Feed with compost or rotted manure in the late fall or early spring.
If you don’t know what variety you have always remember to prune out (to the ground) the stem that has just produced fruit.
Otherwise Autumn varieties are pruned to the ground in winter or very early spring.
Summer varieties; old canes are pruned out late summer, at the same time tie in the fresh new strong growth to the supporting wires.
Mulch early spring with well rotted manure or compost
Pull up or plant up suckers that grow out side your allotted bed
Best grown using suckers from existing plants.
Try to ensure a gap of at least 1.62 feet (50.0 cm) when sowing to prevent overcrowding your seedlings.Plant suckers about 30cm apart in a well prepared bed
Summer fruiting varieties need posts and wires for containment and support and fruit off last seasons wood
Autumn varieties are usually self supporting and fruit off the growth produced from the ground in the same year
Pull fruit gently as it ripens. The berries freeze well if you can resist them fresh, allowing you to collect sufficient for jam or other plans if you only have a few canes.
These estimates for how long Common raspberry takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
Average days | Min days | Max days (0)
Average days | Min days | Max days (0)
Average 131 days | Min 46 days | Max 209 days (27)
Raspberry
Rubus idaeus L.
Misspellings: Raspberries