Rasberries with a P ya nong!!!

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  1. ~Tullymoor~

    ~Tullymoor~ Junior Member

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    Lolly and Turnstile, I thought this warranted it's own thread.....

    What I have read (Grass Roots, can't find it at the moment) is that you put in posts and two wires running between. I think the first wire is 50-80cms above the ground and the top one a couple of feet above that one. (Gawd, sorry, I'm feeling like tuppence hapenny worth of God help us tonight, stick with me) The upshot of it is that the mature/first canes are tied to the top wire and as young,soft,new shoots sprout you tie these loosely to the bottom wire. When fruiting (on the top wire) is finished, you prune those spent canes off at the ground and untie the new canes from the bottom wire and retie to the top wire and then they become the fruiting canes...again tie loosly the new soft canes(as they grow) to the bottom wire. Repeat each year. This method keeps em all neat and stops em getting out of control. I have 4 baby rasberries to go in the ground but am being totally anal and CANNOT decide where to put the posts and wires :shock: :( :lol: :oops: :cry: :? :shock: :( :lol:
    Also, feed pruned canes to your goasts :D
     
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    Lolly Junior Member

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    Why thank you Madame Tully.. you are the moasts... hmm, gotta get me some goasts..
     
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    I have planted mine under the shade of a big fig tree, they get full morning to 11ish sun then dappled sun for the rest of the day, I thought they might burn out in those 35-40 deg summer days.

    I also read somewhere that aligning the fence so it points north south is the go. I can't find that info now.

    My Dad never used fences when growing them back in New Zealand, but they seemed to grow wild in the corner of the garden fruiting wonderful fruit. I intend to wack up a fence, but it's lower on my scale of things to do.
     
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    thanks guys, whats the deal with altitude determining the flavour? is it a myth?
     
  5. Steve J.

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    That sounds like a serious topic Tully my dear so I will grace it with a serious response….. (stop giggling, I can be serious). Raspberries go off, I let them fall about the place like a bloke from Cheese World on a Friday night (sorry sorry I forgot I was being serious). I drown them in mulch, force feed them poo and water and then prune them back harder than a Liberal Government prunes Health and Education funding (sorry sorry I forgot I was being serious). I think truss-planting raspberries can prevent a lot of humidity-related insect and fungal problems as it allows air circulation, clump planting has the same benefits. But…. I prefer to overplant and let the raspberries create their own support system in a true socialist, community based, local network, group hug kind of way (sorry sorry I forgot I was being serious). I have grown raspberries for many years and have never bothered with containing their individuality or personal expression by fencing them in with posts and wire creating an environment of conformity or repression (sorry sorry I forgot I was being serious) Look at it this way.... if those raspberries came to Australia from a repressive or war torn country where they were persecuted for crimes of poverty or politics would you surround them with high wire fences and treat them like criminals or would you place them into a caring and supportive society (opps - garden) where they could grow and provide rare fruits for the entire society (opps - garden) to benefit from????? Free all the Raspberries now and stop this ridiculous detainment of raspberries !!!

    Steve

    Told you I could be serious.
     
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    blurrrp



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  7. forest

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    anyone growing native raspberries? now they are the tastiest raspberries I've ever eaten. Yum! :)
     
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    Forest...would they grow up your way?
     
  9. ~Tullymoor~

    ~Tullymoor~ Junior Member

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    Ok Stevie Weevie, point taken.
    I tell you what I'll do. I have four plants, sooooooo I'll put two in the ground next to each other and the other two using the wires and posts method. Then I shall report back as to their progress/health/fruit bearing etc etc, k?
    THIS weekend they go into the ground!! No more procrastinating about this :D
     
  10. Richard on Maui

    Richard on Maui Junior Member

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    Tully, when I read the title of this thread I thought you were talking about some cross cultural European (with the raspberries) and Vietnamese or something (with the P ya Nong part) cuisine.
    Good luck with your raspberries, anyway.
     
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    Corn, yes. I've grown the normal raspberry and my SIL has a huge patch of golden native raspberries. They live close by. The natives grow by suckers so I've put in my order. :)
     
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    Too funny Richard!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
     
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    Forest....when do they fruit where you are? Was looking at Daley's website but not sure if what they have is native.

    :)
     
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    Disregard, think I found it..though they don't have any in stock at the moment.
     
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    Thank you!

    :)
     

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