BLACKBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES

Home » Home and Family » Gardening Join Sign in EzineArticles - Expert Authors Sharing Their Best Original Articles Search Dayante Rossdale Expert Author | 86 Articles Joined: May 14, 2009 Malaysia Growing Cane Fruit By Dayante Rossdale | Submitted On December 25, 2010 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Raspberries, blackberries and hybrid berries such as Logan berries are easy to grow. Black berries will even produce decent crop if they are grown against a north facing wall. Raspberries crop needs a sunny, sheltered spot and a well drained but moisture retentive soil to do well. Raspberries dislike winter wet, so grow them on a ridge of top soil if your soil is heavy. Space plants 15 to 18 inches apart in the row. After planting, cut back the stems to about 12 inches, cutting just above the bud. The following spring cut back the old stem to ground level as new shoots emerge. Raspberries can be grown against a free standing support or alongside a fence. The easiest form of support consists of stout posts at ten feet intervals along the row with horizontal fencing wire strung between the posts and held taut with tensioning bolts. Only two wires are needed, one running about 24 inches from the ground and the second at a height of about 4 feet. There are two types of raspberry, summer fruiting and autumn fruiting; By far the most common are the summer fruiting varieties, which bear fruit on canes produced the previous year. Autumn fruiting raspberries, on the other hand, produce their fruit at the tips of the canes produced during the current season. Prune summer fruiting raspberries in early autumn by removing all shoots that have fruited back to ground level and tying in new shoots to the support. If there are too many shoots to space about 3 inches apart on the support, cut out the weakest. Autumn fruiting raspberry canes should be cut back to ground level after harvesting. New shoots produced from below ground in spring will bear fruit in the following autumn. After planting, cut black currants back to a single bud above the ground. The following winter, remove any weak or misplaced growth. Subsequent pruning can take place either in winter or when harvesting. Remove dead and diseases stems and cut out up to a third of two year old or older wood. After planting a red or white currant bush, you need to cut back each main shoot by about half. During subsequent pruning, in summer, you need to aim to form an open bush. In winter, cut back all new growth on the main shoots and reduce the new growth on all side shoots to two buds. Remove any dead and diseases stems. For more detailed information on Nutritional Supplement [http://nutritionalsupplementproduct.com/] try visiting http://NutritionalSupplementProduct.com/ [http://nutritionalsupplementproduct.com/allergy-remedies-c-191.html] a popular website that offers Health and Fitness related tips, advice and resources. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Dayante_Rossdale/783240 0 Comments | Leave a Comment Did you find this article helpful? Happy Face0 Sad Face0 Viewed 49 times Word count: 409 Article Tools EzinePublisher Report this article Cite this article Stay Informed Subscribe to New Article Alerts: Home and Family: Gardening Dayante Rossdale Email Address Subscribe We will never sell or rent your email address. Gardening Article Feed Gardening Article Feed Find More Articles Search Similar Articles Top Recipes to Use Your Home-Grown Raspberries History Of Raspberry Plants Tadmor Raspberry Canes - An Amazing New Breed How To Grow Raspberries: Useful Tips and Hints! Raspberries and Their Health Benefits Raspberries - Why They're Good For Our Daily Diet Pruning Raspberries What Are Simple Succulent Fruits? How to Plant and Maintain Raspberry Bushes Raspberry: A Juicy Fruit Recent Articles 4 Small Shade Trees That Are Perfect for Any Yard Gardening - The Hardest Vegetables to Grow Herbicides to Use Against Invading Water Chestnuts When Is the Right Time to Start Getting Rid of Lily Pads? What Is Sustainability for Preppers? Children Love to Garden Plant and Prune Between Rainy Days in February in Southern California How to Hire the Best Gardeners Plant Fertilizers: Importance of Micronutrients Benefits of Astro Turf for Gardens EzineArticles.com About Us FAQ Contact Us Member Benefits Privacy Policy Shop Site Map Blog Training Video Library Advertising Affiliates Cartoons Authors Submit Articles Members Login Premium Membership Expert Authors Endorsements Editorial Guidelines Terms of Service Publishers Terms Of Service Ezines / Email Alerts Manage Subscriptions EzineArticles RSS © 2017 EzineArticles All Rights Reserved Worldwide