As a raspberry lover, you probably can't have enough raspberries in your garden. Just grow a few bushes yourself. It's not difficult and even gardening beginners can do it - if you follow a few tips.
How to grow raspberries in the garden?
To grow raspberries successfully, you can cut out runners, cut root cuttings or lower canes in the fall. Propagation by seeds is not recommended as it is complex and time-consuming. Maintain he althy mother plants to avoid disease.
Different method to grow raspberries
The best time to grow raspberries is autumn. This is how new plants are obtained:
- Put out runners and transplant them
- Cutting root cuttings
- Lower rods
Theoretically, you can of course also grow new plants from the seeds of the raspberry fruits. But this is not recommended.
On the one hand, obtaining pure seeds is quite complex. On the other hand, it takes a very long time until you can harvest the first raspberries. When propagated by cuttings, however, you harvest the year after planting.
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Raspberries form many runners that spread throughout the garden.
If you want to grow new plants, cut out the strongest offshoots generously. But make sure that it is actually the raspberry variety you want and not a wild offshoot from the neighbor.
Plant them in the prepared location. If you have left enough roots on the plant, the runner will grow quickly.
Growing raspberries from root cuttings
This method is the safest way to grow exactly the type of raspberry you want.
Carefully expose the raspberry plant on the side. Use a sharp spade (€59.00 on Amazon) to cut off a piece of the root. Cut off ten centimeter long pieces each. There should be at least five eyes on the severed piece.
Plant the root cuttings in the intended location and mulch the soil.
Lower rods
This form of propagation is rarely used for raspberries. You place a rod on the ground and cover it with soil in several places.
Roots form underground, from which a new raspberry plant emerges. You can plant them out in spring.
Tips & Tricks
If you exchange runners or root cuttings with your neighbor, make sure that the “mother plant” is he althy and does not suffer from root rot or other fungal diseases. Otherwise, you will be introducing difficult-to-eradicate diseases into your garden.
