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Nancy starts with ... I have purchased some of each and am concerned after meeting another raspberry grower that these things send up suckers some way from the plant (as opposed to extending a cane from an existing clumped root ball). Our place is renowned for vines/roots taking over. Mulberries/Passionfruit, weeds/wysteria, morning glory, ivy have been really painful to eradicate due to suckers being sent up. Are Raspberries / Blackberries / youngberries these likely to be a problem? I will have to get rid of them. ((Nootka and Heritage variety Raspberries). We have a tamed bush block. Nancy | About the Author Nancy3 Brooklyn 7th October 2008 7:57am #UserID: 1482 Posts: 3 View All Nancy3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Anonymous says... Yea, sick of nurseries not giving "obnoxious" information of each tree they sell. Most if not all tree sellers either give no or wrong cultural information. A case in point: Tradewind says in their page http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/giant_lau_lau.htm that Giant Lau Lau is a small tree about 10-15ft tall which in fact is a giant tree which can grow to 30ft tall even in semi-tropical climate. Tradewind is in tropical | About the Author 7th October 2008 9:24am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
Elizabeth says... I second the suggestion to plant brambleberries in pots. I have some heritage raspberries in pots which I had sitting on a grassed area last summer and I found some tiny suckers coming up in the grass today which I promptly pulled out. So from now on my pots which strictly sit on a concrete area. That said, I'm not throwing them out as the berries are so expensive to buy at the supermarket. | About the Author Sydney 7th October 2008 6:53pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Elizabeth says... Hi Nancy, I have had fruit from my heritage raspberries, but none in the first year. I started with small suckers which I think did not flower in the first year as they were too small. I have had a smallish amount of flowers and fruit this spring - this has been encouraging. As Hertiage is mostly an autumn producing variety, I am expecting the main crop around late Feb to March. | About the Author Sydney 4th December 2008 10:42pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
Anonymous says... Tip the canes at 1-1.5m high to encourage laterals and you'll get fruit in autumn. Once the canes die back in winter- cut them off at ground level (note this applies to Heritage and other everbearing/autumn bearing raspberries- don't do it to other types e.g. chilliwack, williamette) Cheers, Daniel | About the Author Itdepends2 5th December 2008 1:54pm #UserID: 884 Posts: 41 View All Itdepends2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Charles cant spell says... Dione, You might want to plant you plants or place your pots in partial shade or midday shade here in Perth, My raspberries and Loganberries have been getting scorched on anything over 35 degrees. Other than that they are big feeders so just load them up with bloodnbone, sheep poo and compost adn shade em a little and you should be good. Also bare in mind most are pretty invasive with roots travling laterally and popping up new plants for 2-3 meters around the plant. This is great as you can propagate and get lots of plants quickly but it can also be annoying if you put them someone where you dont want to be digging all the time. Cheers Charles. | About the Author Charlesstillcantspell1 Perth - Innaloo 8th January 2010 11:36pm #UserID: 2742 Posts: 411 View All Charlesstillcantspell1's Edible Fruit Trees |