My Edible Fruit Trees: Raspberry Trees ACT
Raspberry - Heritage (Seedling) 10/10 KitschWitch's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4483 days 19hrs 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 SpringPollination: No Pest Control: None needed. The birds don't seem to get them. Children are the main risk :) Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 89 of 98 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Raspberry - WilliametteRae's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4863 days 19hrs Height 1 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 2 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Raspberry - HeritagePink35's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5023 days 15hrs 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 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
