Raspberries
Raspberries: summer and autumn types, planting canes, supports, pruning and picking.
Raspberries at a glance
- Position
- Sunny, light shade gives a smaller crop
- Soil
- Fertile, well-drained, not waterlogged
- Soil pH
- 6–6.7
- Spacing
- 150 cm between rows, 40 cm apart in the row, 40–60 cm apart, rows 1.5–2 m apart (RHS)
- Plant
- November to March, while dormant
- Harvest
- June to October, depending on type
- Height
- Summer types about 1.8 m, autumn types 1.2–1.5 m
- Difficulty
- Medium
Growing and care
Raspberries through the year
Every job for growing raspberries on one chart. Click a row to open the full guide.
Plant bare root canes Plant bare root canes Cut autumn fruiting canes to the ground Harvest summer fruiting Prune summer fruiting after harvest Harvest autumn fruiting
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In this section we use these sources: Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), Garden Organic, BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. Each page lists its own sources at the bottom.