How to Propagate and Multiply Raspberry Plants 

That’s my secret 😂

Too much coffee, Red Bull, or something else.

​@@GeezerBoy65 Hey, nope none of that. He just enjoys doing these for us. Education and some knowledge that comes from experience. I'll be doing this so that we'll have a couple more raspberry patches growing for decades

That's what it's all about!

That's what I love most about these. They came from family. I love the stories that come with plants.

Awesome! Thank you Anastacia.

LOL, glad you enjoy it!

Yes, almost feel tired just listening to him 😜

That’s the energy I need. LOVE THIS GUY.

And he just can't hide it

It’s a talent

I call my nails this spring “Dirt French Tip” 😂😂

Glad you like them!

Yep, they come up real easy and will more than likely grow well if it has even a little bit of root attached. Glad it's all working out for you.

Thanks 👍

Good idea, thanks Ken!

Ken Slattery Hi Ken. We’re in middle of Minnesota. Where are you located? I know people who mow down their entire raspberry patch every fall and they always come back with heavier production of berries, it seems. What do y’all think? Experience this??

@@sheilasmith1109 This is the fall crop. Most red raspberries produce on the first year canes (primocanes) starting in late summer, starting at the tips and working their way back down one side-shoot at a time. This usually only gets a quarter to a half of the way doen the main cane by the time frost hits and the plant goes dormant. If frosts do not kill these dormant canes they will resume producing new side shoots down the rest of the cane the following spring. These spring raspberries are often not as high-quality as the crop on the new primocanes, usually because cool damp springs lead to significant fungal disease on the fruits. The nice thing about most red raspberries is that you can just mow them down each fall and get a nice big high-quality crop all summer and fall until frosts end the harvest season. If you get good quality spring berries then it's worth leaving some of the canes from winter standing, maybe one every 8-10 inches to keep good airflow, but if they seem to get pretty damaged you are going to be better off chopping everything that fruited last season and only leaving the canes that have not yet flowered at all. There are always a few from the late fall. That's all there is to it, really. I don't know how ours will be so I am leaving just a few and making sure they are really spaced out but for the most part I will cut out the previously-fruited canes so that I can get a bigger summer harvest this year. Last year was the very first year in the ground and it was insane, I am growing the Joan Jett variety and it is pretty fantastic.

@@slizzardman Thanks for sharing that, Joshua! Where’s a good place to purchase those young plants?

@@sheilasmith1109 I would google. Burpee has 5 plants for 23 bucks + shipping i am sure, that is pretty good. Personally I get most plants from Stark Bros Nursery or Grower's Solution. Nourse farms is probably the best for berries and is cheaper than Burpee. If you plant them about 4-5 feet apart in spring you will get a bunch of root suckers by fall that you can relocate to rapidly expand your patch, just watch some youtube videos on how to do this. Red raspberries are highly invasive, those root suckers will not die so don't worry lol... if you do this 1-2 months before first expected frost you will see explosive growth and production the next spring. I had 3 varieties, 3 plants each, that I just left out in a 25 gallon fabric bag from fall to over the winter (central va) and by springtime I had like 15 plants of Joan J, maybe 8 Royalty, and 6-7 of a third type which is apparently only a floricane fruiter (second year canes only aka "summer bearing").. I have a 24ish foot bed that I planted them in, 8 feet per variety. Joan J was in two rows, 1 plant every 12-18 inches in April with 2-2.5 feet between the rows, the others were a single row. My bed was just an 8 inch thick layer of compost from our stall waste (wood shavings and horse poop) from our 5 horses, was about 7 month old compost that was never turned. I did give the plants fish emulsion twice, once at planting and once a month later but that was it. Royalty got almost completely obliterated by disease, like a few canes are coming back over the winter but I think I will trash them (putting them on a woods-line and wishing them luck). The third variety got hit hard by japanese beetles and a little blight but I do have some decent canes so the jury is out on that one. Joan J grew like nothing happened, literally shrugged it all off. I have tons of japanese beetles (will hit the yard hard with nematodes and milky spore this year) but even that couldn't slow them down much. The early crop was damaged by fungus due to exceptionally wet weather, but the Primocane crop far exceeded expectations, I mean from july to November there were several handfuls of ripe berries every single day, flavor was excellent and they are totally thornless!

Sounds like you could start your own you pick berry patch.

Glad it was helpful!

Oh yeah, runners galore!

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the video!

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When do you replants the potted babies Mike?

I let them grow strong in a pot for one summer and then plant the following spring.

I love teaching my kids

Yeah, the thornless are the way to go in my opinion.

You got it Melvin!

They multiply like crazy!

Thanks, I'll have to look them up!

From Canby Oregon?

Can this variety grow in zone 9b? I’m looking for a thornless raspberry that grows in my zone.

