Raspberries

**Durgan** · 10-14-2008, 03:32 PM

Raspberries
http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?KZPXL 14 October 2008 Late Season Raspberries.
These six plants were obtained from another garden in 2005. The plants are cut to ground level in late Fall, and I get a Fall crop of berries the following year. The berries are slow ripening, and late this year due to cool weather, but the quality and quantity is more than acceptable. A large bowl full is obtained about every three or four days for the last two weeks. If the weather is suitable, I expect about five more bowls of fruit.

**Sara Noel** · 10-14-2008, 05:00 PM

Love the photo of them in the bowl. Delicious. We have one bush here. I'd love to plant more.

Do you have any nut trees?

**Missy** · 10-14-2008, 05:05 PM

we have a raspberry bush we simply love. it's over 10 years old and just spreads and spreads.

**Durgan** · 10-14-2008, 05:50 PM

I have no nut producing trees. Walnut trees are present in the forests in my area, but I nefer pick the nuts.

Raspberries do spread. I only started with six plants and now have probably forty stems bearing fruit. It is best to place them in an area separate from the main garden or place barriers to limit spreading. They should be pruned properly and fertilized each year, and insure they have sufficient water while growing. I use compost for fertilizer, and place some wood chips over to retain moisture.