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Growing Raspberries


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Planning Tips:

Depending on the variety grown, raspberries can be harvested from early summer through fall. Once you decide on a variety suited to your zone, select a cultivar designed to bear fruit when you want berries. Since viral diseases are the number one problem for raspberries, select plants from a reputable nursery that are disease resistant and certified virus-free (virus indexed).
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Raspberries are self-fertile so you can get by with one plant to get a full crop of berries. Expect to pick your first crop anywhere from 8 months to 2 years after planting depending on the variety. Mature plants can produce from 4 to 6 pounds of berries per year.

Site Preparation:

Select a site with full sun and soil high in organic matter. Raspberries prefer acidic soil with a pH of 5.5 to 6.5. Avoid low areas prone to frost or standing water and site where berries or plants from the tomato family have been grown before. Wild raspberries can harbor viral disease and should be located no closer than 600 feet from the site or removed altogether.

Planting:

Plants should be set into prepared holes at least 2 inches deeper than grown in at the nursery. Space plants at 3 feet intervals in rows and space rows at least 7 feet apart. If necessary, erect cane supports before setting plants. Keep the row between plants free from weeds by planting and mowing grass or heavy mulching.
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Care & Maintenance:

Raspberries canes can be supported with a trellis or wire strung along posts in the ground. When and how to prune your plants will depend on the variety you're growing. Fall bearing raspberries are generally cut to the ground after harvest. Summer bearing plants are pruned twice per year, once after harvest, and again in the winter to thin canes and remove dead growth. Black raspberries need pruning three times per year-once when canes reach three feet tall (pinched back), once after harvest and again in the winter. Keep raspberries adequately watered from the time flowers form through the harvest season.

Harvesting & Storage:

Raspberries should be picked when they are thoroughly ripe. When berries are ready for harvesting, they will feel soft and separate easily from their core. Handle them with care as they are easily crushed. Pick them early in the morning while it's still cool. Berries will ripen unevenly so check your patch every other day to prevent berries from becoming over-ripe. Raspberries are extremely perishable. They will keep for only 1 day in the refrigerator and just 3 or 4 days when kept at slightly colder temperatures (31 to 32 F)

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August 17, 2010

The key to getting the biggest berries and the biggest yield from each plant is understanding what they need, and how they produce. Here's what you need to know to start growing raspberries.

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August 15, 2011

What do I do with raspberry canes after they have fruited?

By Sandra

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August 16, 20110 found this helpful

If you bend the tip down and cover it with a little earth, you will have a new cane for next year. I have read that cane only produce fruit one year, but my canes haven't read that. The canes are not long lived, only a year or two at most.

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The new canes are white and will be your source of fruit next year. Old canes turn brown and die. Those you can cut. Hope this helps.

 
August 19, 20110 found this helpful

I grew red raspberries for many years. What I did was during winter after the leaves had dropped I cut out all dead canes. These are the canes that fruited. Cut them as low as you can. After I cleaned out all the dead canes I cut what was left knee high. Always had plenty of fruit and your planting will not get out of hand. Even doing this you will have to transplant and start a new row every so many years. Start a new row one year and the next year get rid of the old row after fruiting. This is because an old row will get hard to handle.

 
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October 25, 2011

We have a community garden and I am taking a lot for next year. I want to plant raspberries and need information about shade or sun requirements, how close to plant, and watering. Thank you.

By Phyllis D

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November 15, 20110 found this helpful

Raspberries can grow into rather large bushes and can overrun a garden if not pruned. Unfortunately raspberries produce on the 2nd year's growth.

 
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March 21, 2014

I wanted to ask about the evolution stages of a raspberry plant under artificial light, the light cycle from germination till harvest, and how can I maximize my outcomes of fruits, and what is the best strain to plant indoors?

By Romanos C.

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June 18, 2020

Summer is officially here when the raspberries fruit. They are so pretty to look at and the taste of a fresh-picked raspberry is indescribable!

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June 26, 2016

Some strange plants started creeping into my yard from the neighbors' yard a few years ago. We had no idea what the plants were.

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When the fruit came, we thought it looked like a raspberry. I took a chance and took a tiny bite.

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