[Waynestrout]

I recently purchased 20 raspberry canes, 10 summer fruits (for next year) and 10  autumn canes 9hopefully for this year

They're in the same bags and I've forgotten which is which. One set are thicker than the others, which is the only difference I can spot - is this any way to indicate which are summenr, which are autumn?

If not, is there another way to tell?

I was hoping to plant them tomorrow and I don't know which to tie up and which not

Any ideas? - Thanks

WAYNESTROUT

[muntjac]

plant them all using the thick stemmed first as i would think these are the autumn ones . tie all of them up as i do it wont hurt

[Waynestrout]

Cheers for the advise Muntjac. i was looking at them tonight after returning from a very successful days digging and just scratching my head at my own inability to remember - must be getting old!!

Thanks

[Dan]

Ok as if i wasnt confused enough about my own rasperberries ( summer or autumn ones?, Cut to ground level or leave alone, How far spacing between each, 3 wires or two parallel)...then you throw in a new one? "Tying them up"??,....wahhhh...how ? why? where?

[richyrich7]

Ok as if i wasnt confused enough about my own rasperberries ( summer or autumn ones?, Cut to ground level or leave alone, How far spacing between each, 3 wires or two parallel)...then you throw in a new one? "Tying them up"??,....wahhhh...how ? why? where?

Stops em blowing over in the wind usually done on a post and wire principal
3 wires 18" apart, or something like that, bend the tips over if you wish and train along top wire.

[muntjac]

Ok as if i wasnt confused enough about my own rasperberries ( summer or autumn ones?, Cut to ground level or leave alone, How far spacing between each, 3 wires or two parallel)...then you throw in a new one? "Tying them up"??,....wahhhh...how ? why? where?

Stops em blowing over in the wind usually done on a post and wire principal
3 wires 18" apart, or something like that, bend the tips over if you wish and train along top wire.

absolutly make the wires 12 ft long or more if ya can

[Dan]

ah phew so its waht i already knew about the post and wires deal.

12ft long?...what if you only have 2 canes or 30 canes?...lol...

Im not sure how long my stretch is but its over 12ft so no problem just not sure i have the space in it for all my canes spaced as some of the books say ?

[muntjac]

well then .make it as long as you can then maybe u will get loads  berries
what books say is only a guide . as is what advice i give ,mine are 2 in a 12 ft wire  and i trained em along the wire

[Dan]

Ok thanks mate.

I prefer the look of them trained along the wire to them just bobbing about upright so i will go with that approach i think

[loubylou29]

OK so spell it out for me... I am so very new!
I have to put in 2 big wooden posts at either end of my raspberry canes, and get a heavy gauge wire and make loops end to end around the plants right?

Then in the summer tie the plants to the wires? I guess I'll ask these thing as as they come up eh?

Do I do the same for my tayberries (that have been moved now Munty.x) so I have 3 tays and 6 rasps, Use the same system of wires, just don't prune in the same way is that right??


Thankyou for your help.

Lucy

[Bobby T]

Imagine a plain wire fence.Your rasps. will naturally grow staight up.Each time they pass a wire tie them loosely to it with soft string.If they get well above the top wire some turn them at right angles and run them along that wire.Suckers (small plants) will come up well away from the main row,just lift them in Autumn and replant along the row.Hope this helps.   Bob

[muntjac]

tay are set to grow on wires and stay there unless they have a diseased  leader. i have some on thick trellis and tie them back with flower arranging wire