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If you don't have anywhere to train your fruit bushes ie no shed or wall for the wire to be tied unto, can you use bamboo canes to train them up in some way? (I will be growing in large pots).
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I think (being v new at all this gardening malarkey) for rasps it depends if they are summer or autumn fruiting. Summer varieties grow fruit on last years canes, so need good support, both for height up to 6' or so, and weight, a few pounds of rasps per plant, for quite a long time. Whatever structure you use, needs to support that but I dont see why canes wouldnt work if tall enough and well anchored. Autumn rasps grow fruit on this years canes, dont need support for so long and can support themselves in a bit of a thicket, so may be better for pots ? I am growing both, but in our first year so cant be more precise Im afraid. I put brambles into our hedge, they grow incredibly fast, Im not sure that you could control them in a pot but if you did you would need more than canes, maybe a wire arch type thing would work though ?
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I looked at a raspberry/strawberry offer from gardenbargains.com and the details said the raspberries could be grown in pots (35 litre) up canes in a teepee shape (5 to a pot), so I guess you should be able to, though may depend on type...other fruit growers may say different.
A blackberry will grow too big for a cane. Mine's going to be trained up and along a fence and can get to 16-18' long. My grandparents had one that grew round 3 sides of their house so must have been 60' plus. Grows reasonably well in shade as well as sun so could you train it up your house walls?Comment
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you can grow blackberry over an arch - better to be a thronless vairetyElsieComment
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Canes don't really work, cos they are vertical ~ blackberries like to be trained horizontally. Royal Horticultural Society | Advice Search | Blackberry and hybrid berry: pruning and training
Autumn raspberries don't need any support at all. And I've never supported my summer ones eitherLast edited by Two_Sheds; 15-04-2009, 05:22 PM.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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I have been growing summer and autumn raspberrys in large half barrels for the past 3 years and I am using canes to support them and then a net over the top and they have been fineLast edited by pepper; 15-04-2009, 04:55 PM.Comment
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When I had summer fruiting raspberries on a different plot, I supported a row of about ten plants with just five bamboo canes.
Two canes driven into the ground (10" or so) very firmly at either end of the row, then crossed and tied as you would when constructing a runner bean frame. Then link the two ends with another cane running the length of the row and tied in. (Is this making sense - I can see it in my head). The raspberry canes were tied to the "cross pole" and the whole thing was really quite sturdy.When the Devil gives you Cowpats - make Satanic Compost!
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Thanks folks.
They are Glen Ample raspberries which I think are summer ones.
I may have to reconsider by the sound of it and use the shed to grow them against.Hi. Hi. We've removed your signature. If you have any issues with this, please contact one of the Moderators.Comment
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Good Idea I have been wondering how to support my raspberries.Originally posted by Creemteez View PostGardening ..... begins with daybreak
and ends with backache
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a friend of mine grows blackberries in the same way she grows her raspberries,and she says it works just fine.she has big robust posts sunk into the ground at around 4 foot intervals,(each is only about 4 foot high),then she has wire stretched horizontally between each post,with about a foot between each wire(hope this is making sense).the canes are then tied onto this permanent structure.
as i am limited for space,i am thinking of growing blackberries against a 6 foot fence,and tying them to wire....hoping this will work.also my area is fairly shady,but i am thinking that as blackberries are a woodland plant they wont mind too much.Comment
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