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yvonne starts with ...
have recently planted (3 months) raspberry bushes and they are growing well and very healthy unfortunately no fruit what is the problem?
I have no idea of the variety.

Time: 11th February 2008 10:07am

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Elizabeth says...
I planted some 'heritage' raspberries about four months ago too and though grwoing well, mine have not flowered either. What variety were they yvonne?

Time: 11th February 2008 7:23pm

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Correy says...
I have been Growing Raspberries for a bit over a year. Here is a picture I took a couple of days ago of them.

Perhaps you will get fruit this time next year once it has a bit more time to establish.
Pictures - Click to enlarge

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Time: 12th February 2008 11:33am

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Anonymous says...
thankyou for your reply unfortunately I do not know the variety

Time: 12th February 2008 7:59pm

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Anonymous says...
thankyou for your response I hope you are right time will tell

Time: 12th February 2008 8:02pm

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Shaun says...
I was tols Willemet is the main summer fruting variety, that fruits on previous year's (2 year old) canes .....
Heritage and Autumn Bliss are autumn-bearing varieties where fruits are set on new (1-year old) canes....
and Chilliwack is an early-bearing variety .....
Where can I buy these raspberry varieties, please.
Thnx.

Time: 29th June 2008 2:16am

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John says...
Shaun I have them.

You can get them from Diggers, but they sold out for this year I think.

We got Heritage, Williamette and Chillwack.

You grow the autumn fruiters as an annual ie chop back after fruiting.

The summer ones, grow in the first year and have a small autumn crop, tip the canes after fruiting. The next year these bear a full size summer crop and are then chopped out. That years shoots then have an autumn crop and so on and son on.

Search NSW Ag Dept for the VERY helpful info sheet.

Time: 30th June 2008 3:04pm

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John says...
Just checked their website, Williamette is still in stock.

Time: 30th June 2008 3:12pm

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Shaun says...
Hi John,
May I buy a cane of cutting of each variety from you, please.
I am trying to grow them in pots.
It is more convenient since you are in Perth.


Time: 30th June 2008 5:35pm

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John says...
When they arrive, I will see if I can split some off for you.

Time: 1st July 2008 10:52am

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Shaun says...
Thanks John,
If you get the collection, I think they gave you 5 Heritage, 5 Chilliwack and 2 Williamette.
If you cannot spare the Williamette, you may be able to sell 1 Heritage and 1 Chilliwack to me.
Thanks again

Time: 1st July 2008 3:40pm

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Shaun says...
Hi John, is there anyway I could email or contact you ?
Would like to buy some raspberry plants from you.
If the forum is too public for you to disclose your email address or contact number, then please email them to Correy of Daleys for redirection to me.
Thanks.

Time: 2nd July 2008 3:24pm

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John says...
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You boofhead, I dropped your plants off.

You already have my mobile.

John

Time: 2nd July 2008 5:55pm

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Shaun says...
Oh, its you John ..... (blush)
sorry, I thought you are a different John ....
OK,in this case, pls SMS me when your raspberry plants arrive, and let me know if I could buy 1 or 2 off from you.

Thanks again for your collaboration in the the WA shipping syndicate, John :-)

Time: 2nd July 2008 11:36pm

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Itdepends says...
Diggers just notified me that my raspberry canes were dispatched at the 1st of July (have been in quarantine).

Can't wait to get them (5 each of Chilliwack, Williamette and Heritage).

Daniel

Time: 4th July 2008 11:31pm

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John says...
yeah, got mine. The plants look OK,
the summer fruiters -williamette and chillwack are sprouting, the heritage are still to sprout.

Time: 10th July 2008 4:55pm

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John says...
I thought you only got 2 of the heritage ! I thought 5 of each iniatlly as well.

Time: 10th July 2008 4:56pm

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Shaun says...
The catalogue says "5 Heritage, 5 Chilliwack and 2 Williamette".

John, may I buy 1 of ech that you got 5 plants, please (although would love to have 1 of each ot the 3 varieties).
I SMS you last week, but have not heard from you yet .... amy I phone you?
Thanks.

Time: 13th July 2008 5:59pm

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John says...
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Had 1 x heritage and 2 x chillwack put aside for you, but ended up swapping them for a semi dawrf ganny smith -MM106 rootstock (60% size).

I can get you some later when these plants sprout up and grow a bit, this will be quite a while.

OR Bunnings Belmont have no name raspberries near the tills inside the plastic bag bulb section. I have grown these before, they are OK but not great.

