This is how I want my raspberries to be “organized”! I had to watch it more times than I’d like to admit to get the idea of how this is set up! I was so intrigued by the berry rainbows! Thank you! New subscriber from MI! Update: Here I am a year later watching my favorite raspberry video, because I have a 3 or 4’ mess of raspberry bushes. Apparently, I forgot about the wire on each side of the raspberry bushes. Please answer this: When is the best time of year to organize like this?
@@JennyJardin almost that long! I’m 4’ 9”, and they are over my head. I have a 4’ deep mess of heritage raspberries that I feel like cutting back. I can’t get to them now. I saw a video about cutting them back in the spring, because instead of two crops of berries, you get one beautiful crop!
Great... I have to go out and do mine today. Every Year, same thing. Raspberries are a bit labor intensive because of this fact that the canes die every couple of years.
No you just can build a wire structure and use the same one every year. Then in the spring just tie the new shoots to it once you cut out the old ones.
this is a really great idea. i have some forest bushes that took over an area on the side yard, under some trees but it gets good side-sun. thinking to dozer all of those (that's gonna be a project. ugh.) and put in raspberries like you have here, a little hedgeline so to speak. thanks for the idea!
We inherited an out of control berry patch on our property. I got a small harvest last year with doing nothing, but I plan to overhaul the whole patch and get it under control. Once the snow melts.
I did too. they are all in a big square area instead of a row. I wish they were in a nice row!! i am cleaning them up now trying to figure out how to manage them best.. the previous owner just tied them in clumps but I dont think I want to do that. I want to do something like this so I can get between the rows to harvest. Right now I am going in and pruning as I get warm days (here in New Hampshire still waiting for snow to melt).
I have/had the same issue as you large square with h poor yield. I did a major overhaul last year and need to do it again this year hope to do this with “cane training” over this year and next.
Looks like a nice way to control raspberries. I am planting some red raspberries today and will try to copy your idea. I would like to see a few more shots from a little farther away to get the overall view. I also was wondering about the soil requirements.
They aren't too picky with the soil. They do like lots fertilizer be it organic or chemical. Whatever you prefer. Huge consumers. They grow an incredible amount.
This was a big lightbulb moment for me, because roses (which are in the same family) produce more flowers when the canes are trained horizontally - so cool! If you have a moment, could you please let me know how far apart you space each raspberry plant from the other? Thanks!
I'd say there is 1 to 2 feet between plants. They really spread over the years so you don't need many plants as they fill up the space pretty quickly year after year.
Hi, tks for your informative videos. Do you think there is a species of raspberries that would grow in sub-tropical zone 9 Louisiana. My newest Gran loves these berries and I'd like to setup a patch in my garden just for her picking. Tks for your response. I appreciate.
I googled your area and someone said the only variety that does well is Dorman Red. Look into that. Google planting instructions for your area for more info.
Do you thin them out in the winter? How many canes can you leave for best quality? I live in Walla Walla east of the Cascades. In this climate we have to water at least once a week. Sunburn is also a problem here. I planted my new patch on the east side of my chestnut grove to reduce the afternon sun. Originally from Seattle area and have noticed the milder climate there helps produce sweeter berries. Are you on the west side? Thanks! For sure I will try your arching technique this year. Amazing!
We are in Langley, BC. My backyard faces south. My patch rows run directly north and south. I only prune out the dead canes. I leave all the live canes. I don't think out any live canes unless they come up outside the row tok far. Good luck growing. I have some friends who live in Walla Walla. One of our Adventist Colleges is there so lots of Seventh Day Adventists in the community. Hope you have good luck with the berries.
Thanks for the video. I will try copying your idea I love it. Mine are pretty wildest now I don't like. For the person worried about cold weather I am in Wisconsin and they are coming every year. My question for you. Do you move the wire every year? Or do you fix the plant to the wire? And what do you call the things that you tied the branches together?
I just used twine to tie the tips together to the wire. The wrire stays in place. These canes die and then will be removed next spring. I'll bend the new ones over next spring.
