My raspberry patch |
But, before I go any further I want to explain the difference between summer-bearing and fall-bearing raspberries. Summer-bearing are most similar to their wild relatives, producing fruit mid-summer on two year old canes. Fall-bearing (also known as ever-bearing) raspberries can produce fruit twice a year. The new canes produce fruit the fall of their first year and then again the following year mid-summer.
I was both ignorant and in denial the first time I planted raspberries. We initially planted 3 red & 3 yellow ever-bearing plants along the fence between my garden and the neighbors yard. I knew that raspberries were a spreading plant, but for some reason I assumed that they would NEVER cross a fenced property boundary OR invade my garden... denial! It didn't even take the full summer before they invaded both my neighbor's yard & especially my watered garden!
As I did a little more reading I found out that raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers and some other veggies are susceptible to the same diseases... ignorant! The last thing I wanted was to have a potential ongoing disease issue in my veggie garden because I had raspberries too close, so we moved them to a new location along the fence (thankfully the above invaded neighbor was happy to harvest from the invaders, so we stayed along the same fence) and added a few canes of summer-bearing raspberries from my mother-in-laws patch.
Yesterday I noticed the first new fall-bearing raspberry shoot as I cleaned out and prepared the bed for this season. Check out my post on maintaining your raspberries for optimal harvest for more information on raspberry maintenance.
Happy Gardening!
That was so helpful how nice,Thank You
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