raspberry plants

Charl89 · « **on:** February 07, 2012, 19:00 »

I have been looking at some plants on the internet but i am guessing they dont produce fruit this year being bare root plants. so how do i make sure i get fruit this year do i need to some how buy mature plants???

sunshineband · « **Reply #1 on:** February 07, 2012, 19:05 »

If you buy an autumn fruiting variety they will both grow canes and fruit this year.

These are called primocane varieties.

We grow Polka, which have huge berries and gave us a couple of kilos from nine canes in their first year. Last year of course they multiplied (as you expect) and we had as many raspberries as we wanted

(Bought them in Homebase, 3 to a pot)

Charl89 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 07, 2012, 20:02 »

brilliant thanks. i am have found some on a website but as where i live its hard to find other sites to deliver here.
i dunno if i can post the link to see if this is the right kind you were talking about?

VegGirl7 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 07, 2012, 20:10 »

does it say if they are a summer or an autumn fruiting variety? - if autumn you will get fruit this year, if summer it will fruit next year on this years growth (so don't chop any 'canes' which haven't fruited :0)
a quick search on the variety should tell you which they are

Charl89 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 07, 2012, 20:14 »

well i have just followed a link from this website to a plant shop and they say they will deliver to me but i gotta ask how much. i cant afford to pay lots.

but they have full season 3 of each plant which looks good. least i get raspberries all season

sunshineband · « **Reply #5 on:** February 07, 2012, 21:19 »

Aldis usually have some cheap canes (usually summer varieties) and they grow just fine as well

Charl89 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 07, 2012, 21:42 »

i dont have an aldis here. i have nothing on the island apart from a local small garden centre that costs a fortune.

so gotta try the web to get mine

sunshineband · « **Reply #7 on:** February 07, 2012, 21:43 »

You are right to check the p&p

Cheapest option is always bare root plants, which are readily available this time in the year

Charl89 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 07, 2012, 21:46 »

yeh i read that but dont wanna wait. i love raspberries too much. i should have sorted this out last year but the first year costs so much to get tools and stuff. oh well i'll see how i get on with ones i have found. fingers crossed postage is cheap

Charl89 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 08, 2012, 13:38 »

oh my days it will be over �18.00 postage to me!!! thanks but no thanks.

sunshineband · « **Reply #10 on:** February 08, 2012, 13:45 »

Quote from: Charl89 on February 08, 2012, 13:38

oh my days it will be over �18.00 postage to me!!! thanks but no thanks.

No giving up allowed.

You could go and ask someone on your site if you could have some off shoots. They usually have loads

Good luck

DD. · « **Reply #11 on:** February 08, 2012, 13:46 »

It's really stupid, those costs.

You can send a 20kg parcel to the Channel Islands via Royal Mail for less than that!

Trillium · « **Reply #12 on:** February 08, 2012, 15:49 »

It's usually not so much the postage as the 'handling'. Sometimes you can see why it costs so much, other times it's sheer ripoff.

Charl89 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 08, 2012, 17:44 »

i have found somewhere in Jersey that can post here for free! think i will go with them lol

there's only 1 person on the allotment who has raspberry plants and every year their cage gets bigger lol.

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