Raspberry Black Jewel

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Summer fruiting Raspberry Black Jewel Growing Tips.

Position: For Raspberries choose a warm sheltered position avoiding wet or shaded spots, although soft fruit will tolerate some shade. If birds are troublesome a fruit cage can be erected.

Soil Preparation: Dig the area to be planted and make sure the soil is clear from perennial weeds. If your soil is acid, mix in some lime, likewise add compost to a light sandy soil. If you have heavy clay, mix in some sand and plant on a raised bed to help drainage. Add Rootgrow – this helps to ensure the establishment and lifetime health of your plants. Mycorrhizal fungi are critically important to those plant groups to ensure good establishment and better early growth.

Planting: It is better to plant late in good conditions than early in poor conditions. If planting conditions are not ideal when the canes arrive then heeling in is recommended and allow the right planting moment to be taken from then on.

Planting Bare Root Raspberries: Plant the canes about 18” (45 cm) apart with 6 ft (1.8 m) between the rows. Avoid planting the young canes too deeply; a covering of 3” (7.5 cms) over the roots is ample. Cut the canes down to ground level immediately after planting. In the spring the new shoots will appear from beneath the soil. The young canes are then tied into a wire fence system for cropping the following season.

Planting Bare Root Long Cane Raspberries: Plant the canes about 18” (45 cm) apart with 6 ft (1.8 m) between the rows. Avoid planting the young canes too deeply; a covering of 3” (7.5 cms) over the roots is ample. DO Not cut the canes down to ground level. In the spring the new shoots will appear from beneath the soil. The young canes are then tied into a wire fence system for cropping the following season. Unlike regular Canes, long cane plants do not need to be cut back after planting. The canes should be left intact as supplied. They will then develop fruit-bearing side shoots at the top of each cane which will flower and produce fruit for picking in the first season after planting at the same time as new growth (next year's fruiting wood) is thrown up from the root system. In following summers, treat as regular summer fruiting canes.

Planting Container Raspberries: Plant the canes about 18” (45 cm) apart with 6 ft (1.8 m) between the rows. Avoid planting the young canes too deeply; a covering of 3” (7.5 cms) over the roots is ample. Support the canes with a post and wire system or a bamboo cane. Container grown canes do not need pruning straight after planting.

Pruning Autumn Fruiting Raspberries: Autumn fruiting raspberries fruit on the current year’s growth. Cut back all the canes to ground level in February. Reduce the number of canes in the summer if they are overcrowded.

Pruning Summer Fruiting Raspberries: Cut back all canes that have fruited to ground level after harvesting. Do not leave old stubs. Select the strongest young canes, around six to eight per plant; tie them in 8-10cm (3-4in) apart along the wire supports Remove the remaining young stems to ground level.

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