be living in. I haven't
bothered to recap on variety, as I don't expect I shall ever need to buy
any more.

Even after these frosts I'm still picking the odd golden raspberry.

--
Rusty

Derek wrote:
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:54:58 +0000, Frank Booth Snr
wrote:

Something?

Are you aware how tall these canes can grow?

Cutting the tops off is a possibility but then most of the fruiting
blossom will be lost. And it will need staking.

Why? Are you expecting them to invade the next floor? Mine, in good
fertils soil are not three feet high - mind you, they were intended to
be stumpy.

Best of luck, its a new way of growing raspberries to me.

No it's not - I've been growing raspberries in containers for years. As
long as you keep the well fed they remain happy - well, happy-ish. They
do like moe room to invade.

--
Rusty