What can I grow along side my newly planted raspberry canes?

harib0uk

back to my raspberries some of the canes have new growth on them...



Should I be allowing this to grow? as far as I am aware they are summer fruiting and as such should fruit next year on this years wood.... just wondering if I should be removing this new growth so that it can concentrate on new canes?

ps click the image for a bigger picture

harib0uk

Just bumping this up as all but one of my canes have come along really well and I'm wondering what I should be doing now.

previous_post wrote:

So the others will grow new canes, when the new shoots appear from beneath the soil the 9” stub should be cut away. The young canes are tied into a wire fence system for cropping the following season. Subsequently all canes which have fruited are cut out at ground level immediately after fruiting.

I'm a bit confused about what to do with the canes that have new growth on them, some have signs of what will be flowers coming from the old cane and new canes coming up - but according to the above I should be cutting down the old cane.. but if they have signs of flowers then surely they will fruit?

stilernin

harib0uk wrote: »

Just bumping this up as all but one of my canes have come along really well and I'm wondering what I should be doing now.
I'm a bit confused about what to do with the canes that have new growth on them, some have signs of what will be flowers coming from the old cane and new canes coming up - but according to the above I should be cutting down the old cane.. but if they have signs of flowers then surely they will fruit?

Last year's canes will have new growth on them, actually coming out of the brown canes, mostly out of the top half. This will have the flowers (later fruit) on it. Leave it until all the fruit has been harvested and then cut these canes off at ground level. It is an autumn job.

At the same time, new, green canes will have been shooting from ground level. These are left when you do the cutting out and they will become tougher and brown ready for next year. These are the ones you tie to the frame to give them support over winter. They will finish their growth, and fruit, in their second year.

Raspberries shoot from the base of the stem and also the shallow roots up to 12" away from the parent plant.

harib0uk

stilernin wrote: »

Last year's canes will have new growth on them, actually coming out of the brown canes, mostly out of the top half. This will have the flowers (later fruit) on it. Leave it until all the fruit has been harvested and then cut these canes off at ground level. It is an autumn job.

These are new canes for me so I wasn't sure what the situation was

stilernin wrote: »

At the same time, new, green canes will have been shooting from ground level. These are left when you do the cutting out and they will become tougher and brown ready for next year. These are the ones you tie to the frame to give them support over winter. They will finish their growth, and fruit, in their second year.

Ahh that's good so, I'll get some fruit this year!

stilernin wrote: »

Raspberries shoot from the base of the stem and also the shallow roots up to 12" away from the parent plant.

Shoots seem to be doing good on all but one plant which isn't doing anything at all, well nothing I can see!

Mojisola

tanith wrote: »

I have to agree you will be amazed how quickly your raspberries will fill those gaps and you will need to be watchful at they tend to run under the ground and send up shoots all over the place.. well mine do anyway... where you have planted them is very narrow and there isn't much room for them to expand without encroaching on the lawn..

I just wanted to emphasize this. Raspberries increase by sending out shoots to either side of the main stems. You need a much wider space for them to spread into.

KennyVader

harib0uk wrote: »

back to my raspberries some of the canes have new growth on them...



Should I be allowing this to grow? as far as I am aware they are summer fruiting and as such should fruit next year on this years wood.... just wondering if I should be removing this new growth so that it can concentrate on new canes?

ps click the image for a bigger picture

I got some raspberries from Homebase that were each like 3 of the cane in your picture taped tightly together. Was I supposed to separate them out into the 3 individual canes? The root ball didn't look like it was in any way separateable. I presumed that the reason there were three in each pot was because they weren't very reliable and only one was likely to grow. If I was supposed to separate them out somehow then they would have spaced them out in the pot like they do with those pots of 3 or 5 lily stems.

Help, having seen your picture I am wondering if I have been a bit daft by leaving them all bundled up together!?!?!?

irishwexford

We planted 30 raspberry bushes in our allotment this year, earlies, middle and lates. I am growing beetroot, spring onions and lettuce between the rows just for this year as I do not expect any fruit to start with. When the bushes grow I will just use this space as paths.

Mojisola

KennyVader wrote: »

I got some raspberries from Homebase that were each like 3 of the cane in your picture taped tightly together. Was I supposed to separate them out into the 3 individual canes? The root ball didn't look like it was in any way separateable. I presumed that the reason there were three in each pot was because they weren't very reliable and only one was likely to grow. If I was supposed to separate them out somehow then they would have spaced them out in the pot like they do with those pots of 3 or 5 lily stems.

Help, having seen your picture I am wondering if I have been a bit daft by leaving them all bundled up together!?!?!?

Usually each cane is a separate plant so they need to be planted as harib0uk has done but I wonder if you've got a cane that's been cut down and has three shoots growing from it?

The pot should have said "3 canes" if that's what they were selling.