Comments on: How to Grow Raspberries

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:33:30 +0000

My berries look ripe, but are not sweet and flavorful. They are bit early even, but they are not getting their usual dark red, and lack taste. I’m only picking the ones that are easy to pull off the stems, and there are many not ready. I waited an additional couple of days, but now the ones that appeared ripe are falling off the stems, so I really think they are ready. Have you every experienced this with your berries? Our spring and summer so far has been coolish here in Portland. Is it heat they need to develop their sugar? Just FYI,These are Canbys in their 3rd year. Before them, I had Heritage in that spot for about 15 years.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:25:05 +0000

I also love raspberries and mine are doing great. unfortunately, I had my first japanese beetle sighting yesterday. I was going to try netting the berries. I thought I would tent over them and then put a net over the “tent”. Has anyone else tried this? What kind of net did you use?

By: Administrator

Administrator — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:42:30 +0000

do they get sun? Do they have adequate soil?

By: C Mettler

C Mettler — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:03:27 +0000

I live in the Denver area, and my raspberries hardly produce any berries at all. I have had these plants for many years, they stay alive, but do not produce. They receive water from the lawn sprinkler every other day. What is wrong?

By: Administrator

Administrator — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:53:14 +0000

There is only one type Steve.

By: Steve Seideman

Steve Seideman — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:14:08 +0000

I wanrt to plant raspberries that are stalks versus those that are weeping/running. How do I know which varieties produce sticks or vines.???

By: James Mann

James Mann — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:12:17 +0000

Raspberries are my most favorite berry. They take me back to childhood, before I went to foster care. My granddad took care of them like they were his children and it paid off.

This is the first year I have planted raspberries on our new property but I didn’t realize that raspberries have runners.

I did plant my strawberries in a raised bed for that reason.

I guess I will take the raspberries back up and plant them in our other raised bed.

Thanks for the great information.

By: NAOMI

NAOMI — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:38:38 +0000

WOW–i’m jealous! I love to grow anything in our backyard that i can harvest for food. We planted 3 raspberries a yr ago and 2 only barely survived. Now the leaves are curling up and drying with one of the plant leaving white powdery substance on its leaves. HELP– on how i can save them and have them grow more vigorously and ensure fruit harvest for next year.

By: Eric Bronson

Eric Bronson — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:56:37 +0000

Wow, lucky you, I love raspberries. There are some temperate things I wish I could grow here!

By: James

James — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:46:58 +0000

Hi – Looks like you’ve done well from your raspberries! I wanted to seek your advice – I have a large fruit cage (approx 8 feet by 20 feet)and it has a net ceiling about 7.5 feet high. My new, non-fruiting canes are reaching the ceiling and I want to cut them back down – what do you recommend in order to keep them strong to fruit next year?

I also have a serious cane sprawling problem, so will have to remove a large number of canes soon – it is like a jungle!

Any thoughts much appreciated.

James