With a raspberry plant, you can pick your own sweet fruit every year. You can choose from summer raspberries such as Malling Promise and Ottawa, autumn raspberries such as Heritage and the yellow Fallgold. They are hardy and require little maintenance as long as you prune them in time.
Raspberries (Rubus idaeus) grow on upright branches and produce a generous harvest. The main difference lies in when they bear fruit.
Summer raspberries such as Malling Promise and Ottawa bear fruit on the previous year's branches, usually in June and July.
Autumn raspberries such as Heritage and the yellow Fallgold bear fruit on new branches, from August until the first frost.
Give raspberries a sunny to lightly shaded spot and humus-rich soil that does not remain too wet. Guide the branches along wires to keep them upright and make picking easier.
For summer raspberries, cut the fruited branches off at ground level after harvest. Cut autumn raspberries back completely in winter.
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Summer raspberries usually in June and July, autumn raspberries from August until the first frost.
For summer raspberries, cut off the fruited branches after harvest. Cut autumn raspberries back completely in winter.
Yes. A root barrier or regular weeding keeps them in place.
