[Casey76]

I'm just amazed when seeing the prices you are quoting in the UK for "bunches" of raspberry canes.

All of my local garden centres seem to carry the same stock, and they are all between 3.50 and 6.50 per cane (each in a 2L pot) depending on variety.

Unfortunately I don't have the space to start a new raspberry bed up, but I would have to think long and hard before buying 10 canes lol!

[DD.]

I hope to thin out my raspberries (Autumn Bliss) soon as they are taking over. I was given about 8 thinnings by a neighbour when I first started on my current plot. They are now a hedge 32' long and 6' wide.

I will no doubt end up with a big pile of roots that I can't even give away as I seem to have saturated the site with them!

Pay anything? Naw!

[Thrift]

That sounds very expensive ..... can't you beg a few from a friend or neighbour? People are always turfing them out.  

[JayG]

If raspberries didn't produce such delicious fruit they would almost certainly be regarded as an invasive weed; it is certainly a rip-off for something so easy to propagate! 

Slow-growing plants which are comparatively hard to propagate are a different matter; as I've said elsewhere very recently a very cheap blueberry plant is likely to be very small so a relatively high price for a decent sized one is justifiable.

[Ma and Pa Snip]

Price at the garden centre I visited on monday, 10 canes looking in good health, £8.99

price at a often mentioned UK high street chain store, one cane (not looking so healthy in a fancy box) £3.99.

Make your own judgement 

[operabunny]

Find someone near you who has some good raspberry canes and ask politely if you can have their thinnings/runners next time they have any.

[Junie]

I have not been able to find bear rooted soft fruit in France either - I ended up getting some small bushes in a set in Jardiland - something like €5 for 4 I think.  But there again  isn't everything far more expensive in France!!!
Just for information, if you have family coming over to visit you of if you go back to UK, you are allowed to bring in plants, bulbs etc as long as they are in compost and not soil from the garden.  My parents brought me a load of bulbs and some penstimoms which have taken well! 

This place do some raspberries for about 10-11€ for 5 bushes/canes - maybe worth a look.

http://www.delbard-direct.fr/tous-nos-produits/arbres-fruitiers/petits-fruits.html

[Kristen]

I wonder if you can buy, from France, bare rooted canes from eBay sellers in the UK? That's where mine came from

[Jome]

I got 6 canes of Glen Ample for £9.99 in my local garden centre, so yes I would say that was expensive!

[wozza]

Our local garden centre has raspberry canes at 9.99 euro potted

Think you got a bargain compared to them here

[Thrift]

Our local garden centre has raspberry canes at 9.99 euro potted

Think you got a bargain compared to them here

I take it you didn't purchase wozza? 

[JayG]

€

If you want to show off and display the Euro currency symbol in a post, hold down the "Alt" key and type 0128 on the numeric pad (with "numlock" illuminated.)

(There are supposed to be other ways of entering it via the keyboard but they don't work for me! )

[Casey76]

Thanks Jay   I'm OK at home (French azerty keyboard), but at work I have a US qwerty keyboard and no accents immediately available!

Don't happen to know the shortcut for the "pound" sign?

[JayG]

"Alt" 156 or "Alt" 0163 works for me, again using the numeric keypad.

(Just don't ask me why there are two choices; I haven't a clue!) 

[Junie]

My UK Mac keyboard has a € sign - just alt2.  I quite often switch to a french keyboard on screen which it does too if doing a letter or email in french.  Annoying when I forget to switch it back though!