My raspberry patch is out of control lol it’s 40% bigger than last year where I picked 20 gallons of raspberries

by happydogday22

50 Comments

  1. FranciscoDAnconia85

    This is typical. Raspberries grow like weeds once established.

  2. Noseknowledge

    Time to let the neighbours/friends and family loose. I love all fruit but nothing beats a raspberry

  3. Thirsty-Barbarian

    You’re gonna be berried alive!

  4. Gaming-Savage_

    This motivates me to buy raspberry plant next year.

  5. UnregulatedCricket

    this is making me rethink things in my garden…

  6. You can put in rhizome barriers to contain your monster

  7. MrsBojangles76

    We dug our raspberry bushes up and I miss them!

  8. chocolatechipwizard

    Use your lawnmower to mow down a third or a half of it, let that come back to production again, and mow the older portion. It’s the lazy way to have healthy raspberry plants, and you won’t be losing anything, since you have more than enough berries anyway.

  9. nikkazi66

    Share some canes with friends so they can start their own patches. Win-win.

  10. Schmittzerr

    You mean it´s YET 40% bigger than last year

  11. DramaticJudgment6521

    Oh wow! I wish we had space for this. Right now I’m growing blueberries and blackberries in big containers on the patio.

    Our patio ends right before a little clearing, a bit of woods, and then a stormwater retention pond. Do raspberries need a lot of light? I wonder what would happen if I “accidentally” planted some in the woods?

    Enjoy your haul!!

  12. Let me know when the blue ones come in. Blue raspberry is my favorite

  13. amlovesmusic88

    Are these thornless raspberries? If not, how do you get to the ones in the center? Or are those the sacrificial ones for the birds?

  14. UndervascularHood

    Any tips for harvesting the middle of the patch?

  15. Which-Confection5167

    How do you harvest them? Do you clear a path through the middle?

  16. potmakesmefeelnormal

    It’s not out of control, it is now in control of EVERYTHING.

  17. NegativeCloud6478

    Take some cuttings and put in qt size pots. Keep thru winter and sell in spring.
    I did same thing with strawberries and plantssold well

  18. Niftydog1163

    Oh to have this problem….my goats would gave decimated this space.

  19. supremealpaca68

    Thank the cicadas for aerating the earth

  20. deliberatewellbeing

    omg i wish i was your neighbor! i love raspberries

  21. BANKSLAVE01

    Looks like you have money growing in your back yard.

  22. ninjarockpooler

    Oooh that’s even bigger than my patch

    They are a super resilient and productive fruit (compared to all the others)

    Do you have a local community larder or food bank? I’m sure they would be super popular.

  23. Intelligent_Pie_6760

    Is this a thorned raspberry bush?

    Edited to add: for context to why I’m asking, I’m pretty sure we’re going to go with a thornless variety next year as we have kids and I’m not really into wading or pruning or picking through thorns, but I want a lot of berries and I’m nervous they may not produce as well.

  24. SubsumeTheBiomass

    This… Is bigger? 29 gallons last year?! Jeepers you may have to open a winery at this rate.

  25. Key_Rutabaga_7155

    I can’t wait for mine to do this too 🕜

  26. Ok-Estimate-8687

    Are you flexing or looking for solutions?

  27. Gobblinwife

    I would almost cut paths into them so you can better reach the center for easier collection lol

  28. BeeKynder01970

    My partner and I cleared a raspberry patch, we ended up getting about 8 wheel barrows full of weeds and old dead berry stocks. We staked and tied about 27 raspberry “trees” now we can walk through it and actually pick berries all around, instead of what we can reach.

  29. janaenaenae21

    so when can i come over??? you lucky dog!

  30. Honestly, you need to thin that patch and create rows where you can walk between the canes and better pick the berries.

  31. ESensuallyEmployee

    As someone that planted raspberry, blackberry, and blueberry bushes this year, I have a question! Did you plant these or were they already there? If planted, how many did you plant to start and how long before you had what you have now? Thanks!!

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