Raspberries 😁

cazsophieq2019 · April 2020

....my favourite berry

I planted two bare root canes last November and they are now sprouting leaf growth.

Mulched them with manure without touching the canes when I planted them, added some extra manure today topped with bark for their spring feed however absent mindedly watered and the manurey stuff has touched the canes.

I taken a trowel to pull it away from.the canes so hoping I've done enough.

Any other advice such as how to prevent water pushing the.manure towards stem. My thoughts .... Putting stone gravel around stem?

Anyway hope to hear from you soon.

Much appreciated.

Lizzie27 · April 2020

I wouldn't worry about it too much. I think the books advocate a 2" gap between the stem and the manure mulch but the rain will wash it in anyway. Of more concern is the grass and weeds around your plants - ideally it should all be cleared so there is no competition for moisture and or nutrients. You might need to also think about some supports for the canes - have you got summer or autumn fruiting raspberries?

cazsophieq2019 · April 2020

Lizzie27 said:

I wouldn't worry about it too much. I think the books advocate a 2" gap between the stem and the manure mulch but the rain will wash it in anyway. Of more concern is the grass and weeds around your plants - ideally it should all be cleared so there is no competition for moisture and or nutrients. You might need to also think about some supports for the canes - have you got summer or autumn fruiting raspberries?

Hi Lizzie thanks for your reassuring reply. These are summer fruiting raspberries, I do have supports for them but they're not tall enough to need support yet as they were bare root plants planted last November. Yeah probably a tad late to clear the grass now hopefully it'll not affect them too much 😬

Raspberries 😁

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