13-10-2014, 09:53 AM
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Late fruiting raspberries
Having had little success planting expensive bare rooted raspberries (they all died) in the spring I bought some cheap plants from B&Q 'Tulameen' classed as a late summer fruiting variety and they took off really well and are still fruiting
Is it unusual for summer raspberries to go on fruiting this long, I am wondering if the plants could have been wrongly labeled .
13-10-2014, 10:05 AM
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Re: Late fruiting raspberries
Funny you should say this, Meg. I've got my eye on the raised bed plot next to me, as it is the only one unoccupied in the line. It has been in disuse for many years and is overgrown and unkempt. I have to keep snipping bits off that overhang and snag me from the raised bed.However, on the ground plot are many raspberry canes, bearing fruit! So I've fired off an email to our allotsment office asking if I can take over the rental. I'd like to 'get in there' before other plot holders nick the fruit.
13-10-2014, 10:47 AM
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Re: Late fruiting raspberries
Originally Posted by Jazzi
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Funny you should say this, Meg. I've got my eye on the raised bed plot next to me, as it is the only one unoccupied in the line. It has been in disuse for many years and is overgrown and unkempt. I have to keep snipping bits off that overhang and snag me from the raised bed.However, on the ground plot are many raspberry canes, bearing fruit! So I've fired off an email to our allotsment office asking if I can take over the rental. I'd like to 'get in there' before other plot holders nick the fruit.
they could be an autumn fruiting variety, mine are not.
14-10-2014, 09:14 AM
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Re: Late fruiting raspberries
Tulameen is a late summer fruiting variety Meg, although you are doing very well for them not to have finished by now.... enjoy..
Here's the link..
14-10-2014, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by plantman
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Tulameen is a late summer fruiting variety Meg, although you are doing very well for them not to have finished by now.... enjoy..Here's the link..
yes I am aware they are a late summer variety and have treated them as such cutting back and tying in a few strong canes but I am surprised they are still fruiting . I guess it might be down to the lovely warm autumn
.As this is their first year I have nothing to compare them with.
14-10-2014, 11:43 AM
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I grow several autumn fruiting varieties but they've always finished by the end of September. I prefer the autumn varieties because I can just cut the canes to the ground when they've finished fruiting and they cannot get damaged by the winter winds, I find them much bigger and sweeter than the summer berries and they also have very few pests other than the birds....|
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