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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Lily on March 22, 2008, 18:33

Title: Raspberry canes?
Post by: Lily on March 22, 2008, 18:33

Last year I planted some raspberry canes 2 ft apart.
So far so good.
But it looks like some new canes are now growing in between the old ones. I am sure that they are the same plant as they are really similar to my original canes.
I do no understand because all I did was to prune the old canes.
Does anyone have a theory?
What should I do?
Thanks,

Lily

Title: Raspberry canes?
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 22, 2008, 19:18

Just putting up new cane to fruit on next year.  They fruit on the previous year's canes.

Do you know what variety they are  :?:

Title: Re: Raspberry canes?
Post by: Nikkithefoot on March 22, 2008, 21:04

Quote from: "Lily"

Last year I planted some raspberry canes 2 ft apart.

You have done nothing wrong. Raspberries sent out suckers (like underground runners) and shoot from these. Over time your neat rows of canes will become higgl-de-piggldy (spread all over). It is their natural habit.

I put mine in a separate cordoned off bed to try and contain them a little, but they still try and escape!! I find the Autumn fruiting varieties are much worse for this than the earlier varieties.

Nikki

Title: Raspberry canes?
Post by: Lily on March 23, 2008, 09:08

Mine are autumn variety.
I don't really mind if it means more raspberries for free!

Title: Raspberry canes?
Post by: chrissie B on March 23, 2008, 13:12

how late can you plant raspberries and will they stand heat, and are they any good in big pots ???
Chrissie b

Title: Raspberry canes?
Post by: DD. on March 23, 2008, 15:18

Quote from: "Lily"

Mine are autumn variety.
I don't really mind if it means more raspberries for free!

If they are the Autumn variety, what is being thrown up now will bear you this year's fruit.