Comments on: Now’s the time to plant Summer and Autumn raspberries http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/nows-the-time-to-plant-summer-and-autumn-raspberries-5697 Stumbling self sufficiency in a small space Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:52:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fn http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/nows-the-time-to-plant-summer-and-autumn-raspberries-5697/comment-page-1#comment-64510 fn Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:27:04 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=5697#comment-64510 Hi Joanna That's brilliant - having all that fruit growing wild. After two years my blue berries were really prolific this year. I have three bushes growing in a barrel in the front garden. They are getting quite big now so I'm going to split them up in the spring. I tried growing myrtle and cranberries but they didn't survive. Hi Joanna

That’s brilliant – having all that fruit growing wild.

After two years my blue berries were really prolific this year. I have three bushes growing in a barrel in the front garden. They are getting quite big now so I’m going to split them up in the spring.

I tried growing myrtle and cranberries but they didn’t survive.

]]> By: JoannaS http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/nows-the-time-to-plant-summer-and-autumn-raspberries-5697/comment-page-1#comment-64501 JoannaS Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:41:09 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=5697#comment-64501 The Latvians take great pride in finding wild fruit and you can easily find redcurrants, raspberries, strawberries, cranberries and blue berries at different times of the year. I shall get some cultivated cranberries and blue berries to plant at the bottom of the slope as they will enjoy the damp conditions down there. The Latvians take great pride in finding wild fruit and you can easily find redcurrants, raspberries, strawberries, cranberries and blue berries at different times of the year. I shall get some cultivated cranberries and blue berries to plant at the bottom of the slope as they will enjoy the damp conditions down there.

]]> By: fn http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/nows-the-time-to-plant-summer-and-autumn-raspberries-5697/comment-page-1#comment-64486 fn Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:15:30 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=5697#comment-64486 Hi LindaM Oh lucky you a 20x20 raspberry patch! But as ours is much smaller it's easier to control. If I see suckers outside the patch I dig down deep and cut the sucker back. I'm sure someone out there has a simpler method for controlling them. Hi Joanna I didn't know such a thing as wild raspberries existed! Good idea to use the steep bank for growing soft fruit. Finally this year I've had the time to prune my gooseberries and currants so am hoping for a better harvest next year. Hi Paula Good idea to keep them in separate areas. The suckering is only a problem with older long established beds. Hello Alex I never tire of raspberries. I love homemade raspberry jellies too. Hi LindaM

Oh lucky you a 20×20 raspberry patch! But as ours is much smaller it’s easier to control. If I see suckers outside the patch I dig down deep and cut the sucker back.

I’m sure someone out there has a simpler method for controlling them.

Hi Joanna

I didn’t know such a thing as wild raspberries existed! Good idea to use the steep bank for growing soft fruit.

Finally this year I’ve had the time to prune my gooseberries and currants so am hoping for a better harvest next year.

Hi Paula

Good idea to keep them in separate areas. The suckering is only a problem with older long established beds.

Hello Alex

I never tire of raspberries. I love homemade raspberry jellies too.

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