raspberry gardening guides for teachers

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Page 2: Raspberry Gardening Guides for Teachers

Pick when fully coloured. Cut ‘fruited canes’ to soil level. Leave ‘non-fruiting’ canes on summer raspberries (ie current season’s growth) to fruit next year after overwintering

Water, mulch. Tie new canes to horizontal wires. ‘Summer raspberries’ produce fruit on growth from year before; ‘autumn raspberries’ on current season’s growth

Growing guide

Average time to harvestFrom 18 months

Equipment neededStakes, wire, twine, mulch

When to pruneAutumn

Average plant size180cm tall, 45cm wide

Family group to grow withRosaceae: blackberry, plum

Seed saving group5 - Specialist or not applicable

Key nutritional contentVitamin C, folate

Fruit

Raspberry Suggested varieties: Malling Jewel (summer); Autumn Bliss (autumn)

Sow indoors Sow outdoors Plant out/transplant Harvest Use cloche

2.5cm = 1 inch 30 cm = 1 foot

Plant canes (30cm tall woody stems). Space 40cm apart; new canes will form unbroken row over time. Rows 150cm apart. Choose well drained soil in sunny sheltered siteP

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Give it a go…

Spring Term Summer Term Autumn/Winter TermJ F M A M J J A S O N D

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