I have two raspberry plants, son bought last year for Mother's Day, one summer fruiting, one Autumn, they summer one is just ripening now, had loads on it, nothing on the Autumn one though.
I know we are always behind most peoples up here, but isn't October much to late for summer ones, I wonder if the labels were muddled up.?
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
It sounds like it, Lyn. The weather here in the southwest is unusually warm and dry for October. Maybe other growers will have a good result from it.
I am new to growing raspberries and due to the lack of space needed for a few bushes to make it worth while then perhaps it's not for me. Shame really, as we love making jam from those we buy from the farm, and having some with ice cream.
We do have a grassed area so I will have to persuade my other half to have it dug over, as we both are not as young as we were.
Best wishes to you, and good luck with your raspberries next year.
Yes they will spread, I realise that now, Dovefromabove, and I will have to control them somehow, not having the space for them.
The plant was a gift so I have to show it in the garden. Maybe I can convince my relative that it is not really suitable for my garden. Not unless they are willing to dig over our bit of grassed area for us! I'll ask.
Edit: I wanted to quote your post but I must have done something wrong as it did not appear. Sorry about that.
It sounds like it, Lyn. The weather here in the southwest is unusually warm and dry for October. Maybe other growers will have a good result from it.
I am new to growing raspberries and due to the lack of space needed for a few bushes to make it worth while then perhaps it's not for me. Shame really, as we love making jam from those we buy from the farm, and having some with ice cream.
We do have a grassed area so I will have to persuade my other half to have it dug over, as we both are not as young as we were.
Best wishes to you, and good luck with your raspberries next year.
I am near Tavistock, it is indeed mild and sunny today, I don't know now how to prune these two raspberries if the labels are muddled up, I think they may have come from Lidl originally, couldn't see my son going to the garden centre to but them! May just cut them all down and wait for next year.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Yes, Lyn, I would try that if it was me, and hope for the best. Nature rules, in the end.
My relative bought my raspberry plant from Morrisons. I had a word with her and she said she would not mind if we dug it up and gave it away, or chucked it in the garden waste at the local council dump, so that's what we will be doing, this weekend.
My other half said he doesn't want the hassle of growing it. I'm glad my relative has been so understanding.
Elizabeth: I daresay if you stood near your local garden centre and offered it to passers-by, someone would have it. Shame to ditch it.
Lyn: if you inspect the canes carefully you'll see that one lot (the autumn-fruiting ones) have old flower bits (that may not be the correct botanical term) on all of them. Cut those all down to the ground in February. The other lot will have some tough woody canes with the same old flower bits (ahem) on them - cut them down now - and other, thinner, unfruited canes which will fruit next summer. They're supposed to be trained to or between wires.
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I have two raspberry plants, son bought last year for Mother's Day, one summer fruiting, one Autumn, they summer one is just ripening now, had loads on it, nothing on the Autumn one though.
I know we are always behind most peoples up here, but isn't October much to late for summer ones, I wonder if the labels were muddled up.?
It sounds like it, Lyn. The weather here in the southwest is unusually warm and dry for October. Maybe other growers will have a good result from it.
I am new to growing raspberries and due to the lack of space needed for a few bushes to make it worth while then perhaps it's not for me. Shame really, as we love making jam from those we buy from the farm, and having some with ice cream.
We do have a grassed area so I will have to persuade my other half to have it dug over, as we both are not as young as we were.
Best wishes to you, and good luck with your raspberries next year.
Yes they will spread, I realise that now, Dovefromabove, and I will have to control them somehow, not having the space for them.
The plant was a gift so I have to show it in the garden. Maybe I can convince my relative that it is not really suitable for my garden. Not unless they are willing to dig over our bit of grassed area for us! I'll ask.
Edit: I wanted to quote your post but I must have done something wrong as it did not appear. Sorry about that.
I am near Tavistock, it is indeed mild and sunny today, I don't know now how to prune these two raspberries if the labels are muddled up, I think they may have come from Lidl originally, couldn't see my son going to the garden centre to but them! May just cut them all down and wait for next year.
Yes, Lyn, I would try that if it was me, and hope for the best. Nature rules, in the end.
My relative bought my raspberry plant from Morrisons. I had a word with her and she said she would not mind if we dug it up and gave it away, or chucked it in the garden waste at the local council dump, so that's what we will be doing, this weekend.
My other half said he doesn't want the hassle of growing it. I'm glad my relative has been so understanding.
Elizabeth: I daresay if you stood near your local garden centre and offered it to passers-by, someone would have it. Shame to ditch it.
Lyn: if you inspect the canes carefully you'll see that one lot (the autumn-fruiting ones) have old flower bits (that may not be the correct botanical term) on all of them. Cut those all down to the ground in February. The other lot will have some tough woody canes with the same old flower bits (ahem) on them - cut them down now - and other, thinner, unfruited canes which will fruit next summer. They're supposed to be trained to or between wires.