![]() Let the young canes of summer-fruiting red and yellow raspberries grow undisturbed until their second spring. You are only leaving the stubs to mark the rows until new sprouts appear from below the ground. Once they are planted make sure to water them in well, then cut the canes down to 5cm above the ground. If raspberries are to be grown in clumps or hills, space all the varieties 2m (6.5’). ![]() Black and purple raspberry varieties should be given a bit more space to grow so plant them 1m (3’) apart with the same spacing of 2m to 2.5m (6-8’) between the rows. If growing in rows, plant red and yellow varieties about 0.5m to 1m (1.5’ - 3’) apart within the row and space your rows 2m to 2.5m (6-8’) apart. Also ensure good drainage, since cane fruits will not tolerate the wet conditions present in many of our gardens. Prepare the soil in your cane fruit patch by digging in well-rotted manure or garden compost a few months before planting time. ![]() Raspberries should never be planted where eggplants, peppers, potatoes or tomatoes have grown within three years, this is to prevent a serious soil-borne disease called Verticillium Wilt. Raspberries grow best in well-drained soil of pH 5.5 to 7.0 that has been supplemented with compost or manure. Being thornless means, they are much easier to work with, but the trade-off is they generally bear smaller and less flavourful crops. Nearly all blackberries are notorious for their thorny canes, but a few thornless varieties do exist. But the trade-off of this extra crop, is they generally lack the subtle flavour of the summer varieties. Cane fruits are long-lived, usually bearing fruit for up to 20 years, and are extremely prolific.Įverbearing raspberries, such as the popular cultivar ‘Heritage,’ have the benefit that they produce both an early-summer crop on last season’s growth and a fall crop on the current season’s growth. Each summer new canes are produced that will bear fruit the following year. Both types share the trait that their canes grow one year, then bear fruit and die the second year. For example, yellow raspberries are just mutations of regular red raspberries, the only difference is colour.Ĭane fruits have two distinct growth habits, some are stiff erect bushes growing 1 to 1.5 meters (4 to 5 feet) tall, while others are trailing vines that must have support to keep the fruit off the ground. The additional names were coined by an enterprising nurseryman years ago and in the process confused generations of gardeners who sought out these “wonder” berries thinking them to be exotic species. Despite their many different names, these berries are hybrids of blackberries and raspberries. Among the expected raspberry and blackberry hybrids are also a wide range of other cane fruits, such as the above-mentioned boysenberries and marionberries. In early spring there is a plethora of boxed, bare-root cane fruits just waiting to be planted. The good news is they are easy to grow yourself. The fresh berries are so soft that they cannot be shipped so can only be enjoyed fresh off the cane. On the other hand, freshly picked boysenberries, loganberries and marionberries have delectable flavours seldom experienced except by those who grow their own plants. The taste of the first raspberry of summer is a treat cherished by many.
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