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    Tulamaleen Raspberries with deep roots?

    Tulameen Raspberries planted in winter 2011.
    Good enough crops including this year.
    Alkaline soil--clay + flint +chalk + plenty of calcium carbonate.
    Plants this year were showing severe signs of chlorosis so I made the decision to replant in a new bed with plenty of depth and plenty of manure.
    Still with me?
    Dug some up today to replant in new bed (yes, I know should be done during the dormant season---if it works it works, if it doesn't --I haven't lost anything)
    All roots were going straight down over a foot and in one case over 2 foot so they're out of the manured zone --into chalk subsoil and probably waterlogged--which explains the state they were in.
    But why straight down roots.
    They have been watered, all be it with a PH of 7.
    But , why straight down?????
    Any ideas, no matter how silly it may seem?
    Last edited by fishpond; 29-07-2015, 07:46 AM. Reason: mis spelt
    Feed the soil, not the plants.
    (helps if you have cluckies)

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    Bob
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    Really no idea unless they took the easy route through loose topsoil. That's no more than a guess mind.

    Had a quick looksee on gurgle and found this caveat on a sales website.

    "This plant is protected by the Plant Variety Rights. Illegal propagation without a licence will lead to prosecution."

    Now everyman and his dog propagates new canes from their raspberries after all, they propagate naturally. A bit unrealistic

    to expect folks not to do so

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      Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View Post
      "This plant is protected by the Plant Variety Rights. Illegal propagation without a licence will lead to prosecution."

      Now everyman and his dog propagates new canes from their raspberries after all, they propagate naturally. A bit unrealistic

      to expect folks not to do so
      Suspect it's more about propagating to sell on rather than for personal consumption

      Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

      Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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        Originally posted by Alison View Post
        Suspect it's more about propagating to sell on rather than for personal consumption
        I think Alison is right as usual. The UK.gov page says,

        "These rights only apply if the plants are being used for commercial purposes - they do not apply to any act done for private and non-commercial purposes, for experimental purposes or for the purpose of breeding another variety."
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          Originally posted by Martin H View Post
          I think Alison is right as usual.
          Am going to print this off and remind OH

          Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

          Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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          • #6
            I find that raspberries do go down deep and we have topsoil that is over 3ft deep, i have some that go under the veg patch and come up 12ft away yet I put down screening to 3ft depth and it must have got under that, if it goes any deeper the Chinese will be selling copies of it...
            Last edited by BUFFS; 31-07-2015, 03:21 PM.

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