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Aug 6th, 2007
Aug 6th, 2007
Autumn Raspberries
I harvested a basketful of raspberries this weekend from our row of Autumn raspberries. In my experience Autumn raspberries tend to give bigger yields and the fruit are larger too. I planted this row of ten Autumn Bliss canes in December 2005 with four golden raspberries (I forget the variety now). They are all doing very well - even though only one golden variety made it through. We have more than enough raspberries for the two of us. I’d recommend planting some raspberries this November if you haven’t already. They are very easy to maintain. Just cut them back to the ground in the winter and they will spring back and fruit like crazy!
I sooo agree! Autumn Bliss are fat, sweet, plentiful, juicy and easy to grow!
I planted some summer fruiting canes last year to increase the raspberry season and oh how I regret it. The new canes have grown through the netting by about 4 feet ( A B doesn’t even need netting)
and my next task is to become scratched to death cutting out the old canes and pulling the new ones through the ****** netting!
I’m tempted to dig them up………
Also, don’t forget that Autumn Bliss freeze really well
I planted 10 canes of Autumn Bliss early this year and most of them died. I’ll be planting more next year.
I planted some Autumn Bliss early in spring and they died too! I am going to try planting some in November.
PS. Your captcha script doesn’t work all the time - it keeps failing me and I know I’ve typed the right answers in!
what a beautiful photo…. if that doesn’t inspire me to grow raspberries then I am without spirit
I have only just started to grow raspberries, my Dad gave me half a dozen canes, they haven’t done much this year (only a couple of handfuls of fruit so far) but hopefully next year they will do better, it is great just to be able to go out in the garden and pick off the berries as they appear, before the birds find them that is. Thanks Gill for getting back to me with the advice on blogging, maybe someone will discover my blog eventually …!
Feb this year I stuck half a dozen raspberry canes in the flower border, and to remind me where they were I didn’t prune them. Lo and behold those 18 inch high last year rods came into leaf and flowered and fruited during June (we only had about a good bowlfull, but they were bootifull). I still haven’t done anything to the plants, except start picking fruit off this current years growth. I have been assured that the variety is Autumn Bliss, but I cannot find any reference to the dual fruitng aspect. Can anyone help.
i have had a good crop off some my autumn raspberries, but half of the canes are not fruiting and do not flower. can anyone help?
Did you cut them down to the ground in Feb? Autumn raspberries fruit on this year’s canes. Other than that I know that they like Acid soil and plenty of manure. Also they don’t like to have their roots disturbed by hoeing.
I have just been given some autumn raspberries. Is it too late to plant them and do they need to be supported? Would appreciate any advice as this is all new to me!
Answer to: Autumn Bliss, but I cannot find any reference to the dual fruitng aspect. Can anyone help.
I’ve just read that if you cut only 50% of the canes back at prunning time the remaining canes will branch out and fruit in June/July. Aparently this does not affect the new grow for the autumn fruit.
May I use your picture as part of a moodboard I am working on? It’s not for any publications, just for a moodboard contest on decor8.blogspot.com. I just love your pic. I will make sure to mention your blog name. Thanks!
Update to: Autumn Bliss, but I cannot find any reference to the dual fruiting aspect.
Thanks Andrew W for your information. Last November (2007) I got some Autumn Bliss from a neighbour who every year, like a good boy, does as he is told and cuts the plants to ground level and gets a good crop off the current years growth, but, because of what I learned from my half a dozen plants I put in year last February, I took a good look at the rods and noticed that they fruited from the top down, and it was only the frost that stopped them from fruiting, so I pruned down to that level and lo and behold, this year from the leaf axils most of them bore fruit, (as did the ones in the flower garden). The new rods are now bearing fruit, (flowering and fruiting from the top) so next Spring I shall again only prune down to where they stopped fruiting, and with at least 18 plants I shall expect luverlee raspberries from June til the first frosts off the same plants. Yum yum
I too find autumn bliss very good. on my heavy clay (even though improved with grit etc) summer rasps do not last well but autumn bliss are reliable. one year when I never got round to cutting them back in winter, they did fruit early on the previous yr’s canes- though it made the season very drawn-out and I never got a good crop all at once.
