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| Graham Orme 2004-09-08, 4:35 pm |
| This spring I planted a row of raspberry canes in a raised bed which had
been filled with spent mushroom compost the year before. Some of them
have now reached 8 feet and are still growing. Should I cut them off, or
tie them to horizontal wires? Is there some other method of keeping next
years raspberries within reach (apart from a ladder)?
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Graham
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| Dwayne 2004-09-08, 4:35 pm |
| I never had raspberries, but when growing blackberries, if the canes got too
tall to reach, I would cut them off just above a lateral cane that was
within my reach. Then the berries would grow on the lateral. I could then
take my cuttings, put them in water for sa few days and then dirt, and could
come up with some newly rooted plants.
Dwayne
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> This spring I planted a row of raspberry canes in a raised bed which had
> been filled with spent mushroom compost the year before. Some of them
> have now reached 8 feet and are still growing. Should I cut them off, or
> tie them to horizontal wires? Is there some other method of keeping next
> years raspberries within reach (apart from a ladder)?
>
> --
> Graham
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| I've got mine strung on 3 wires between posts, and when they get to the top
wire I train them along. Never had to loose more than a foot or so though.
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| dominic Lucas 2007-07-04, 5:25 pm |
| In article <cghaj8$jlu$1@hercules.btinternet.com>,
"Tim" <rainbowcircle@btinternet.com> wrote:
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> I've got mine strung on 3 wires between posts, and when they get to the top
> wire I train them along. Never had to loose more than a foot or so though.
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I'm quite brutal, and cut them off at 6ft. I have tried tieing them
down, but found that unless you checked every week, they went up again.
Also, growing high takes energy, better used for fruit production! I
don't think the plant will care much either way, but more cane might
mean smaller (but more) fruit.
Last year I grew them up an 8ft bamboo wigwam, seemed as effective as
wires, and slightly easier for a smaller garden.
Hope this helps
Dom
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