Does bunching the ends mess with them flowering? That is the area of the cane that flowers most and produces the most berries, if you tie it all together does it create problems? Thanks for the video
I don't think that is a correct belief from what I have experienced. You only tie the very tips of the canes to the wire. Then they send fruiting shoots out of the cane around the whole curvature. You get way more fruiting area this way. This is how cultivated raspberries are grown and cultivators are always looking to increase production. So I would say this will give you higher yields based on what I see in industry.
Will the 1st year canes survive winter? I have a bunch of them that came up this year. I'm in the southern california desert and it does get pretty cold up here in winter.
@@CaliforniaGardener BOISONberries!!! now there's one i haven't heard mentioned. or sold. (just only recently found elderberry and need to get that. they are really good. hadn't had before but St Germain liquor is made from that. and it tastes strongly of lychee fruit to me which can't grow here in zone 7. i have the hope that the elderberries will taste similar as they do work here. boisonberry was in a mixed fruit yogurt i used to like and i've always wanted access to the fruit itself.🙂 )
I'm not sure what you mean? If your plant has thorns you can still do the same thing. Wear gloves to handle the canes. These canes are mostly thornless.
How do you know which canes to prune? I know some raspberry plants keep their second year canes so I’m wondering how to know which ones fruited this year and which ones will fruit next year
funny enough, with blackberries, the number of leaves changes. you'll see 5s on one cane and 3s on another. wild. dunno if rasps are the same way. (yet)
I just mulch heavily and rarely water. I feel fertilizer is more important in spring and then not much water. Seems to ruin the berries with too much water. Sweeter without overwatering.
@@CaliforniaGardener Thank you for replying so fast. Do you think if I have any chance of keeping some canes in a big pot indoors as well? I saw that the root depth wasn't too deep.
Ok, so I have watched a ton of videos on raspberries and this is the first one I have found with this method. So you do not prune them at all it looks like. .... until they are dead right? You are just arching all that are coming up. Other videos say prune at 2 to 4 feet but this method negates that it seems. You are not in fact pruning them but just arching the new growth?
Yes, you are correct. I don't cut anything off the plants. I let them grow to their full height on year one. Then the following spring I bend them over into arches and cut out the dead vines from previous year that were arched the previous pring. Just repeat this process every year.
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This should be the number one video when searching for a raspberry trellis. Very simple and a problem solver!
Excellent thanks for watching! Glad it helped. And thanks for the feedback!
I agree!!!
Totally agree!! Easy to understand 🙌🏼 just what I need!
This was the number one search result when I looked it up :)
Can you update with a photo with the berries on the vine? Thank you for the great information
This was super helpful. I didn't know how people got these arches on trellises.
Now it made sense.
thanks glad it helped.
I bought raspberry plants not knowing how ill fit them in my small garden. Now this is perfect & beaitiful way to grow them. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks, glad this will help you!
Hi, dear friend! You have an amazing raspberry! I also like this plant. Thank you for this video!
thanks for watching and commenting.
This is how I want my raspberries to be “organized”! I had to watch it more times than I’d like to admit to get the idea of how this is set up! I was so intrigued by the berry rainbows! Thank you! New subscriber from MI!
Update: Here I am a year later watching my favorite raspberry video, because I have a 3 or 4’ mess of raspberry bushes. Apparently, I forgot about the wire on each side of the raspberry bushes.
Please answer this: When is the best time of year to organize like this?
Hey Tiny. Looking for a variety like in the video. Are your canes that long? What variety do you have? (I live in neighboring NW Ohio.)
@@JennyJardin almost that long! I’m 4’ 9”, and they are over my head. I have a 4’ deep mess of heritage raspberries that I feel like cutting back. I can’t get to them now. I saw a video about cutting them back in the spring, because instead of two crops of berries, you get one beautiful crop!
Thank´s. Shall definitely try out the arcing this season.
Works great!
just gave me boost of confidence
Great... I have to go out and do mine today. Every Year, same thing. Raspberries are a bit labor intensive because of this fact that the canes die every couple of years.
Thank you its my first raspberry experience and this helped immensely
Glad it helped!
Like your method. Would you explain how and when you wire trellis the new shoots? Is it new wire trellising for the new shoots each year? Thanks
No you just can build a wire structure and use the same one every year. Then in the spring just tie the new shoots to it once you cut out the old ones.
