Protecting Raspberries (forum)

Sharon starts with ...
I have some fruit forming on my Autumn Bliss Raspberry, and I really want to protect it from anything nasty, like birds or other pests. I have made some little bags out of netting to tie over the branch, but am concerned about excluding pollinators such as bees.
Does anyone know at what point I can safely cover them? Some are still buds, while some have opened up and are starting to form fruit.


Time: 23rd January 2008 6:27pm

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Correy says...
Yes the Autumn Bliss Raspberry does benefit from bees pollinating them.

I found this amazing article on pollination, raspberries and bees.

http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/book/chap7/raspberry.html

I would love to see some pictures of your raspberries.

Time: 2nd February 2008 2:24pm

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