I have just bought five bare rooted canes of Autumn Bliss.
How far apart should I plant them, bearing in mind I only have half an allotement?
Look forward to replies.
All the comments on Autumn Bliss raspberries were illuminating but can anyone tell me the approximate height to which they will grow? Many thanks.
Hello Stephanie, plant them wherever you want because Raspberries are wanderers and they will do their own thing unless you keep them in check, which I hope I have done this year by putting them into a raised bed 30inches wide x 14foot long x the height of a scaffolding board. I planted 14 down the middle of the bed and pruned them as above (with the idea of growing a row of dwarf Bolotti Beans down either side) now most of them are in bud, and 5 plants are already throwing up this years fruiting rods, the furthest is about a foot away from the parent plant. I gave away the excess canes from the garden and the allotment, and I now have a veritable forest of new growth (I shall leave them for the fruit this year) from where some roots were left in the soil. Hello Jan, none of mine have grown more than 42inches high, so they have not been staked, but it might be a different story once they are established and the growth is like a thick hedge, and if you live in a very windy place, so just grow and enjoy, and cross that bridge when you come to it.
Help,
I have just bought 5 Autumn Bliss Raspberry canes, they have some green leaves coming through. I have put them in the greenhouse until I have cleared an area in my garden. I have read a few blogs and nearly all say these should be planted in Autumn. Help!!!
Any advise would be taken on board.
Many thanks
Hi Cteds,
You did well to find raspberries on sale at this time of year! The blogs are right raspberries should be planted in Autumn. However, now that you’ve got your plants I would plant them. What have you got to lose? Raspberries are pretty robust plants - it takes a lot to faze them. Maybe think about nipping the flowers off this year to allow the plant to gain strength before it fruits next year.
I grow golden raspberrys at home. Why? Because they don’t get those little white maggots in them (with which my previous red ones were plagued). Only snag is they are very vigorous, grow to over 5ft. and send out underground shoots 6-8 ft. away.
Can I plant golded raspberries in a half cut wine barrel, or do they need to be planted in the ground? My concern is that The soil I have in the ground is clay based and I understand that it is not good for raspberries? Is that correct, or will they do ok in a clay based soil?
Hi Gabriel,
I planted my Raspberries in a very heavy, sticky soil at my allotment when I had it. They did fine. If you’re worried about your clay then you could work in some compost before you plant your Raspberries. I think you might find that a tub will be too small after the first year. They tend to spread quite a bit by sending out suckers.
Hope that helps
The raspberries I made jam with this week have not made such nice jam. It’s still edible and delicious just slightly tarter.
Loads more to pick that will have to wait until tomorrow though, and hopefully some plums to be picked again.
The damsons are teasing me. Leaping to their death on the ground where the slugs are finding them first.
And I’ve got to find time to go pick some blackberries too!
I planted 25 Autumn Bliss in November 4 years ago. They fruited the following autumn and I did not cut any canes back until after they had fruited a second time the following June. I have carried out this procedure each year since, having two excellent crops per year. The cutting down of the canes cropping in the autumn during the winter would thus deprive me of the following June crop, thus the only time I cut out old canes is after this crop.
I have to net carefully against birds stealing my June crop but they have no interest in the autumn crop which therefore I do not net.
I planted 6 canes of Autum Bliss last November & my little girl an I have had great pleasure picking so many raspberries this autumn.
Made several crumbles and lost count of how many jam jars we filled.
Jast planted 3 more canes and cut back this years all ready for another great years harvest in 2010.
Inspired by the thought of Autumn raspberries from your picture -painted more than a thousand words for me. Planted 12 Autumn raspberry canes today-variety called Polka. Anybody heard of them? Hope it is not too late for them to get established.
Granny Sue
Hi i have just read with interest your post on autumn bliss raspbeeries, i have just been given 5 autumn bliss raspberry canes for my xmas and need some advice on planting please,
i have a relatively small garden and the best sunny but sheltered spot for me to plant these canes is quite clayey!? would they be ok if i mixed some good compost in the ground before planting?
also there are five canes in a ball do i seperate and plant these in rows or just as one big wigwam shape? can i plant these now or do i need to wait a bit? and finally do i need to trim back the canes after planting. any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
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