When to plant raspberries UK

Raspberries are fantastic to grow on the allotment and in the garden. The only thing with growing them is that they can get out of control if they are not looked after. They send roots out which will start new shoots growing. You can dig these up and put them where you want them to grow. Here we will be explaining when to plant raspberries UK.

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Tips for planting raspberries

Plant your raspberries canes in late autumn through to early spring when the soil is most moist. This is so the raspberry canes can take.
Plant your raspberry canes around 60cm apart. Leaving enough room to weed in-between.
Make sure that the area you are planting the raspberries in does not hold onto the water. Raspberries do not like waterlogged soil.
Raspberries do not like to be in direct sunlight, they like to be planted in partial shade.
Make sure if you are planting Autumn and Summer Raspberries that they are planted in different areas so you do not get confused when pruning them. Autumn can be pruned to the ground each year and summer raspberries grow on the canes which have grown the previous year.

Where to plant Raspberries

The Uk is an ideal place to grow raspberries as the weather and climate are perfect. If you are growing them in hot climates plant your raspberries in partial shade so that the sun is not beating down on them all the time. If you are in the UK though you can plant them in the sun as there is not much sun in the UK. A lot of the UK’s raspberries are actually grown in Scotland.

There are two types of raspberry you can grow. These are summer fruiting and autumn fruit raspberries. Then there are different varieties for each type. Raspberries do not just come in the red colour but orange and black. Raspberries do not require much looking after apart from tying them up and harvesting them.

When growing raspberries they need to be grown in good soil. They prefer to be grown in soil that is well draining. This will help produce great raspberries that will be really productive. When you are preparing the bed to plant your raspberries dig in lots of well rotted organic matter. You can add mulch round the plants each year to help took after your raspberry plants.

Which Raspberry Canes To Purchase

When purchasing Raspberries you need to think of what type would you like to buy either Summer or Autumn Raspberries. Then you need to think about what colour you would like to purchase. Yes raspberries are not just red, they are also orange and black.

Below you can see the different ones available to purchase. You can click the link and it will take you through to Amazon to purchase these.

When should you plant raspberries

The best ideal time to plant raspberry canes is from Autumn through to the beginning of Spring. This will give the canes time to settle and take root worth it not being too hot. If the ground is unworkable store the canes until it is time and the soil is in a better condition to plant them.

How to plant raspberry canes

When you are deciding to plant your autumn or summer raspberries make sure that you have dug in plenty of organic matter this will help the water drain away and not let the raspberry canes get too waterlogged.

When you are planting you summer and autumn raspberries you need to think about supporting them as they are growing. Autumn Raspberries however do not need supporting as they grow. They are a lot stronger than summer raspberries and will not fall over.

When you are thinking about support it is easy to construct something for them to fasten too, chicken wire is perfect for this or you could put some posts in and fasten fruit wires to it which you can then fasten the raspberries too.

Once you have sorterd your fram out you you can now dig a trench for your raspberries. The trench needs to be ideally 30cm deep and and 30cm wide. You need to make sure that the roots of the raspberry plants are spread out in the trench and not pushed down. You can now place your canes in the trench ready for growing. If you are planting individual canes they need to be spaced out around 60cm apart. Cover the roots will soil and firm it down. You will see the mark on the canes where the soil originally was make sure it goes back up to this.

Once you have planted all your canes you need to chop these down to around 20cm in height this is so that the canes themselves don’t carry on growing and it forces the roots to take hold in the soil creating better plants next year.

To keep your raspberries plants moist you can put a layer of mulch round the plants but do not let it touch the plants as this could cause rotting on them and runing your hard work.

Can you plant raspberry bushes in containers

Raspberries are great to grow in pots. If you don’t look after raspberries in the ground they can be worse than weeds and start popping up everywhere so a lot of people do actually grow them in pots so that they don’t spread and take over there gardens.

To grow raspberries in containers you need a container that is big. Look for a container that is around 50cm in depth and diameter. This is so that the roots can go deep and and the plants can spread out quite a bit. You don’t want to select a variety of raspberries that grow tall, just a small plant variety.

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