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Re: Raspberries

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

Mary,

I would *NOT* recommend growing raspberries sqft style. Raspberries
propagate underground and spread out to fill any and all available
space. This is good, because you only need to plant a few plants at
first and pretty soon you've got lots of plants and LOTS of yummy
raspberries...but I'm afraid any attempts to confine the plants into
square feet will meet with frustration...especially because the plants
themselves are long, thorny, and lanky.

Hope that helps...
-Jonathan Maier
 jmaier@mindspring.com

Mary Thorp wrote:
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Any raspberry growers out there in sqft-land?  I'm planning to tear out
> an existing hedge and replace it with raspberries. There is an old fence
> behind the hedge that I was planning to use as support for the canes.
> My main questions are:
> 
> (1)  What spacing is best for raspberries?
> (2)  What, if any, special soil preparation is necessary/recommended
> before planting?
> (3)  What single variety best combines flavor, disease resistance and
> high yields?
> 
> I've never grown raspberries before, but I have a family of raspberry
> addicts and I figure it might be cheaper to grow my own, and
> educational/decorative to boot.  Thanks in advance,
> 
> Mary
> 
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