That’s a summer fruiting one, then, just fruits later in the season than other summer (or ‘main season’) varieties, but I think you have cut down in February all the canes that would have produced fruit this year...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
'Summer' and 'Autumn' can be confusing - the difference you really need to look for is 'floricane' or 'primocane'. Floricane types are what's called 'summer' fruiting, 'primocane' are the autumn type.
According to the blurb on the website, Octavia is a floricane type, which means it fruits on the previous year's canes. That would suggest you probably won't get much fruit off them this year. DON'T cut them back next year until after they fruit, or you won't get any next year, either. You can take the top foot or so off when the leaves come off in the late autumn, to reduce the wind rock in the winter. And you may get the odd berry or two if we have a late autumn this year.
They look like lovely healthy plants though - they'll be worth the wait, I should think.
If you move them, wait until the winter - November or later - when the leaves have all come off and the plants are dormant. They are quite shallow rooted plants, so not too difficult to move.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Will check them out tonight! Yes, my proposed new site is set up against a fence. Their current location was a naive, spur of the moment thing. I hadn't even intended to start veg to any degree but then, as I am sure you know, things take over and I am planting all sorts of stuff in all sorts of odd places . Oh, and yes I can see them taking over. The empty patch to left was where my garlic was. I wasn't constantly up rooting new raspberry shoots. I've got a nice new home for them next year.
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According to the blurb on the website, Octavia is a floricane type, which means it fruits on the previous year's canes. That would suggest you probably won't get much fruit off them this year. DON'T cut them back next year until after they fruit, or you won't get any next year, either. You can take the top foot or so off when the leaves come off in the late autumn, to reduce the wind rock in the winter. And you may get the odd berry or two if we have a late autumn this year.
They look like lovely healthy plants though - they'll be worth the wait, I should think.
If you move them, wait until the winter - November or later - when the leaves have all come off and the plants are dormant. They are quite shallow rooted plants, so not too difficult to move.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”