@@jorgemartinez-jv8vx I'm sure it will do fine there.

You’re very welcome Renee

Glad it was helpful. Good luck!

There's other ways too. I'll probably do more about these plants in the future.

They really should be in the ground to perform their best but you can grow them in pots.

I've got a bunch that will be ready in the spring.

Awesome! Thank you!

That's all you need!

I’d do it now so the roots have a chance to start getting established. I’ll bet we do have the same variety. Great berries!

That's so great to hear. Thanks for sharing that with me and I wish you the best!

Thank you for the advice. I alleviate it. You seem to know about raspberries, maybe you can answer this question. Currently I have 9 plants plus all the ones that come around those during the I have 2 good size plants I bought last year & the others I've had for 2-3 yrs.so far the only ones I've gotten berry's from are the 2 I just got last year. I can't say I git very many but there were probably 9 groups of maybe 6-12 berries in each group. I've read that each bush is both male & female . I even planted a variety of flowers by b them to help pollinate them. Why would I only have gotten Berries on the 2 newest & never even one off all the rest? What else can I do? I'm slowly trying to get enough so I can start making ham again. Than I s in advance for any & all help

Glad you learned from the video.

@@MikeKincaid79 lol u have such passion

They sure do spread. Glad you've found a setup that works for you.

@@MikeKincaid79 now I feel inspired to dig some of these up to create another pot of raspberries 😉

Thanks for sharing that. I'll have to do some experimenting with it.

And I'll bet they sell like crazy!

@serendipidus1 Make sure you renew your soil by adding homemade compost or some type of rich soil mix from the store.

These are floricane raspberries, so they fruit on second year old wood.

They're awesome!

Any potting soil will work. Fertilize with a slow release fertilizer. I like to use higher nitrogen fertilizer until I get them in ground.

Thanks! They are wonderful.

Good luck!

Right on! I'll have to try it. You should be able to cut it away from the parent plant and just plant the new one where you want it.

You sure can

Great! Thank you very much. 😁 @@MikeKincaid79

I wait until I see roots coming down to the bottom holes in the pots.

Thanks!

Thanks Michele! I don't fertilize them. A few years ago, when we originally built this orchard, I put down 6 inches of a cow manure/wood shavings material from a local dairy farm. Then I put 6 inches of wood chips over that. Over the years, it has broken down into a beautiful soil with plenty of nutrients for years to come. If you don't have access to those materials, just use good old grass clippings and leaves ever year as mulch. You can supplement with a store bought fertilizer in the meanwhile if needed. We prune them down to 4 to 5 feet after tying them up in bunches every fall.

Hi I have mine in a container about 3 feet across they’ve been in the same container with the same sale for at least 10 years I’ve put on chicken pallet manure when I remember and feed them regularly I heard they were gross feeders and when you think about the amount of product they put out they must need a lot of food to make it all, I live in the north of England and I have had beautiful crops every year it’s the one time of year I can guarantee my grandson will come to visit has he adores them and I got sick to death of paying £2 for a small punnet ,

These already had roots so pot them right up in soil and keep in a shady location until rooted in well.

Right on!

I put some in a tub and within a year, they rooted through the drainage holes and into the soil. The following spring I had blackberries coming up around the pot from the soil, lol. Be careful.

Raspberries will continue to spring up new growth from one plant. So if you plant one in a pot, you'll have 10 of them in that pot in a short time.

We planted them in a 50 foot row and then planted grass on wither side about 12 foot away from the row on each side. So all we have to do is mow the grass once a week and it keeps all the berries in their row.

@@MikeKincaid79 right but then with the spent canes do you cut them all out each year?

Oh, got ya. Yes, we cut the spent canes out and then tie the new canes up in bunches.

@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks man, I've tried to look up good videos about pruning but can't find many that agree with each other so I determined it doesn't matter too much and ill just wait until I know for a fact the cane is spent then just cut out as I see them.

There's no right way to do it, in fact, my mother in law has a row of these that's about 2 to 3 feet thick with t-posts and wire running along each side. She leaves the old and new canes and just makes sure they come up between the wire. Her method of leaving the old canes actually helps provide support to the new canes. I've thought about doing it this way but I like the thin and tidy row.

I had a little too much coffee this day, lol

@@MikeKincaid79 or just the right amount ;) you on Instagram ?!

These raspberries are so prolific and taste great! You're right, they spread like crazy. We planted grass around them and mow about 10 foot on either side and that keeps them in their row.

I was wondering the same thing. I live in zone 5 and we have all 4 seasons here.... sometimes all in the same week!

Clay soil is a tough one to deal with. Just keep mixing lots of porous organic material into it. get wood chips and a lot of cow or chicken manure, then that would be a good start.

Eventually you'll have more than you know what to do with! These things grow fast.

