Planting out summer raspberries for the 1st time

Megansmum

A couple of other fruit plants have started to bud, so i will do as you say with them, thanks.

The raspberries are still twigs!

I bought 2 blueberry plants from the poundland shop (just to see if they live), when i put them into ericaceaus compost they had no roots at all - they are literally just twigs!! Will they grow roots or have i made a bad buy?
Thanks

Primrose

If your raspberry canes are bare rooted, get them planted as soon as possible as once the roots dry out the plants could die. Even if frost is forecast, it hopefully won't penetrate down deep enough to damage the roots. Be sure to water them in well. If you really can't plant them yet because of thick frost, keep the roots moist.
Autumn fruiting raspberries such as Autumn Bliss are the easiest ones to grow. They don't grow sufficiently tall and sprawling to need staking and tying up to wires, and once they've fruited, you just cut the canes down to almost ground level and new canes sprout up again in the spring.

rosie383

So, forgive the daft question, but how come you cut autumn fruiting raspberries down, but not summer ones. And why did I not get fruit last year? Maybe mine are autumn ones?????? I live in hope.

Farway

rosie383 wrote: »

So, forgive the daft question, but how come you cut autumn fruiting raspberries down, but not summer ones. And why did I not get fruit last year? Maybe mine are autumn ones?????? I live in hope.

Autumn fruiting ones fruit on the new wood made in same year, hence remove all the old stuff to promote new shoots

Summer fruiting ones fruit on wood made the previous year [or older], thus you do cut them down, but ONLY the canes that fruited that year, not the new ones that grew that year. These new ones will be next year's fruit

Nothing you can do to alter this fact, it is just the way they are

Blackberry family are much the same, fruit on last years wood [or older]

If in doubt just leave them alone, you will get a crop one way or another, however better cropping is achieved by pruning, but as we all know blackberries or raspberries in the wild, or old apple trees, still have fruit on them

rosie383

Thank you. I will just have to leave them and let them do their own thing then
We are thinking of maybe moving house sometime this year. Can I lift them and put them in pots?? When can I do that if it's possible?

Farway

rosie383 wrote: »

Thank you. I will just have to leave them and let them do their own thing then
We are thinking of maybe moving house sometime this year. Can I lift them and put them in pots?? When can I do that if it's possible?

It is possible, but I think you would be better using the new suckers for this

Alternatively, just how many do you have?

As you are uncertain just what type you have would it perhaps not be better to just get new ones, of known variety & type for when you move?

PS Now would be a good time to dig up and plant into pots, whilst they are dormant, you will of course need to watch the watering over summer

rosie383

I think you are right. I only have 3 of them anyway. I will have a look out for some autumn-fruiting ones for this year. If anyone sees any cheap ones going, can you let me know please. I have been getting my seed potatoes (and a 3 pack of fruit bushes from Aldi for about £3, gooseberry, redcurrant and blackberry for the allotment) so my budget is almost gone.