Raspberry
plants
Raspberry
plants suffer from two troublesome pests, the raspberry beetle and
birds.
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The raspberry beetle lays its eggs in the growing raspberries flowers and the grubs feed on
the developing fruit.
It can be controlled with an organic insecticide. Choose
one that doesn’t harm bees from an environmentally responsible supplier
Birds are best controlled with netting or by
growing the crop in a fruit cage.
After fruiting,
your raspberry plants should be cut back and the new canes tied in an upright
position to horizontal galvanized wire fastened to stout 5ft stakes placed at 5ft intervals along the rows.
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The new
raspberry canes will fruit the
following year. The exception to this are autumn fruiting varieties from
.... These fruit on wood produced in the current season. The old canes are cut down
in winter and new canes appear during spring. These are tied onto
their supports and will fruit from late summer into winter.
Raspberry
plants will fruit quite happily for many years
without having to be replaced provided the soil is well prepared before
planting. They also benefit from a mulch of garden compost or rotted manure
every June, which will help feed the plants and retain moisture in the soil.
Growing
raspberry plants need plenty of moisture otherwise the fruit will be small and seedy,
so make sure you keep them well watered in dry conditions.
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