OR do you want me to order some from Diggers for you, with my next order?

J

Time: 14th July 2008 11:37am

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Shaun says...
Thanks, John ....
and thnx fer yer SMS reply this morning too .....
I think Diggers have run out of stock for raspberries ....
I prefer named varieties, if possible ...
and I only want 1 of each variety as I have very limited space ...
well, perhaps next season when you order more raspberries, I'll buy some off from you, John.

Time: 14th July 2008 8:44pm

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Anonymous says...
OK, if I get some runners, will let you know.

Time: 14th July 2008 10:05pm

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Shaun says...
Thnx again fer yer collaboration & co-operation in this matter.
Looking forward to hear from you when you got the raspberry runners to spare me.

Time: 16th July 2008 7:53pm

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Itdepends says...
BTW guys- your right you get 5,5 and 2 with the "collection" but I ordered mine as individual canes- bit confusing initially- as my first order was for 5 individual canes of 2 varieties (i.e. 10 canes total)- and when the third variety became available- I ordered 1 lot- which was 5 canes.

Nearly all of mine are in the ground except for 2 I put aside in a pot- the two in the pot are sprouting much more strongly- mainly because the pot is heating up faster than the ground.

Time: 19th August 2008 12:03am

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John says...
shaun

bunnings belmont have 2 packets of williamette raspberries near the tills.

Time: 19th August 2008 2:42pm

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Shaun says...
Thanks for the info, John.
I'll go Belmont Bunnings in the weekend ..... and hope it will still be available.

Time: 19th August 2008 8:04pm

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Shaun says...
I saw about a dozen packets of Williamette raspberry bare-rooted plants in Bunnings Bunbury on Monday, and when I got there this morning, they are all sold out !!!
They went like hot cakes ....
hopefully, other Bunnings stores have some stock of these bare-rooted plants.

Time: 24th August 2008 12:33am

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Shaun says...
Bunnings in Riverton (High Street) got heaps of bare rooted rasberry cane (Williamette cultivar) for sale !!!
I was there on Sunday, and got myself a packet of this cane.
There were 12 packets of cane when I was there .....
so be quick before they are sold out !!!

Time: 26th August 2008 8:06pm

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Shaun says...
Bunnings in Bunbury got new stock of Williamette Raspberry canes available now !!


Time: 8th September 2008 3:00pm

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Anonymous says...
Yes, as they arrive they saell.

My diggers ones have sent out runners already !

Time: 9th September 2008 12:33pm

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Shaun says...
I would still like a plant/cane each of Heritage / Autumn Bliss, and Chilliwack, if and when they become available :-)

Time: 9th September 2008 1:14pm

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mick says...
I have planted Chilliewack cains,after they sprouted all the new groth gos brown around edges then dies off,is this nitrogen burn or what am I doing to cause this. Any ideas?

Time: 14th October 2008 5:00pm

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Manda says...
I got 4 of the Williamette Raspberry canes from Bunnungs. I planted them in the ground. 3 of them got the green leaves quickly. About a month on two of those canes with leaves - the leave died. They were getting watered. There is now just one with leaves and has about 6 flowers on it (almost more flowers than leaves. the soil is sound, which i put compost and sheep poo on, as well as a light does of azalea fertiliser. I also put some peat straw around them. Every fortnight i have been giving it a liquid drink with seaweed and fish. Any ideas on what happened with the leaves sunddenly dying off and is there anything i can do to rescue them.

Time: 17th October 2008 1:56pm

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Anonymous says...
Its a leaf fungus, can not remeber the name right now. Use mancozeb or bravo to cure/

Time: 17th October 2008 2:37pm

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manda says...
thanks. where can i get these products? also is there an organic alternative option???

Time: 17th October 2008 11:58pm

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Anonymous says...
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My raspberries are 500mm tall, may be
able to get some to you.

You need to be hom,e so you can water them.

John

Time: 20th October 2008 12:12pm

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Anonymous says...
copper spray when dormant.

Time: 20th October 2008 12:13pm

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Shaun says...
Thanks John,
I am not home at the moment .... perhaps in 2 weeks time, I'll call you if you got the Heritage / Autumn Bliss, or Chilliwack.

Time: 23rd October 2008 1:27am

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Manda says...
sorry to sound ignorant... but does this mean that those canes are dead, or is it possible that if i spray them when they are dormant that they will survive.

Time: 23rd October 2008 10:05pm

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Anonymous says...
if the crown/roots are strong enough they will re sprout you then spray the new shoots to keep em healtyh.

