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Raised bed with raspberries

NewbiegardnerNewbiegardner Posts: 23
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I am putting in a raised bed in my garden and was thinking of trying to grow summer and autumn raspberries, can you grow them together ? 
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  • MikeOxgreenMikeOxgreen Posts: 812
    Why does it need to be a raised bed?
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    If you mix them up you will have difficulty following the correct pruning regime.  Autumn fruiters are cut to the ground in January ( I must get mine sorted) while summer fruiters  fruit on last years canes. If you have them in the same bed you risk chaos.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd keep them separate, for the reasons @fidgetbones says. 
    Raised beds are perfect if you have soggy, compacted soil @Newbiegardner, because - although they like lots of moisture, if you have solid, unamended clay soil for example, that doesn't do them any good regarding drainage. It can just become a sump, and that won't do them any favours.
    I use mine [various heights and sizes] for any ornamentals that need good drainage too. The early clematis for example, which hate wetter conditions  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Newbiegardner A friend has a veg garden that is all raised beds she grows raspberries very successfully.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Why a raised bed?  I ask as well. 

    I would gtow them together, but with defined separation.


     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    They definitely need separation.  The runners will go in all directions underground.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree ... they definitely need separation, whether in raised beds or notr.  :D

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Just be aware that raspberries send out runners which could grow under your raised beds and then pop up feet away - I speak from experience!

    Autumn ones are generally held to be easier to grow. It is feasible to leave a few canes on autumn ones which will then fruit a bit earlier which prolongs the harvest. I'm growing Polka which is an autumn fruiting one.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We found Polka produced a heavy yield of large tasty fruit ... definitely recommended.  The canes can be vigorous and after a few years it does  sucker quite a bit and needs to be kept under control, but well worth a bit of effort.   :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    That's good to know @Dovefromabove , thanks. I only have about six canes and they haven't produced much fruit yet (2-3 years old) but I think that's the situation they are in. As long as I get the odd handful I'm happy!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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