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Steve starts with ... I have just bought an Atherton Raspberry. I live on the Gold Coast and am usnure where to plant it. Does it like full sun or semi-shade etc. Is it okay in a pot or does it need any particular type of soil. Any comments would be helpful. Thanks.
| About the Author Steve6 Gold Coast, QLD 18th November 2007 4:31pm #UserID: 439 Posts: 1 View All Steve6's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rev says... Mine liked to be well mulched. tea tree is a good option or chip mulch will do feed with a general purpose NPK they spread by lateral suckers some distance from the main plant and can form colonies a few metres across if not thinned they like full sun or light shade good food water and sunshine are needed to ripen the berries properly, adn they have a slighly piney aftertaste that is not unpleasant i find the other local native R mollucanus is the better tasting one however | About the Author RevNQ1 Tabulam 19th November 2007 12:07am #UserID: 441 Posts: 31 View All RevNQ1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Shaun says... Raspberries are very difficult to find in Western Australian garden centres. I noted that Bunnings had them during mid-Spring time, but the plants were NOT named varieties. What are the best varieties of raspberries suited for the Perth climate ? ..... and were may I obtain it/them (other than Bunnings). | About the Author Perth 19th November 2007 1:52am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Anonymous says... im not sure raspberries are suited to Perth sandplain climate i had more luck with boysenberry under a shade sail/ shadecloth cover the summers are just too intense and easily frazzle plants dont underestimate the water or organic matter needs of these plants. you need to put a lot of work into soil perp esp on perths sandy soils. lots of compost, water gel crystals and toppd with an annually replaced mulch of council trimmings chips you can shade using shadeclosth for open plantings. that is boysenberries have ferocious spines and spread widely and are best mainatiend in the middle of a lawn as strips which can be mown around Rambling thornless varieties like the youngberry do well grown beneath fruit trees which give some shade and trained up through the branches. I only recommend this for thornless types you will be able to find nurseries in the SW that stock them, say manjimup you can grow them from seed too, collected from the fruit. | About the Author 20th November 2007 9:39am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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