Time: 24th October 2008 12:07pm

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Liz says...
Any of the Perth people got any spare raspberry runners they'd like to sell? :-) I'm in Thornlie and work in Kwinana, but don't mind driving elsewhere...

Time: 14th November 2008 7:11pm

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Shaun says...
Hi Liz,
Bunnings in Rockingham, Riverton, Spearwood have raspberry in big pots ..... but they are rather expensive, approx $35.00

Also available are Black current, Red current and White current .... aprox $45.00 per pot.


Time: 15th November 2008 11:46pm

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Anonymous says...
$35 each?- down in Bunbury they were selling for 45-$55 each depending on whether they were in Bunnings or a nursery- suprisingly though- when I checked yesterday Bunnings had sold every pot except for one (the raspberries).

All I can say is at that price I'm glad I got mine from Diggers

Daniel

Time: 16th November 2008 9:26am

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Anonymous says...
Mine from diggers are now 150cm tall in only 3 or so months !

Time: 16th November 2008 9:50pm

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Liz says...
Yikes, I thought the ones I bought a few years ago in West Swan were expensive at ~$7/pot! (compared to previous canes I'd got from Garden Express, but they stopped sending them to WA). (There used to be a nursery in West Swan with lots of fruit that I think must have closed? ...can't remember what it was called, but can't find it in the white pages or anything... anyone know what happened to it or whether it's still there?) ...those raspberries unfortunately died from my not getting the retic and shade organised early enough that summer... I might have to wait and buy canes next winter!

Thanks for the info! :-)

Time: 18th November 2008 2:36pm

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John says...
Yes, wondawest has shut down TASS 1 has taken over that market.

Time: 18th November 2008 5:12pm

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Shaun says...
Tass-1-Tree has goy Youngberry in stock .... dunno bout raspberry canes.

Time: 19th November 2008 2:25pm

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john says...
tass 1 trees also has some goji berrys in stock, there just tubes but they are in good condition he said new stock from daleys this week.. did you check out his blueberry in the barrel not bad he gave me a taste..

Time: 26th November 2008 9:54pm

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John says...
is tass still open sat and sun?

Time: 1st December 2008 3:53pm

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Russ says...
Tass 1 is open sat and sunday. As of the 23/11/08 Joe had blueberry and the goji berry, but not raspberry. Joe couldn't give me a timeframe of how long for the raspberry. His blueberries tasted great!

Time: 1st December 2008 4:08pm

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Maureen says...
Hi guys, I bought a couple of rasberry bushes from bunnings a couple of years ago. We live in the Hinterlant of the Gold Coast. I now have one bush that is sending out new shoots and have a lot of berries on them, the key is to cut them back hard each year. Our grand-daughter(2 years old) goes down with a pail to gather the fruit each weekend and eat it before her mother gets her hands on them, we think. It has just gone off, we have trimed it back big time and hoping for some great fruit next year. The fruit is so different to the ordinary rasberrys but tastes wonderful. Maureen

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Maureen says...
Hi Elizabeth, my plants did not do anything for at least a year. You have to be patient I think, wait for the flowers. Maureen

Time: 3rd December 2008 8:42pm

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Anonymous says...
mine fruited witihn 2 months, your not feeding them enough.

Time: 23rd December 2008 8:44am

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Shaun says...
Hi John,
Thanks for putting aside some Chilliwack & Heritage raspberry canes for me.
You said you dug them out around Xmas/Boxing Day ..... I will be away fer a wee while in Mid-January 2009, and will get back to Perth on the 2nd week of Feb'09.
Are you able to hold on to those canes until I am back to pick them up from you, please.

Have you got an email address, John? Pls forward your email address to me via SMS (you got my mobile phone number the last time we form the shipping syndicate).

Happy New Year in 2009 to you & your family !!!

Time: 30th December 2008 5:38pm

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John says...
Cheers, no probs, I want to hang on to them for a while to make sure they grow.

hate to give away something and have it die.

bad karma.

John.

Time: 31st December 2008 12:29pm

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Maryanne says...
Hi. My sister and I live in Hills suburbs in Perth WA. We want to grow raspberries to make jam. Can anyone advise us on what to do and also where to get the plants from. Thankyou any help.
Maryanne

Time: 14th March 2009 9:40am

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Pesty says...
www,diggers.com.au will sell them in the next (May) catalogue..

