Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: bashful_badger on August 10, 2009, 16:12
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Can anyone tell me what is the best way to plant raspberry canes? I was wanting some to grow up a wall as I thought they grew straight buy my father-in-law says that they have to be planted at an angle, is this correct?
Thank you.
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Bung em in upright, if you put them in at an angle once they are pruned next years canes will be vertical(ish) anyway. As long as the soil is very well fed they should be fine. If growing near a wall make sure they are well watered otherwise they will not fruit very well.
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I guess your father-in-law is thinking of cordon apples and pears. Raspberries will grow straight up what ever angle you put the root in.
Why are you growing them up a wall? they don't need shelter and there might be better uses for the bed.
Cheers,
Gillie
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and remember that walls tend to produce dry soil. The best places for raspberries in the UK (Scotland) are invariably rather wetter climates so you may be giving yourself a lot of watering to get results by picking a spot by a wall.
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I think what bashful badger wants to know is that yes, raspberries produce the best crop if the canes are at some sort of an angle. The plant itself doesn't have to be planted on angle, but the canes need to be trained as such. In fact, I get my heaviest cropping when the canes are at a 30-45 degree angle (almost like grapes). They'll crop straight up or at a slight angle, but just not as heavily.