- Different method to grow raspberries
- prick offshoots
- Growing raspberries from root cuttings
- lower rods
- tips and tricks
As a raspberry lover, you probably can't have enough raspberries in your garden. Just grow some shrubs yourself. This is not difficult and even garden beginners can do it - if you follow a few tips.
Different method to grow raspberries
The best time to grow raspberries is autumn. How to get new plants:
- Cut out and transplant runners
- Cut root cuttings
- lower rods
Theoretically, of course, you can also grow new plants from the seeds of the raspberry fruits. But that is not recommended.
On the one hand, the extraction of single-variety seeds is quite laborious. On the other hand, it takes a long time before you can harvest the first raspberries. When propagating by cuttings, on the other hand, you can harvest the year after planting.
prick offshoots
Raspberries form many runners that spread throughout the garden.
If you want to grow new plants, pinch out the strongest offshoots generously. But make sure that it is actually the desired raspberry variety and not wild offshoots from the neighbor.
Plant them out in the prepared location. If you have left enough roots on the plant, the stolon will grow quickly.
Growing raspberries from root cuttings
This method is that surest way to grow exactly the raspberry variety you desire.
Carefully expose the raspberry plant on the side. Cut off a piece of the root with a sharp spade. Separate each ten centimeter long pieces. There should be at least five eyes on the severed piece.
Plant the root cuttings in the designated location and mulch the soil.
lower rods
This form of propagation is rarely used with raspberries. They lay a rod on the ground and cover it with soil in several places.
Roots form underground, from which a new raspberry bush develops. You can plant them out in spring.
tips and tricks
If you trade runners or root cuttings with your neighbor, make sure the "mother plant" is healthy and free from root rot or other fungal diseases. Otherwise, you will transfer diseases that are difficult to eradicate into your garden.