My Edible Fruit Trees: Raspberry Trees ACT

Raspberry - Heritage (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

These are one of the best fruits we grow--very tasty, easy to grow and quite a long fruiting season. They taste so much better fresh than frozen, canned or supermarket bought.

We have quite a few varieties of raspberry. They all taste good, but  the Heritage ones have a long fruiting season through autumn (even up to June), but just a few fruits at a time. It's worth growing quite a few Heritage plants. Just buy one to start with though, because they spread like crazy from the roots so by the next spring year you will have 10 plants or so. They can be pruned out if needed and replanted elsewhere and will also grow easily from stem cuttings.

The Heritage variety fruit in their first season (from a spring planting), on the new growth. After fruiting it's best to prune them right back to ground level since those stems won't fruit again. This is easier than pruning summer-fruiting raspberries which fruit on the seond year's growth (so you have to leave the new shoots and cut back only the ones that fruited).

The stems grow fairly tall (2m) and tend to flop over if left. Ours are loosely supported by a nearby mesh fence. you can also tie nearby stems to a tall stake. This works really well and is flexible.

I estimate .5kg of fruit per plant per year--one plant = one stem. Our huge patch arose from one original plant though!

Fruiting Months March, April, May

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 0.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

None needed. The birds don't seem to get them. Children are the main risk :)

Organic Status:Organic

Raspberry - Williamette

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Raspberry - Heritage

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 100% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring