“I was surprised at the very real sense of sadness that hit me when I realized there would be no more fresh goodies. I can’t wait until Spring!!”
I totally understand. My lettuce ( under plastic over wire hoops lasted until the beginning of January...but is now gone.)
My spinach and kale (and ONE lettuce plant) are still doing very well in the cold frame. It was around 20 degrees this morning and will stay cold for the next couple of days.
In the meantime, my sister and I are combining our seed/plant orders to satisfy the requirements for FREE shipping. I’m getting seedless grapes (the ground was already prepared with good compost, horse manure and peat moss; put down some landscape fabric and covered with a heavy bale of straw...it’s percolating all winter)... and raspberry canes.
Has anyone here got tips on raspberry culture that could be beneficial?
I’m also ordering some more blueberry bushes. I am actually using these to landscape. ;-)
Plant them in the ground instead of leaving them in their packages to cook on the driveway.
Seriously, their are books on rasberry and blackberry culture. I had some diagrams that showed same "T" supports that looked good. I think you want to avoid letting them get all in a tangle.
Lots of people on this board know a lot about it. But leaving them on the hot driveway to "cook" is NOT the way to go. That's what happened to mine.
Are your Raspberries a upright variety or the trailing type like Blackberries which will require a trellis? We just pruned our upright Raspberries yesterday and I believe they are called Heritage. We got them from our neighbor 20 years ago.