Malling Jewel

**Two_Sheds** · 26-01-2009, 08:34 AM

Wyevale says autumn: Rubus idaeus 'Malling Jewel' - Wyevale

this one says summer: http://www.talatonplants.co.uk/ShowDetails.asp?id=247

**Two_Sheds** · 26-01-2009, 08:37 AM

Ken Muir says early summer: .: Ken Muir :.

so do RHS. So, I think Wyevale got it wrong.

**lumpyjumper** · 26-01-2009, 09:23 AM

Thanks Two Sheds,

I went to the Ken Muir link and it also said they could be double planted, what does that mean in English??

**Flummery** · 26-01-2009, 09:38 AM

I had them years ago - summer and rather tasty!

**Two_Sheds** · 26-01-2009, 09:40 AM

Originally posted by lumpyjumper View Post

it also said they could be double planted, what does that mean in English??

unless I'm mistaken, it means to plant a double (staggered) row, not a single one. Just like you do with broad beans

x x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x x

x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x

**lumpyjumper** · 26-01-2009, 10:03 AM

So having just had a quick google: It seems to suggest that summer fruiting raspberries need to be supported? The article I read said by wires between two posts.

Double planting then would mean planting one plant one side and the next the other?? I have ten plants so that would be 5 on side A and 5 in the gaps but on side B? ( have I explained that correctly?)

Should I incorporate manure into the beds now before planting or put it on as a mulch around the top after their planted. (they are bare rooted plants which the label says should be soaked for an hour before planting).

I wont be planting until the weekend at the earliest as at work all week.

**Bohobumble** · 24-01-2015, 10:32 AM

I have 5 new Malling Jewel to plant as soon as the ground isn't frozen or waterlogged, they look like fairly substantial stems... I wonder if they will fruit this year... fingers crossed they do!

How essential is it to train them do you think?

**Kristen** · 24-01-2015, 10:39 AM

Originally posted by Bohobumble View Post

I wonder if they will fruit this year... fingers crossed they do!

I think better that they don't, sorry. I prefer to get the roots well established for better crops in future years, at the expense of a harvest in the first season.

RHS says:

"Prune the canes to within 25cm (10in) of the ground after planting"

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=148
(Pictures of training methods there too)

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