Time: 14th March 2009 1:27pm

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Maryanne says...
Thankyou for the reply. Maryanne

Time: 18th March 2009 7:39am

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maureen says...
Hi, I have grown rasberries here for the last couple of years. As pointed out previously, I needed to have fed them more. That is why they took a couple of years to flower and produce fruit. Hopefully, now that I have chooks, their menour and the hay form the coop will feed the plants. The other problem is that the plant is in the middle of the chicken run and the girls love the plant so much that they eat it. Beware, do not have you rasberry bush in the middle of the chicken coop. Maureen

Time: 20th March 2009 9:16pm

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Shaun says...
To Maryanne:

Floraland (in Mundaring? .... anyway its on the highway / main road to Northam)used to have a few varieties of raspberries for sale .... please see my Dec'08 post in the Blueberry forum.
Good luck !!!

Time: 24th March 2009 7:08pm

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John WA says...
yep, they still have them.

Also, heritage apple ..rome beauty.

John

Big Ups to Shaun.

Time: 30th March 2009 3:19pm

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Maureen says...
The girls have not eaten the rasberry bush to death, but I am watching it. They need to learn what is my feed is not theirs. I think that I will probably have to buy a new plant to be away from the girls. I have one chook that thinks that the top of the coop is her domaine. "Little does she know'. she has reached to the rasberry bush this way. Maureen

Time: 31st March 2009 9:53pm

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Maryanne says...
Thankyou to everyone for the help on the raspberries. Also thankyou for the email. I had misplaced the address of the forum, so it is great to see the generous response.

My next question would be, when do I plant them and what special care should I do? IE what kind of fertiliser? And do they grow best in large pots?

Thanks Maryanne

Time: 1st April 2009 9:49pm

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Itdepends says...
They'll grow (and be contained easier) in large pots- just be sure to make sure they don't dry out. Best off using manures/blood and bone/dynamic lifter and/or slow release fertilizer when growing in pots.

Time: 5th April 2009 10:28pm

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Maureen says...
I am hoping that the chicken manure will help with the rasberry bush. It did not receive regular fertalising until now, it is now constant. I am not trying to directly fertalise my bush but wanting to do it indirectly with the bush beside the chicken coop. You cannot get better than that, hopefully. I need to look up permaculture notes on this and what I can do with this situation. Maureen

Time: 8th April 2009 8:40pm

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Michael says...
I am interested in people who have had success with raspberries in Perth. I am looking for the best place to plant them. I am thinking morning sun, since afternoon sun is supposed to kill them. How much shade can they have and still fruit? Perhaps afternoon sun with shadecloth would be good, as the shadecloth would protect them from the wind too. Our worst wind all comes from the morning sun direction.

Time: 2nd May 2009 2:30am

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Itdepends says...
I've got mine in a 3 way- us shaped trellis run- with a plum tree planted in the middle. There's a high fence to the north and east- so it's the coldest, wettest spot in my garden. I still found that the fruit produced during high summer were poor- relatively dry- and the taste of the late spring/early summer varieties (chilliwack and williamette) was better than the summer variety I have - Heritage- which suffers more from the heat.

In saying that- Heritage is still fruiting well into autumn (still picking now) and the quality/juiciness/flavour has improved in the late season. BTW- I'm in Bunbury- a little cooler than Perth- but pretty close.

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Time: 3rd May 2009 10:01pm

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Maureen says...
My plant is now fruiting, and this is in Mudgeeraba, QLD. We have a very cold winter here, down to 0 some mornings, but no frost. We are too high in the mountains. The fruiting is just starting, one only berry so far. The chooks are looking at it frequently, and I am worried if I am going to get any fruit from it this year and if I need to get a new plant elsewhere next year. I have one tuber coming up under the chicken coop. We will wait and see. Maureen

Time: 5th May 2009 9:14pm

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Tara says...
Hello all,
I bought a heritage rasberry plant a few days ago and I want to know if it is better to have two of them in order to get rasberries. Or could I just plant one? Also where is the best place to plant it?
Tara

Time: 7th May 2009 4:54am

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Correy says...
Tara:
You should be right with one raspberry plant but having two can increase your yield as they do benefit from pollination.

In my experience they hate wind and direct sun but go well in a semi shaded position here in brisbane.

There is some great info and comments on this page:

Growing Raspberries

Time: 7th May 2009 11:06am

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Shaun says...
My Williamette raspberry bush don't seem to be doing well .....
it is grown in a large pot, but all the growth are spindly and thin and growth has been extremely slow in the last 9 month that I got it ......
Needless to say, it has not flowered or fruited at all .... :-(
Any tips to keep it going and what should be done to it at this time of the year ????

