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  • Raspberry advice please

    Hi

    I know nothing about raspberries at the moment except that I like to eat them . Last year I planted a few autumn raspberry canes, in a hurry, some of which lived and some died. They're currently beginning to grow small leaves, and there are tiny ones popping up in the bare earth around them. The 'mummy' ones are about 12 inches tall and haven't been pruned. I suspect they're a bit close together, not really sure.

    I later planted a few rather tatty summer ones which I got cheap in a bundle and which looked like dead sticks. Most of these still look like dead sticks, although a couple have the odd bud appearing on the single short stem. Some of the single stems have got broken off so there's nothing to see. Again, probably a bit close together.

    Advice please! Please note: they're all planted in small beds dug into what's basically a field... so loads of vicious grasses and weeds everywhere all around. Will take some time to get it under control...

    1. What 'should' I do with the autumn ones where they're sending up babies? I'm reluctant to throw the babes away, but don't currently have anywhere ready to transplant them to. Will it cause problems if I just leave everything this year and sort out the muddle at the appropriate time later in the year / early next year?

    2. Should the summer ones be showing vigorous / obvious signs of growth by now? How practical would it be to leave them a bit closely spaced and transplant later, assuming any of them is alive? Should I cut all the single dead looking stems down to the ground (including my one and only bud!) and hope for the best? Is this the time to be putting blind faith to the test??

    Thx
    sigpicGardening in France rocks!

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    Originally posted by kathyd View Post
    Hi



    Advice please! Please note: they're all planted in small beds dug into what's basically a field... so loads of vicious grasses and weeds everywhere all around. Will take some time to get it under control...

    1. I'm reluctant to throw the babes away, but don't currently have anywhere ready to transplant them to. Will it cause problems if I just leave everything this year and sort out the muddle at the appropriate time later in the year / early next year?

    2. Should the summer ones be showing vigorous / obvious signs of growth by now? How practical would it be to leave them a bit closely spaced and transplant later, assuming any of them is alive? Should I cut all the single dead looking stems down to the ground (including my one and only bud!) and hope for the best? Is this the time to be putting blind faith to the test??

    Thx
    Vicious grasses? scurrilous rumour . I'd be for sorting out the grass but no serious problems will be caused by you not pruning/thinning out new growth on your raspberries. In fact you may have some more canes available if you leave them.

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    • #3
      I would leave your raspberry canes alone for this year. Harvest what you can and keep the ground around them weeded as much as possible.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View Post
        Vicious grasses? scurrilous rumour .... In fact you may have some more canes available if you leave them.
        No really, the grass and weeds have huge fangs and claws, it's not a rumour!! And I was hoping you'd say I may get more canes if I leave them .

        Originally posted by rustylady View Post
        I would leave your raspberry canes alone for this year. Harvest what you can and keep the ground around them weeded as much as possible.
        A unanimous vote to leave them be then. Weeding will be a challenge! The grasses are a mix of couch grass and 'a n other' which forms great clumps and bulbs.. both have huge roots which get mixed up with the raspberry roots (and all the other poor fruit bushes I've planted there), and I know I've already ripped up various berry bush roots thinking they were grasses... *sigh *. Oh well, we live and learn eh?
        sigpicGardening in France rocks!

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        • #5
          You could spray the grasses with glyphosate but watch you don't get overspray on to the young raspberry growth

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          • #6
            Hi AP - I think I'm going to see how I get on without the glyphosphate for now, it can be my last resort later if I find I need it. Until last October when we finally came to live here, everything just got planted through black weed suppressant fabric while we were here on holidays, and then basically left to fend for itself for 2 or 3 months until the next visit. The fabric did a surprisingly good job of suppressing the weeds and grass, but I've lifted it now so the soil can breathe. It's left a lot of roots behind which are going to ping into life again now they've got light again. I'm going to wait to see if I can grab some new canes from whatever comes through this year, then re-lay the fabric if the stress gets too much - at least the slow worms like it underneath . And weedkiller will be my backup option!
            sigpicGardening in France rocks!

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            • #7
              My raspberries have been brought up the tough way. It's not really a proper border that they're in and there's loads of grass growing around them. Every so often I've 'painted' the grass with weed killer, or pulled them up, but it's a battle I'm losing fast lol This year I've mulched them with some old compost, but that's it. Still, I get LOADS of berries off them.
              I've had a few side shoots come up between the patio slabs, so I've dug them up and put them into the border. Not too bad for very little effort
              https://nodigadventures.blogspot.com/

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              • #8
                Lol SarrissUK, they sound like my kind of plants. I expect I'll be on here next year saying 'help! my raspberries have taken over my garden! How do I get rid of them??'
                sigpicGardening in France rocks!

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