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Raspberry Reset. Welcome to Gardening
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with Ben. And today we're going to be
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talking about raspberries. One of my
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favorite things that I love growing down
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here. Now, the only issue with
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raspberries is that they can be worse
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than a weed. And how I mean that is that
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the roots travel all over the place. And
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you'll find raspberry canes popping up
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where you don't want them and
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everywhere. So, if you're wanting to
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keep them contained, grow them in a pot
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and then the roots won't go grow
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everywhere. But if you're not bothered
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like me on the a lotment, put some in
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down the side of your plot or somewhere
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where you can try and keep them
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contained and yeah, you can plant them
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where you need them to. And where they
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if they do pop up where you don't want
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them to, usually they are pretty easy to
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pull out if you've got a bit of strength
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behind you. But yeah, raspberries are
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great to have. Now, what I mean by
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raspberry reset is that there's two
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varieties of raspberries. There's a
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summer variety and there's an autumn
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variety. Obviously, the summer ones are
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ready in the summer and the autumn ones
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are ready in the autumn. However,
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pruning comes different for both of them
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and this can be confusing. So, you need
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to know what variety of raspberries you
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the way that you sometimes
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can tell is that the summer varieties
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grow on the previous year's growth. So,
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if you've got a load of new canes, what
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have grown this year, what haven't
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produced, they will grow the raspberries
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And the ones that had raspberries on
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last year, they will have probably died
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back now, the canes. So, those are the
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ones that you prune down. So, summer
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varieties, you prune the ones that have
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had the raspberries on and the new
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growth will produce the raspberries this
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year. Now, autumn variety of
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raspberries, you just cut them all down.
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you prune them all to the ground and
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they will grow new growth this year and
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they'll grow the raspberries on them. So
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that is why you need to know which
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variety they are because if you prune
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all your summer ones down that have
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produced new growth last year, they
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won't get any raspberries on them till
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the year after. So yeah, you need to
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know what variety of raspberry they are
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so that you get some great crops from
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them. Now raspberries are absolutely
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amazing. They're so expensive in the
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shops to buy. So, if you can grow them
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yourself, it's an absolute bonus. Now,
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there's uh red ones and there's yellow
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ones as well. One called autumn gold.
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So, if it's a yellow one, you know it's
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the autumn variety as well. So, that's
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one way of telling as well. So, yeah.
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Who is growing raspberries on here? I've
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had raspberries on my plot since I
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actually first got it 20 years ago. And
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we're getting great crops every single
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year. And they're great to add in with
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your strawberries cuz they're ready
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around strawberry times some of them.
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And yeah, they're a great addition to
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your fruit bowl as well. So, I hope you
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found them tips useful, knowing which
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ones to prune and which ones not to
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prune. So until next time everyone
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remember keep smiling, keep shining and
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keep gardening with Ben everyone.