Time: 5th June 2009 5:15pm

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John says...
williamette grows this year and fruits the next. then you chop it out.

if growth very vigourous you will get a primocane crop in summer.

Time: 5th June 2009 5:50pm

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Shaun says...
Thnx fer the info, John.
BTW, if you got any Herritage or Autumn Bliss raspberry canes to spare me for next season, I'll appreciate your help.
Cheers !!

Time: 15th June 2009 9:39pm

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J says...
Rooting in a pot for you rite now.

Time: 16th June 2009 5:08pm

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Shaun says...
Thanks muchly, John .....
looking forward to getting a plant from you whenever it is ready.
Cheers !!!

Time: 16th June 2009 7:34pm

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John says...
Nearly ready.

Time: 2nd July 2009 12:21pm

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Shau says...
Thanx muchly, John :-)

Time: 3rd July 2009 12:56am

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Melony says...
Will you be stocking the Autumn Bliss? Mine are going great, fantastic crop and tasty fruit. I'd love to get some of this variety for my mum.

Time: 10th July 2009 11:36am

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Itdepends says...
Melony you may not get a reply from Daleys here- best off trying the contact tab on the left side of the page. This is more of a public forum.

Cheers,

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Time: 10th July 2009 2:46pm

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Correy says...
Melony: Daleys does not propagate Autumn Bliss.

The ones we do propagate are:

Atherton Raspberry Native to QLD

Raspberry Heritage

..and most recently the
Raspberry Williamette

If you think that the Raspberry Autumn Bliss is great and it's not a PBR variety you should get in contact with us perhaps we could get some cuttings off you.

Time: 10th July 2009 7:20pm

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Shaun says...
Hi John,
Pls email or SMS me when the Raspberry Heritage cuttings are ready.
Thanks.

Time: 25th August 2009 6:25pm

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Jimmy says...
I have some too dude...

What's your address?

Time: 26th August 2009 12:04pm

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Shaun says...
Hi Jimmy,
You have some Raspberry Heritage too ?
I am in Perth near Ascot/Bayswater area .... where are you?
If you are not too far away, I could pick them up from your place.
Ta !

Time: 27th August 2009 1:39pm

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Jimmy says...
me Belmont

Time: 27th August 2009 3:17pm

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rus says...
shuan, I got some heritage raspberry out of the qokka this week - $3 for a very large 1 year old canes. also had other plants and trees. Can supply more detail if anyone is interested.

Time: 31st August 2009 12:49am

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Shaun says...
Hi Jimmy, Hi rus,
Thanks for your response.
Let us get in touch with one another via email:
I am at

If you email me your mobile or landline telephone, I'll organise to pick/collect when I am back in Perth ....
currently I am hunting for Pandan plants in Hedlands.

Thanks very much.

p/s:
Bunnings at South Street and Maddington has got Chilliwack Raspberry cuttings (2 canes in a bag for approx $10.00).
Bunnings also got other berry types(blackberry, boysenberry, silvanberry, youngberry etc .... 1 cane in a bag for approx 13.00)

Time: 1st September 2009 7:37pm

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Jimmy says...
right on.

Time: 2nd September 2009 9:51am

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Shaun says...
hmm.....
somehow, my email contact must have got deleted by the Mods of the forum ....
I'll try again, if it is not against the rule ....
Pls email me at csoo1@yahoo.co.uk

Jimmy, I could pick up the Heritage Raspberry canes/cuttings from you if you are in Belmont.
We are just a stone throw away from each other.

Thanks.

Time: 4th September 2009 7:38pm

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Shaun says...
Hi Jimmy , Hi rus,
None of you responded after my last post.
I got 1 spare Chilliwack Raspberry to swap with someone who has heritage Raspberry.

Jimmy, if you are in Belmont, then we are not too far from each other.
Please let me know how / when I could collect the Heritage Raspberry, if you got a spare plant / cutting for me.

Thanks.

Time: 26th September 2009 6:11pm

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Damo says...
got the text. the tree is ready to go. i do not want any swaps as over run with raspberries already.

Time: 28th September 2009 10:56pm

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Saxman says...
If anyone wants to sell a raspberry cane/plant or two to me i'd be interested... i missed the boat on ordering this year, too focussed on my other fruit!




