Hi all my second year for raspberries and really happy with the crop especially Autumn bliss big return and as Dovefromabove says can you grow enough of them the taste is amazing. The return you get from your plant and what you pay for in the shops is a total rip off.
so I am going to buy from wholesale another twenty or so plants and will try polka so thanks for the recommendation.
they freeze really well and once frozen on a tray separately then bagged up they do not stick to each other so you get out only what you want.
i have enough frozen to last months now and my plants are still offering up fruit to which I eat freely when at the allotment
Hi everyone, we have never grown raspberries before, however, I have been given one which was bought from a supermarket - it is an Autumn Bliss. So, after reading your posts I am glad I have a good one! It was planted last winter and it has grown well. Only the one plant, as we do not have any more room for another.
Now, I would like to know what to do about the two shooting spurs coming from the main root. They are about nine inches from the plant and about three inches high. Would they be any good to bring on in pots?
I have searched and cannot find any mention of offshoots, so I'm asking for your advice please.
They'll form fruiting canes next autumn Elizabeth. Cut them and this years fruited canes down to the ground next February, mulch liberally with wood ash and leaf mould and you'll get a bigger crop next autumn,
That's what raspberries do - send out underground runners, like nettles, with new stems growing a few inches away. After several years you'll have lots
(Summer-fruiting raspberries work in a similar way, but fruit on the canes grown the previous year so pruning is a little more complicated).
My gift plant was settling in this year and had not given any fruit, but next year it will, I'm sure. I will cut it down to the ground in Feb as you say to, and also I will transfer the offshoots to pots and either grow them on for myself or give them away, I'll see.
If I remove all my daffodil bulbs then I can make room to grow the offshoots in the garden. But I really enjoy seeing my daffs. I will decide later, on that one.
They won't do well in pots. They're woodland plants and need to spread out. The will also (therefore) tolerate some shade. Better to leave the offsets where thet are, if you possibly can. A single cane won't give you much fruit. And no reason (I can think of) why they shouldn't share with daffs. The daffs will be finished by the time the rasps get going in late spring.
You've started with just the one, but the nature of raspberries, and autumn raspberries in particular, is to spread and spread - that's what the offshoots are doing - you'll have twice as many canes and twice as many raspberries by this time next year
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Yes, that's what I did (although it might have been March). I have beautiful canes, but no berries
Hmmm, I got the bids of berries but not one fruit ripened. Welcome to Scotland! this is why I am going to try summer fruiting.
A A Milne
Thanks to both of you! Maybe summer fruiting rasps are in my future after all
Hi all my second year for raspberries and really happy with the crop especially Autumn bliss big return and as Dovefromabove says can you grow enough of them the taste is amazing. The return you get from your plant and what you pay for in the shops is a total rip off.
so I am going to buy from wholesale another twenty or so plants and will try polka so thanks for the recommendation.
they freeze really well and once frozen on a tray separately then bagged up they do not stick to each other so you get out only what you want.
i have enough frozen to last months now and my plants are still offering up fruit to which I eat freely when at the allotment
happy gardening to all
Hi everyone, we have never grown raspberries before, however, I have been given one which was bought from a supermarket - it is an Autumn Bliss. So, after reading your posts I am glad I have a good one! It was planted last winter and it has grown well. Only the one plant, as we do not have any more room for another.
Now, I would like to know what to do about the two shooting spurs coming from the main root. They are about nine inches from the plant and about three inches high. Would they be any good to bring on in pots?
I have searched and cannot find any mention of offshoots, so I'm asking for your advice please.
They'll form fruiting canes next autumn Elizabeth. Cut them and this years fruited canes down to the ground next February, mulch liberally with wood ash and leaf mould and you'll get a bigger crop next autumn,
That's what raspberries do - send out underground runners, like nettles, with new stems growing a few inches away. After several years you'll have lots
(Summer-fruiting raspberries work in a similar way, but fruit on the canes grown the previous year so pruning is a little more complicated).
Thanks for that information Steve, most grateful.
My gift plant was settling in this year and had not given any fruit, but next year it will, I'm sure. I will cut it down to the ground in Feb as you say to, and also I will transfer the offshoots to pots and either grow them on for myself or give them away, I'll see.
If I remove all my daffodil bulbs then I can make room to grow the offshoots in the garden. But I really enjoy seeing my daffs. I will decide later, on that one.
They won't do well in pots. They're woodland plants and need to spread out. The will also (therefore) tolerate some shade. Better to leave the offsets where thet are, if you possibly can. A single cane won't give you much fruit. And no reason (I can think of) why they shouldn't share with daffs. The daffs will be finished by the time the rasps get going in late spring.
Oh, OK then, I'll leave the runners where they are, and still attached(?) And the daffs will be gone in time, of course.
Yes, we will not get many fruits from just one plant, as you say, but it was a gift and we have to grow it! I suppose it will be just a novelty.
Thanks for your help.
You've started with just the one, but the nature of raspberries, and autumn raspberries in particular, is to spread and spread - that's what the offshoots are doing - you'll have twice as many canes and twice as many raspberries by this time next year
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.