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Strawberry and Raspberry together

Ally trial and errorAlly trial and error Posts: 9
in Fruit & veg

I have two rows of raspberry's 6 summer and 6 autumn, 6 feet apart.

I was planning to place strawberry's between the two rows.

Is this be a good idea. I appreciate raspberry's are shallow rooted and thought the strawberry's would compete against them.

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  • LeifUKLeifUK Posts: 573

    I would have thought the raspberries would shade the strawbs.

  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    I agree, you can get two crops from autumn raspberries when they've fruited in the autumn leave the canes until summer & they will fruit again then cut the fruited canes down then they will grow the canes for that autumn
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995

    Which way do your rows run?  East to West?  Watch during the day and ensure the area has full sun.  If so, strawberries would be fine between the rows.  If you keep the raspberries tidy in their row, there won't be competition between them as they'll be three feet apart.  

    Utah, USA.
  • GreenfingeredsmoggyGreenfingeredsmoggy Posts: 51

    I've grown raspberries within 3 feet of strawberries for years and have had great crops from both. I even got 15kg of strawberries from my ever bearer plants last season!

  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995

    Yeah, I have my strawberries planted about 10 inches from my raspberries.. sort of under-planted, really.  It all depends on how the sun falls.. they'll be fine, as long as they have enough light.  

    Utah, USA.
  • Ally trial and errorAlly trial and error Posts: 9

    Thanks to everyone who answered. As the strawberries are in full sun I will go ahead and plant them.

    Thanks again.

  • BoaterBoater Posts: 241

    My strawberries are just coming into flower and my autumn raspberries are only similar in height to the strawberries (although in a different place) so I would have thought you would be OK to get a crop of strawberries before they get shadowed if it happens that the autumn raspberry row will be on the sunny side....

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