@@CaliforniaGardener thanks
@@CaliforniaGardener It looks like your wires cross at a couple of points. Why?
this is a really great idea. i have some forest bushes that took over an area on the side yard, under some trees but it gets good side-sun. thinking to dozer all of those (that's gonna be a project. ugh.) and put in raspberries like you have here, a little hedgeline so to speak. thanks for the idea!
Hope it works out for you!
We inherited an out of control berry patch on our property. I got a small harvest last year with doing nothing, but I plan to overhaul the whole patch and get it under control. Once the snow melts.
This will help good luck!
I did too. they are all in a big square area instead of a row. I wish they were in a nice row!! i am cleaning them up now trying to figure out how to manage them best.. the previous owner just tied them in clumps but I dont think I want to do that. I want to do something like this so I can get between the rows to harvest. Right now I am going in and pruning as I get warm days (here in New Hampshire still waiting for snow to melt).
I have/had the same issue as you large square with h poor yield. I did a major overhaul last year and need to do it again this year hope to do this with “cane training” over this year and next.
Raspberries just like to grow out of control. It’s in their nature. 🤣
Looks like a nice way to control raspberries. I am planting some red raspberries today and will try to copy your idea. I would like to see a few more shots from a little farther away to get the overall view. I also was wondering about the soil requirements.
They aren't too picky with the soil. They do like lots fertilizer be it organic or chemical. Whatever you prefer. Huge consumers. They grow an incredible amount.
Love this! Do you have any kind of barrier to keep the new shoots from coming up in the yard? Also, how far apart are the metal poles?
This was a big lightbulb moment for me, because roses (which are in the same family) produce more flowers when the canes are trained horizontally - so cool! If you have a moment, could you please let me know how far apart you space each raspberry plant from the other? Thanks!
I'd say there is 1 to 2 feet between plants. They really spread over the years so you don't need many plants as they fill up the space pretty quickly year after year.
@@CaliforniaGardener Thank you!
This was great. Thanks for sharing!!
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
Thank you!
What a a great video! Thank you for sharing the knowledge! Blessings to you!
Thanks for watching and sharing a comment!
Thank you so much for sharing!
You are so welcome!
These appear to be thornless. Would you consider selling some shoots?
I’m so glad I found this!! Thankyou xxx
I live on the Sunshine Coast BC so love this content so much x
great tip thanks
No problem!
Very helpful video thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I hope to grow raspberries and blackberries in a few years when I buy a house with enough land for a garden.
Just remember they love to spread so be aware of that when you plant them.
Curious if there's a best direction/orientation to line the row N/S? E/W?
Hi, tks for your informative videos. Do you think there is a species of raspberries that would grow in sub-tropical zone 9 Louisiana. My newest Gran loves these berries and I'd like to setup a patch in my garden just for her picking. Tks for your response. I appreciate.
I googled your area and someone said the only variety that does well is Dorman Red. Look into that. Google planting instructions for your area for more info.
Great suggestions! New to raspberries and they are trying to take over paths/garden...😊🌿
oh yeah you have to control their spread, they are insane!
awesome thanks for the info
Cool idea, do you think it would work as well on a typical t-shaped trellis?
Probably.
Do you thin them out in the winter? How many canes can you leave for best quality? I live in Walla Walla east of the Cascades. In this climate we have to water at least once a week. Sunburn is also a problem here. I planted my new patch on the east side of my chestnut grove to reduce the afternon sun. Originally from Seattle area and have noticed the milder climate there helps produce sweeter berries. Are you on the west side? Thanks! For sure I will try your arching technique this year. Amazing!
We are in Langley, BC. My backyard faces south. My patch rows run directly north and south. I only prune out the dead canes. I leave all the live canes. I don't think out any live canes unless they come up outside the row tok far. Good luck growing. I have some friends who live in Walla Walla. One of our Adventist Colleges is there so lots of Seventh Day Adventists in the community. Hope you have good luck with the berries.
Yes and yes
looks nice and very practical, what is the gauge of the wire you used? Thanks
I'm not acutally sure what guage of wire. It just kind of holds them losely in place as I don't really have a rigid structure right now
Thanks for the video. I will try copying your idea I love it. Mine are pretty wildest now I don't like.
For the person worried about cold weather I am in Wisconsin and they are coming every year.