Time: 30th September 2009 12:42pm

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Jimmy says...
Got plenty, am glyphosating the blighters to keep them out of the rest of the garden

Time: 30th September 2009 5:05pm

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amanda says...
Yea Jimmy - just wait until the "Round-Up ready" GM gene hits your town... then what are u gonna do??? ;)

Time: 30th September 2009 10:23pm

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russ says...
As per my comment above, raspberry plants available out of the quakka.

Time: 1st October 2009 1:06pm

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Saxman says...
Cool Jimmy, I'd really like to get a couple of canes, how best can i contact you?

Time: 1st October 2009 8:29pm

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Jimmy says...
if your brave enough post an email adrress.

Time: 15th October 2009 4:06pm

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Saxman says...
Ok Jimmy! try emailing me: saxman at live dot com dot au

Cheers!

Time: 21st October 2009 12:59am

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Shaun says...
Hope you are not giving away the Raspberry Heritage that you'd saved for me, Jimmy.
I'll collect it from you as soon as I get back to Perth.
Thanks again. :-)

Time: 23rd October 2009 7:28pm

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Saxman says...
Wouldn't dream of nabbing a plant you've got dibs on anyway man! =)

Time: 24th October 2009 10:32pm

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Shaun says...
Thanx fer yer understanding, Saxman .....
but I am sure Jimmy got plenty more cuttings & plants to give away since his Raspberry bushes seem to "grow like weeds" in his mini orchard ;-)

Time: 26th October 2009 9:55pm

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Shaun says...
Hi Jimmy,
Thanks for the Raspberry Heritage plant.
I'd repotted it in a bigger pot .... hope to get some berry fruits from it this Autumn, since it is a primo-cane variety.
I'm sure Saxman would like to get some plants from you too ..... if you have not already contacted him.
CHEERS !!
:-)

Time: 1st November 2009 9:34pm

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Jimmy says...
Always a pleasure.

have rounduped a lot of runners to keep them under control.

If the saxman is patient the new lot should be OK.

Time: 3rd November 2009 2:14pm

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Saxman says...
Yes I'm still really interested in some rasberry cuttings. JWhat's the best way to get your contact details Jimmy? Mine are s a x m a n @ l i v e dot com dot au

Many thanks in advance!

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Shaun says...
Hi Saxman, did Jimmy contact you?
I sms your mobile phone number to him last week.

Time: 9th November 2009 1:35pm

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Jimmy says...
I havent got my s**t together yet.

Time: 9th November 2009 5:52pm

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Shaun says...
Hi Jimmy, I am sure Saxman can wait till you got canes that are ready to be given away.
Just take yer time and contact him whenever you are ready.
He disclosed his email contact in the previous post, and you got his mobile if you need to sms him.
Cheers !!

p/s: The cane cutting that you gave me is putting out new growth after I'd repotted it .... what did you use to feed yer Raspberry bushes ?

Time: 11th November 2009 2:07pm

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Saxman says...
Yep whenever you're ready jimmy. Ive been off the radar for a couple of days snowed under at work. But back in the swing of it now.

Lookin forward to hearin from you when its all go.

Pax

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Time: 18th November 2009 2:12am

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Shaun says...
I harvested about a dozen berries from my Chilliwack yesterday .....
that's all the fruit I got from 1 cane that I planted earlier.
It was sooo delicious ..... this is the first time I have tasted freshly picked ripe Raspberry.

I have not got any fruit from my Williamette, and hope to get some fruit from the Heritage plant next season.

Time: 24th November 2009 12:19am

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Saxman says...
Lucky man! Enjoy.
Haven't got raspberries yet but had a couple of loganberries and youngberries and boysenberries, still have them in reasonably small pots so not so prolific yet!



Time: 24th November 2009 1:03am

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Itdepends says...
You should get fruit on your heritage raspberry this Autumn- I still think Chilliwack tastes better though- just waiting for mine to start ripening now.

Time: 24th November 2009 4:28pm

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Pink35 says...
Does anyone know where I can buy a native rasberry plant from?

Botanical Name: Rubus sp.
The native raspberries are small to medium prickly shrubs, some being scramblers. The photograph shows Rubus moluccanus also known as Rubus hillii. This species has a metallic sheen on the underside of the leaf. It bears white flowers followed by 10 mm red berries in spring to summer. Other species include Rubus parvifolius and Rubus rosifolius.

Time: 26th November 2009 5:53pm

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Polly says...
I have been trying to domesticate or control some native raspberries that are prone to more rambling growth than I appreciate in my suburban block. If you like I could bring you some when I visit Canberra next [probably Christmas]

Time: 27th November 2009 11:25am

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Pink35 says...
Yes, I would like 2 plants.

