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Planting a raspberry plant

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superoz · 14/08/2019 16:26

I’ve been given a raspberry plant in a pot, it’s currently 1metre high and needs to go into the ground, but I’m not really sure what to do other than dig a hole!
Do I put it near a wall and support it with wires? Or use a post? I also have clay soil, will it grow ok in this?

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MereDintofPandiculation · 14/08/2019 18:43

Yes, it'll be fine in a clay soil.

It won't grow massively more than 1m, but support is useful for tidyness and ease of picking.

The cane you have will fruit next year. Find out whether it's a summer fruiting one or an autumn fruiter. If it's summer, then after it's fruited, cut the fruited cane to the ground, leaving the new canes to fruit the following year.

You won't get many raspberries from one cane - it's usual to plant half a dozen plants or so. But they will bulk up nicely over the next few years, so in due course you'll be getting bowls of raspberries rather than one or two at a time.

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