Long story short i tried to grow a blackberry brush from a bareroot bundle i got from home depot but it was dead. I went back, refunded my money, and got this pre-started raspberry bush instead!
This is my first time ever trying to grow a berry bush. I usually grow cherry tomatoes and harvested up to 500 last year on 6 plants.
Im used to pruning my tomatos, but have no idea how to prune a raspberry bush. I noticed a bunch of new growth on the bottom, but unsure what to do with them? Are they suckers? Do i leave them alone and let them grow? Or should i pull them? Replant them into their own bucket? Ect.
Excuse the ugly buckets the plants r in, i live in a trailer and this is a cheap alternative to raised beds lmfao. My yard is small but gets 8+ hours of sunlight a day.
How does the bush look in your opinion? I just replanted it today, so it should take off in a couple weeks and just wanted to know what i can do to maximize my harvest.
The lable on the pot said 'rubus idaeus' but google wasn't giving me a clear answer if that's a summer harvest plant, or fall/everbearing plant?
Any advice is appreciated, thanks!
by MoonShine711
2 Comments
Growth pattern looks reminiscent of baby cakes line (size + fruiting height). Raspberries grow on a 2 year cycle. Keep all the new growth, those are primocanes. Raspberry fruiting (currently) is on floricanes. If primocanes bear fruit this fall, then it is an everbearing variety. If they do not, it is summer bearing. You’ll want to get rid of floricanes after you collect fruit off of them in the winter.
This Ontario provincial guide helped me a lot to get started, hopefully it’ll answer any questions you have: https://www.ontario.ca/page/growing-raspberries-and-blackberries-home-gardens
It’s written for colder climates but I would say 90% of the information applies regardless