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Autumn fruiting Raspberry

TomCranhamTomCranham Posts: 139
in Fruit & veg

Is it too late to plant this year to get fruit this autumn?

Cheers

Tom

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  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Mine are so old Tom I can't remember! However this year I have moved about 4 and the growth is good so I can't see why they wouldn't fruit. Unlike the summer ones which fruit on last years growth, the autumn ones fruit on new growth 

    i would do it 

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355

    Very little to be lost by planting now IMOimage 

    I suspect you'd get a smaller, later harvest this year - but you'll almost certainly get something.

    At the very least you'll have established plants ready for next year. 

    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • TomCranhamTomCranham Posts: 139

    Excellent, thanks to you both! Will they need much support? Or will leaning against a sheltered fence be enough?

    Last edited: 03 May 2017 13:03:40

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    Ours are against a fence ... when they get tall and blow about in the wind we just thread a long string between two hooks fixed to the fence at either end of the row  of raspberries, to keep them from getting too unkempt.  


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





  • TomCranhamTomCranham Posts: 139

    Thanks again, ordered some :)

  • Andy LeedsAndy Leeds Posts: 518

    Good luck with them - my bare root raspberries I planted in containers in Dec haven't shown any signs of growth at all ?.

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