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Autumn bliss

mdjlucanmdjlucan Posts: 11
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I put new canes new growth is up but no show of Rasbury's

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  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    Thats odd, they are usually good croppers, did you say they were new canes? There is still plenty of time, sometimes they crop quite late, i dont think what the books say is true, my autumn bliss have finished! image
  • mdjlucanmdjlucan Posts: 11
    Yes
  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    You probably will still get fruit, but there is always that chance that the canes will want to settle in first i supose. Some years they will crop into November, so i wouldnt give up hope for this year just yet image
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,327

    Definitely don't give up hope!  Mine (growing in shade) don't start their autumn crop until late Sept at the earliest.  You can get 2 crops from Autumn Bliss really easily:  don't prune them to the ground in winter as the books say, but wait until early spring, when the buds start to swell.  At that point remove weak canes at ground level, but leave 4 or so good canes per plant, removing the dead top growth and as much as you like of the live stuff (I tend to cut them to about 4 feet).  These will fruit in July (I've made 10lb of jam from mine in the last 3 weeks).  Meanwhile, the plants will be producing new canes, which in my garden will be fruiting in late September - October.  Yum!  image

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • BoaterBoater Posts: 241

    First flowers opened on mine yesterday - the buds have been there for a while but only just opened up. Obviously I have yet to see if they all get pollinated and turn to fruit but from my recollection I'm ahead of last year because I'm sure it was July before I even planted the canes (only got about 6 berries having started so late).

    Interestingly although there have been some shoots around about all year, in the last couple of weeks one of them has started to grow into a cane, it's almost a foot high now - I don't really expect it to mature and fruit but who knows?

    Raspberries are related to brambles and I certainly get some late starting brambles suddenly shoot up and fruit later than the rest (wild ones along a boundary).

  • Tropical SamTropical Sam Posts: 1,488

    If you just planted them this year then they should be putting down roots first then top growth. They are spreaders so even if you get nothing this year you will next. I got my first ripe raspberries 2 weeks ago...they come earlier every year. I think the first year mine fruited in late August/Sept.

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