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Now that I've got an idea of where I'm going to put my rasps (Glen Ample), I'd now like to know what size of stakes do I need for supporting them? What guage of wire? and should I let them fruit this year?
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I just used a tree stake at either end of the row, GA - with wire tensioned across and held with some staples. I put a wire at 2 ft high and one at 4 ft. Then I tied my canes in with soft twine. Past tense as my canes had virus so I'm starting again in a new patch this year.Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to? -
I interited a big raspberry row with my lottie which I have thinnd out a bit but it's still a bit overgrown. Anyway, OH but a sturdy post at both ends with a couple of cross bars to form a frame. We then put tension wire between the cross bars to contain the raspberries. I don't tie them in at all as they are contained within the wire on both sides. I can't find much in the way of a piccie of it but hopefully you'll get the idea from the snowy piccie attached
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I don't think it matters realy what wire you use, as long as it'll last. I bought some galvenised (or is that spelt with a z?) and also some gardners wire. I'm going to be running the gardeners wire along my house wall where mine grow - it'll also be used to train blackberry, currants and gooseberry. It's reasonably thin, but coated - and it was cheap! I'll be running it along a brick wall as mentioned, with eyelets every 3' perhaps - not decided on that yet, depends how far I can go before it gets a bit weak.Comment
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I have 2 metre stakes with top pieces to give a T shape. Wire strung along the neds of teh cross bars.. 1.75metre tall. And ditto at 1 metre high.
Still have to crop the tops in autumn : mine grow to something like 2.5metres high in the cooler and wetter parts...Last edited by Madasafish; 08-05-2010, 12:08 PM.Comment
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