[Lupin lurcher]

Hi I have purchased some raspberry canes from Homebase they are in a pot there are 3 canes planted together with an elastic band bonding them.  My question is should I treat them as individual plants and seperate them and space them out or should I plant them as they are in the pot.  I have 3 of these pots.  Thank you.
Mandy

[Brambles]

Hi Lupin lurcher... sounds to me like you have NINE raspberry canes there.   Homebase have slipped up, there should be a lable on them to tell you how many you have, I bought five canes last year from garden centre, and they were well labled!   When you take the canes out of the pots to plant them, each pot should contain three separate plants.... Hope they do really well for you

[Chappers]

Yep, 9 canes should = 9 plants, you will have raspberries coming out of your ears next year, hopefuly  yum yum

[mumofstig]

If you find them difficult to seperate just soak them to loosen the compost and tease apart.
Sometimes it's easier to wash all the soil off so you can see what you are doing

[Lupin lurcher]

Thank you all very much for your advice  will plant them now I no what im doing.  I love this site everyone is so kind.
Mandy
 

[Lupin lurcher]

I have planted them today you where all right there were 9 canes altogether but they didnt seem to have much of a root system on them, still I will have to wait till next year, fingers crossed.  :happy:

[tode]

Keep em well mulched, and they'll romp away   

[elibump]

Hi there,
I don't want to hijack your thread but.....We have a whole row of raspberry canes planted last year but I'm not sure when and what to prune, please can anyone advise me???  I think we've had a bad year for raspberries because we didn't do this correctly last year.

Thanks

Eli xx

[DD.]

Summer fruiting - cut out only the canes that fruited this year and leave this year's new growth.

Autumn fruiting - cut the lot off.

[Glosterboy]

Another sorry!!!

If I plant Summer fruiting bought canes now. I'm not going to get a crop summer 2010? Fruiting only on canes grown during 2009.

If I plant Autumn fruiting canes now. I will get a crop Autumn 2010? Fruiting only on canes grown during 2010.

Is this correct? Or will I only get a crop on both varieties in 2011?

Thanks.

[DD.]

Summer fruiting canes bought now should be this years growth and you will get a few off those.

Autumn fruiting ones will throw up several suckers each next spring and these should fruit later the same year.

[zazen999]

Another sorry!!!

If I plant Summer fruiting bought canes now. I'm not going to get a crop summer 2010? Fruiting only on canes grown during 2009.

If I plant Autumn fruiting canes now. I will get a crop Autumn 2010? Fruiting only on canes grown during 2010.

Is this correct? Or will I only get a crop on both varieties in 2011?

Thanks.

We put 12 summer fruiting and 6 autumn fruiting canes in last winter.

We got some rasps off the summer ones, and loads of new canes will fruit next year.
We are getting LOADS of rasps off the autumn ones, they are still flowering and we are picking a punnet a day at the moment. One of the summer ones has reflowered and has fresh rasps on now.

I will cut all necessary canes down once all rasps are gone - which means cutting down all canes that have fruited this year.  i find it is the easiest way to remember it.