Growing summer raspberries or autumn raspberries?
Summer raspberries and autumn raspberries differ in terms of care and harvest time. While the summer varieties ripen earlier, the autumn varieties need two months longer.
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But the care of the autumn raspberries is much less complicated. While only the two-year-old shoots of the summer raspberry are cut, the branches of the autumn raspberries are completely removed.
Autumn raspberries are largely maggot-free, as the raspberry beetle no longer lays eggs during flowering. In addition, the late varieties do not suffer from rod disease that only affects perennial shoots.
Benefits of summer raspberry
- It is ripe earlier
- Higher crop yields
Benefits of the autumn raspberry
- Hardly any maggot infestation
- No failures due to rod sickness
- Simple cut back
- Bears fruit in the first year
Tips for growing
The cultivation of the two main varieties does not make a major difference.
Raspberries need a sunny, airy place in nutritious, very loose soil. Although they also thrive in nutrient-poor soils, the harvest is then less.
Plant the raspberries in rows or create a raspberry hedge. Make sure you have a suitable frame to which you can tie the rods.
The best time to plant
You should plant raspberries in autumn. Over the winter the roots have time to strengthen themselves.
Raspberry bushes can also be planted in spring. However, it then takes a year longer for the first summer raspberries to ripen. The harvest of autumn raspberries is less if they are only planted in spring.
Note the planting distance
Don't put raspberries too densely. The distance between the individual bushes should be at least half a meter.
A planting distance of 1.20 to 1.50 meters between the rows is ideal. This way you can harvest the bushes well and avoid compacting the soil too much by stepping on them.
Tips & Tricks
If you are a big raspberry lover, consider growing summer and fall raspberries. Then you will always harvest new fruits from July until the onset of frost. An alternative is two-timer raspberries, which produce two harvests.
