I grew up with raspberries; I learned to raise them from my dad and he learned from his dad; my great grandfather also raised berries so our combined experiences come from northern-Utah, Seattle, Washington, Central Washington, and Eastern Washington. When I was little we had both thorned and thornless plants. None of us liked picking the ones with thorns. Fortunately, when we bought our house, all the established plants had no thorns. Follow us through one year of caring for them!
You may notice some yellow berries. While we don't talk about them here, their growth differs slightly in that they produce a small fall crop on first year canes and the bulk of their crop the second year. They have not been as hearty or productive.
A variety of raspberries that you mow down in the fall are called Heritage (and probably others). After they bear the second, heavier crop in the fall, you can mow them down. Next spring, new primo canes grow, fruit in spring, then fruit more heavily in the fall. These are the very thorny ones that my dad grew when I was little. There are varieties that have a light crop on the primocane in the year they grow and a heavier crop on the same cane in the spring of the next year. If you mow them off in the fall, you only get the light crop.
Raspberries are very satisfying to grow!
8 авг 2021
