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Moving raspberry canes
I planted some raspberry canes last November and had a small amount of fruit
this year. Out of the 12, only 8 were successful and I want to close up the gaps, only having a small garden I don't really want to replace them as I now know how much room they take up! 1. Do I cut them back after this first year's growth? 2. Can the canes be moved successfully? 3. I've read that you have to build a frame around them. Any low cost ideas, please? Thanks Jo --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.422 / Virus Database: 237 - Release Date: 20/11/02 |
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Moving raspberry canes
"Jo" wrote in message ... I planted some raspberry canes last November and had a small amount of fruit this year. Out of the 12, only 8 were successful and I want to close up the gaps, only having a small garden I don't really want to replace them as I now know how much room they take up! 1. Do I cut them back after this first year's growth? 2. Can the canes be moved successfully? 3. I've read that you have to build a frame around them. Any low cost ideas, please? Thanks Jo --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.422 / Virus Database: 237 - Release Date: 20/11/02 Hi Jo, Firstly there are two kinds of rasp - summer fruiting and autumn fruiting - hopefully you'll know what kind you've got. Summer fruiting - rasps grow on last years wood. In other words, since you planted them, new green canes will have grown up - these are the canes which will fruit next summer. Once established, in the autumn, you cut down the canes which have fruited in the summer leaving the new canes for next year. Don't worry about gaps - the rasps send out new canes which you can fill the gaps with. You don't need to build a frame around them - but they do spread - they can be invasive - just pull up the shoots if they appear where you don't want them ( and if they have roots, use them to fill any gaps. I have tried to keep them in by using gravel boards in a rectangle round the canes. I planted 8 canes in a row about 12 feet long. You need to be able to walk down each side of the row to pick the rasps - the row will be 2 to 3 feet wide in full growth in the summer. Autumn fruiting - don't know!! Hope that's of some help Chris S |
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Moving raspberry canes
"Jo" wrote in message ... I planted some raspberry canes last November and had a small amount of fruit this year. Out of the 12, only 8 were successful and I want to close up the gaps, only having a small garden I don't really want to replace them as I now know how much room they take up! 1. Do I cut them back after this first year's growth? 2. Can the canes be moved successfully? 3. I've read that you have to build a frame around them. Any low cost ideas, please? Thanks You've probably already got new canes coming up where you don't want them (or you will have soon), dig those up to fill the gaps. Chris has already explained pruning summer fruiting varieties fruit on last year's new canes, autumn fruiting ones fruit on this year's new canes so all you need to do is to cut the lot down to near ground level during the winter and in spring /early summer reduce the number of canes to perhaps 5 or 6 per stool to encourage good sized fruit. Various ways to support both sorts my favoured and simplest way is just a good post driven in at each end of the row - slant them backwards at about 15-20degrees so your wires tend to pull them towards vertical. You need about 1.2/1.5metres above ground and about 0.8metres below ground depending on soil type. 2 or three wires (1or 2mm dia) stretched between the posts, tie the canes to those. Cage may or may not be needed depending on the appetite of your local birds. The design of cage is a made up of a balance of cost v convenience, available materials and ingenuity. My cages are made of galvanised steel water pipe (from local plumbers merchant or scrapyard)and 'kee klamps'(from local engineers merchants) covered with netting from Knowle Nets of Bridport. Rod |
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