They will, just place them in shade while they get established in pots.

@@MikeKincaid79 Sounds like the shade is the key for the transplants.

Same… I’m getting ready to go dig up some wild raspberry shoots ❤️

Yeah, the thornless are awesome!

Glad it was helpful!

I'd leave the sucker alone until spring and then pull it up and pot it. Then it will have all summer to grow strong roots of its own.

Thanks! Every spring the channel takes a jump but this year it's really climbing.

Thanks Liv! Here's your video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RxMule_iC1g.html

I’m not familiar with the depth of cold that you get there but if the parent plants are cold hardy to your region then the cuttings should be fine. I’d leave them in pots undisturbed and store them in an unheated shed or next to the wall of a building on the side that doesn’t get wind. Plant in spring. That’s my vote.

@@MikeKincaid79 thanks. Yes -30`F can be quite common here in Manitoba during the winter.

I've got a lot of work ahead of me, haha

If they dried out then that's pretty much it. The biggest problems are too much heat and too much moisture.

I pot them up in fine fir bark. I had a bad injury last summer too, in which I needed surgery and was out for the summer. My place is behind too so I get it. Blackberries mixed in with raspberries.......sounds like a good pie, lol.

I suppose time will tell.

If I had berries that didn't produce, I'd get rid of them.

I have aphids all over the place and never seem to have a problem. Cycles of different pests come and go around here and I don't try to treat the majority of them. Part of nature and tough to fight it all.

@@MikeKincaid79 thanks a lot for the reply. It's my first year planting raspberries and I was panicking over the bunch of aphids surrounding them.

You can but it won't prevent them from growing under the structure unless it's fairly deep. How deep? Not sure but don't want to invest the time and money to find out, lol. My Mother-in-law has her raspberries in a raised bed of railroad ties and they are still growing under them and popping up everywhere. Hope that helps.

@@MikeKincaid79 you are right, it is a waste of time trying to contain them to a bed, they just wanna roam ! The raccoons got into mine this year, good job I had a decent harvest, I had plenty to share, however, they did rather wreck some of the older canes so I think this is the year for major pruning and clean up and possibly starting a new patch elsewhere. Could you touch on some of the different types of raspberries for us, eg.. ever-bearing, fall, yellow etc., thanks, Take care and stay safe, Sandie from Ontario Canada.

I'm guessing it would work the same.

Oh yeah, they’ll pop up everywhere.

I just planted some myself for the first time, Chilliwack, Golden Yellow, and also a Nelly Kelly. When I mentioned it to my neighbor he looked horrified - 'they'll spread everywhere etc' - from South Australia

@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks for the video! Is there a way for our family to get some starts of your raspberry variety? We are in California and would love to get some thornless red raspberries and your variety sounds pretty great!!

Correct. They fruit the second year, on previous year's growth.

@@MikeKincaid79 thanks. Sorry I had a typo. I meant how do I winterize them? How should they be protected from frost?

Glad you like them!

My mother in law prunes her canes back to 5 feet as well every year and they produce abundantly, so that's not a problem. We only have one type of raspberry and they've never needed a cross pollinator. I'm not sure what the problem is. Could it be that your soil is lacking elements that promote fruiting?

@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks Mike, I really appreciate you getting back to me. Going to try moving them to another location and giving them a fresh start, soil is poor here.

You're welcome, Nancy!

Yes, you can. Just make sure you've got proper lighting and keep them fertilized and watered through the winter.

Thank you!

I need to focus on getting some of these going. Gotten a lot of requests for them. If I do sell them, it'll be through Ebay.

You could try taking cuttings of them but you'll need a way to keep the humidity high around the cuttings while they root. It is getting later in the season and the weather will be getting cooler. I'd personally wait until next spring when you have all season to propagate and plenty of warm weather. Better odds of rooting that way.

I just did that same method today with a thornless blackberry I have. By the way, your rose cuttings are starting to put on new growth!

@@MikeKincaid79 Great job Mike. Mine are just putting out new buds, and as soon as they bloom I'm post a picture, so you will know what they will look like.

Looking forward to it Richard!

Your Black Raspberry that looks like a Blackberry is probably a Blackberry!

I bought one. It's called imperial black or black imperial.

I'd let it go dormant. Raspberries are pretty tough and it takes a lot to kill them. It should bounce back in the spring and do well for you.

If you're worried about it you could bring it inside but you'll have to keep it alive and growing well with light and fertilizer through the winter.

No idea what variety but they sure do taste great! I'll have to do some cuttings and make them available. If I do sell them, it will be through my Ebay account, same name.

@@MikeKincaid79 - Awesome. Will keep an eye open!

Please post when you do!

@@MikeKincaid79 please post when you do. I'm in Ireland, so hopefully be able to deliver to Europe