Time: 28th November 2009 7:02pm

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Pink35 says...
Polly please drop by my blog entry on rasberries on: http://rosiesstuffnsew.blogspot.com/2009/11/native-rasberry-bushes.html

and add a comment. Then we can arrange things. Just don't want post personal details here.

Thanks

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Time: 28th November 2009 7:07pm

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Polly says...
'Pologies but I don't seem to be getting blogs to work - if you will be at work I will call you either Wednesday or Thursday. I'm not sure which day I'm arriving in ACT.


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Jan says...
Hi

I grow raspberries in Canberra - they fruit on 2 year old canes although you do sometimes get a few fruit on younger ones. About September/October I remove all of the dead canes- they are easy to see then as they go a dark brown in colour and just fall out of the ground. You will then be left with two and one year old canes.

Time: 9th January 2010 12:23pm

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gus says...
Hi, Just been reading other posts and am trying to work out if it IS possible to grow raspberries in perth. I got a chilliwack plant recently but suspect it might be better suited to colder climates?

Time: 23rd February 2010 1:29am

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Jimmy says...
Mine grow just great.

Time: 23rd February 2010 11:43am

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Charles cant spell says...
I have found mine burn (new leaves and tips) over 35 degrees in the full sun other than that they are fine here.
I suggest full morning sun, shaded midday and some afternoon sun should be fine.

Time: 23rd February 2010 4:51pm

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Charles cant spell says...
When is the best time to dig up raspberry runners for transplant. I did 2 a week ago and they seem fine, I have a few dozen to do though so would like to get it right this next batch.

Should have some Heritage (i think, old ones from down the farm, 2 crops a year) runners if Perth people are interested.


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gus says...
are heritage going to be more successful than the chilliwacks?

Time: 23rd February 2010 11:24pm

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Itdepends says...
I have more luck with Williamette and Chilliwack than Heritage- but plant them where they get some shade- they'll still fruit.

Mine are in a U shaped trellis around a plum tree. tall fences to the north and east- an area where when I used to have lawn- I got moss growing in the winter.

Time: 23rd February 2010 11:39pm

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gus says...
Thanks for the info, i will have a go. I think I should maybe get a Willamette to cross pollinate. Are the fruit similair to the european raspberries?

Time: 23rd February 2010 11:41pm

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Itdepends says...
I've never tasted the European raspberries- so can't comment I'm afraid.

Fresh raspberries from the bush are far superior to those you'll get in the shop though.

Daniel

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Jules says...
I was wondering if anyone in Perth has some raspberry cuttings available? I have just tried the diggers club website and unfortunatly they're out of the Williamette and Chilliwhack varieties. Also any advice on growing them would be most appreciated.

Jules

Time: 25th July 2010 5:10pm

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Saxman says...
I'd be interested in getting some too Jules. I have a bunch of different brambleberries but no rasberries!




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Brad says...
I too was looking for some rasberries for some friends. Tass 1 were already out - so if you find some, please let me know

Time: 28th July 2010 8:30pm

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Charles cant spell says...
Bunning Innaloo had some the other day, Lena Nursery also had some today. Als ocould try WAldecks, just ring around I have seen a few, bunnings gets them in as little root stocks and puts them near the bulbs and seed potatoes sometimes. Also can get Jewruselum Artichokes there.

I have a few but I killed a lot of what I have as most of my soil is around 8 ph and the raspberries dont like that.

After I finish this School Garden project I will spend some time on my own garden, drop my ph or pot them and see what I have.

Jules I am a stone throw away, your not the Julie that just joined PAWA from Gwelup by any chance?

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Shaun says...
Parklands Nursery in Bunbury has Chicoltin and Heritage Raspberry cane cuttings for sale.

Time: 30th July 2010 7:11am

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Brad says...
I bought 2 Williamette canes (brand mr fothergills) from dawsons forrestfield. Very cheap $7 or so

Time: 1st August 2010 9:28pm

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Shaun says...
Bunnings in Maddington has got Nootka cultivar of Raspberry for sale ....
A bag of 2 canes priced approx $9.00
There were approx half a dozen bags of canes hanging on the square wooden stand (with other spring bulbs) when I saw it on Monday.

Time: 5th August 2010 1:25am

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Shaun says...
The Port Kennedy Bunnings also has Nootks Raspberry canes .....
Same price of approx $9.00 for 2 canes.
There were 6 packets left on the square wooden stand together with the Spring bulbs, when I was there yesterday.

