When is the best time to move a summer fruiting raspberry?

wssla00

Hi all

As the title suggests.... I have a summer fruiting raspberry. It's in a pot at the moment but it is trying to escape! I would ideally like it in the ground and I have a prepared bed with lots of good stuff in so would like to put it in. Is Autumn best or is it best to wait till spring?

Any help would be appreciated!

Kay_Peel

Most experts recommend that you put them in the ground between November and March.

I prefer to lift the cane and transplant it from the last two weeks in September until the end of October (depending on october's weather). The soil will still be warm and there's still a little bit of growing room left in the season. I find that the roots take hold better if I do it my way!

I find that if I leave it until Spring then the raspberries are very slow to take off and look like sticks until May or June.

I prune the Raspberry cane, leaving about 4 inches of stem above ground. It's best to put it in a nice, shady spot where it isn't going to be dessicated by winds and frost. In spring I put some leaf mould and some old compost around the base of (but not touching) the stem. New fruiting canes will appear from the stub and even more canes will appear as suckers.

To make the raspberry really happy, I make sure the area around it is kept weed-free by hoe-ing around it when it's dry.

And that's it.

Good luck!

wssla00

Cheers Kay I have made the space in a sheltered dappled shade place and have some annuals in there that will be spent by October so will put in some soil improver and plant it out then.