My question for you. Do you move the wire every year? Or do you fix the plant to the wire? And what do you call the things that you tied the branches together?
I just used twine to tie the tips together to the wire. The wrire stays in place. These canes die and then will be removed next spring. I'll bend the new ones over next spring.
Is it under full sun? Thank you
Yes Full Sun!
Does bunching the ends mess with them flowering? That is the area of the cane that flowers most and produces the most berries, if you tie it all together does it create problems? Thanks for the video
I don't think that is a correct belief from what I have experienced. You only tie the very tips of the canes to the wire. Then they send fruiting shoots out of the cane around the whole curvature. You get way more fruiting area this way. This is how cultivated raspberries are grown and cultivators are always looking to increase production. So I would say this will give you higher yields based on what I see in industry.
Will the 1st year canes survive winter? I have a bunch of them that came up this year. I'm in the southern california desert and it does get pretty cold up here in winter.
If its below - 8C you should get some protection from or else they could die or grow very unhealthy in the spring
Ours do fine in Canada
Can this method be used for other berries? Has anyone else tried this method with other berries aswell? Thanks for the video!
It works for blach berries and boisonberries as well.
@@CaliforniaGardener BOISONberries!!! now there's one i haven't heard mentioned. or sold.
(just only recently found elderberry and need to get that. they are really good. hadn't had before but St Germain liquor is made from that. and it tastes strongly of lychee fruit to me which can't grow here in zone 7. i have the hope that the elderberries will taste similar as they do work here. boisonberry was in a mixed fruit yogurt i used to like and i've always wanted access to the fruit itself.🙂 )
Anybody try it for black raspberries?
what is a good fertilizer for them ??
A balanced NPK fertilizer and Compost / manure.
It’s the end of February in the NW ... Is it to late to transplant raspberries?
What do you do about the thorns
I'm not sure what you mean? If your plant has thorns you can still do the same thing. Wear gloves to handle the canes. These canes are mostly thornless.
How many raspberries can I plant together to build an arch like this to bend it over to the next?
Can plant a bush about every 2 feet, they really spread in a few years
Are they attached only at the ends or did you attach them inside as well?
No just at the tips they are attached
I sort of weave them through the wires.
@@CaliforniaGardener thank you😀
@@CaliforniaGardener Before you tie them?
How do you know which canes to prune? I know some raspberry plants keep their second year canes so I’m wondering how to know which ones fruited this year and which ones will fruit next year
I made another video showing how to identify the canes to prune out. "How to Identify Raspberry Canes ..." Try that search
funny enough, with blackberries, the number of leaves changes. you'll see 5s on one cane and 3s on another. wild. dunno if rasps are the same way. (yet)
How many plants do you have and are they thornless?
No thorns and it is not possible to tell how many plants after several years they spread like crazy and send up shoots everywhere.
Hi, I'm curious about how often I need to water them? Can you teach me?
I just mulch heavily and rarely water. I feel fertilizer is more important in spring and then not much water. Seems to ruin the berries with too much water. Sweeter without overwatering.
@@CaliforniaGardener Thank you for replying so fast. Do you think if I have any chance of keeping some canes in a big pot indoors as well? I saw that the root depth wasn't too deep.
Do you tie them after fruit bearing? Or during the fruit bearing?
When they are bare canes in the spring before leaf budding.
Ok, so I have watched a ton of videos on raspberries and this is the first one I have found with this method. So you do not prune them at all it looks like. .... until they are dead right? You are just arching all that are coming up. Other videos say prune at 2 to 4 feet but this method negates that it seems. You are not in fact pruning them but just arching the new growth?
Yes, you are correct. I don't cut anything off the plants. I let them grow to their full height on year one. Then the following spring I bend them over into arches and cut out the dead vines from previous year that were arched the previous pring. Just repeat this process every year.
We have wild ones and they are just tiny. Not big and plump anymore
yeah you can always plant the cutlured varieties.
I can't concentrate bc I'm trying to pinpoint this guy's accent! It's like one part Utah/California and one part Minnesota/Canada.
Grew up in Alberta, went to Med School in California, now live in British Columbia.
WAT TYPE IS IT? U NEVER SAY THE TYPEEEEEEEEEEEEE
If I knew I would tell you, but these bushes were here when I purchased the property.