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    I have just finished tying in my autumn raspberries after removing the "spent" stems, we are so far behind England in the seasons (even worse this year) that they do not attempt to fruit late and so give us earlier and larger crops, usually from july until the frosts, this year the seasons crop seem to be in a shorter time but thankfully no reduction in the amount of fruit, all gone into ice reams and frozen down for some apple and raspberry pies etc, on dark winters nights..
    I found a use for the rubbish onion crop, we now have 6 large jars of pickled onions, to go with a lovely sharp cheese in doorstop wedges that pass for sandwiches on my plate...happiness..

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    Good to see the bright side, rather than on what hasn't worked.
    http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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      Shall be trying raspberries for the first time next season..................SWMBO's instructions.
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        Originally posted by Potstubsdustbins View Post
        Shall be trying raspberries for the first time next season..................SWMBO's instructions.
        plant your new stems are buried 2ins under the soil level and make sure that the raspberries are in a "cordoned" area, some physical barrier sunk 18ins to 2ft down, all around the roots, with room to grow, to prevent the roots spreading around the garden at about 3ft plus a year, from 20 stems I dig/pull about 30 misplaced offshoots each spring and pass them on to local allotment holders. you will only need 10 stems as they grow the offshoots so fast you don't need more. I cut half of mine down to the ground each winter and tie in the other half of unfruited stems onto wires and trim at 5ft, these fruit as summer raspberries and just as these are finished the other half will start to fruit, so giving you a season of start of July to the frosts(except this year where summer forgot to arrive) so you end up getting loads stored in the freezer..good luck and enjoy..
        Last edited by BUFFS; 20-09-2015, 12:58 PM.

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