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raspberry Raspberry

Rubus idaeus WD
Also known as red raspberry (EN) European raspberry (EN)

How to sow raspberry: Transplant from roots or juvenile plants.

Sun requirement for raspberry: Plant in Partial Sun

Raspberries are a perennial plant with erect to trailing canes that often have spines or thorns. The plants produce fruit in their second year of growth, but some "primocane" varieties exist that flower and fruit their first year. Canes are light green to blue in hue with alternate, compound leaves. Fruits are sweet, many-seeded, and hollow.

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Raspberry facts

Lifespan

Perennial living more than two years

Height × spread

150cm × 75cm

Row Spacing

200cm

Growing raspberries

  1. Dig compost into the bed 2 weeks before planting out
  2. Mulch around the canes 2 weeks after planting out
  3. Water regularly at planting out every week
  4. Tie the canes to a support 4 weeks after planting out
  5. Pick ripe fruit at first harvest every week
  6. Cut the fruited canes to the ground 4 weeks after first harvest

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Varieties of raspberry

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Blackcap Raspberry

Rubus leucodermis

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by oakandsage,

My raspberry are flowering!

Anyone whose english pea plants yield spherical peas must be a saint. I only get spherical peas if I miss a pod. In the evening I sit out in the garden and eat peas until there is nothing worth eating left on the plant. Then I am done…

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