Time: 31st August 2010 8:55pm

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hawkypork says...
I was under the impression that Perth was too warm for raspberries. Is there anyone in Perth who can testify that raspberries really do produce here?

Time: 14th September 2010 6:28pm

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Shaun says...
hi hawkypork,

If you'd read the earlier posts about, I think John and Jimmy got reasonable success from their Raspberry plants.

I used to have Chilliwack and Williamette grown in pots, and I got some berries from my plants.
Jimmy gave me a Heritage cane which I also planted in a pot.
Unfortunately, all my 3 pots of Raspberry bushes were killed by the extreme summer heat this year when I was away on a 'fly-out' trip.

Can't say for sure whether my Raspberry plants were prolific bearers, because they were grown in pots to curb the rampant spread of raspberry runners.
Nevertheless, I do get some berries.

Time: 15th September 2010 12:34am

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nthnbchsMelissa says...
What size pot is best used for growing the Raspberries in? I've just order one from Daleys Fruit as was going to put it in the vege garden but reading this thread feel it might be better in a pot.... so need to know what size pot and then do they need repotting?

I don't have any raspberry pictures so have attached some of my passionfruit flowers I've been hand pollinating - has been very successful.
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Time: 12th October 2010 7:05am

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tecko says...
I suggest using a 60L black bin obtainable from Bunnings (around $10). You'll find that even with one or two canes planted in it, your whole bin will be filled with them after one summer. In my case, I pulled them all up, but I still find the odd ones growing here and there in my vegie patch. Btw, they do fruit here in Perth.

Time: 15th October 2010 12:18am

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roger says...
my raspberry bush has suddenly shot out tons of runners and was not sure what to do with them so just left them but should i pull them out?

Time: 15th October 2010 5:45pm

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Diana says...
I have the same problem as you, roger. I have seen pictures of nice clumps of raspberry canes tied up to wire fence strands neatly, but mine are a carpet about 2m by 2m. Should I cut/ pull out some, leaving lines of canes that I can tie up, or is that futile?

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Time: 15th October 2010 6:15pm

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Pink35 says...
Hi,
My raspberry is in a water well pot. What should I feed it with?

Thanks

Sharon.

Time: 7th November 2010 7:21pm

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Itdepends says...
Run some wire and tie the canes up to that. Pull out canes that come up where you don't want them (easier to do when they're young).

Time: 7th November 2010 10:54pm

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Diana says...
Thanks very much for that advice, Itdepends.

A good backyard job for next weekend, if some of it is storm-free.

Diana.

Time: 8th November 2010 10:02am

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MiLK_MaN says...
So how big do Raspberry canes actually get? A Bunnings plant that I have in a pot has some 2 metre tall canes at present.

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Time: 16th January 2011 11:14am

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Itdepends says...
Not sure- definitely higher than that- but there's not much point letting them get higher as it's too hard to pick them. If you've got horizontal wires to guide them- just wind the canes around the top wire once they get higher than it (top wire at 1.5-1.8m- whatever you find an easy upper picking height.

Time: 16th January 2011 8:33pm

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MiLK_MaN says...
I'm 6'3, so that top wire is probably the upper limit. Thanks for the advice, I'll see how it goes winding the cane around the top.

How many canes would you recommend to sustain? There's the two tall ones in that photo, and another 2 that I can see have popped up out of the soil.


Time: 16th January 2011 8:58pm

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Brett mcdougall says...
I have 3 varieties I have about 60 fruiting heritage and 12 chillcotten I got them from bunnings and they are growing excellent they send runners all the time and I'm always giving them away to others I have willimette as well which is starting to take hold I use alot of organic matter on them they love it my heritage canes fruit for a straight 5 months though summer and just starting to back down now there canes are always new growth every year they can turn into a weed tho the chill cotton hasn't fruited yet but is very very healthy with runners all the time I say b Patiant and keep the horse poo up ;)

Time: 25th March 2011 9:45am

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Donovan says...
I have two raspberry plants, one bush (chilliwack I think) from Bunnings, and one Nelly Kelly cane. Both are only planted several weeks back. The cane is growing well but the Chilliwack leaves are pretty crispy, turning brown from the outside in. Its never had full sun, just morning followed by shade. Also plenty of water as the water gauge shows moderate moist soil. Not sure what I'm doing wrong with that one.

Time: 30th March 2011 5:01pm

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Raspberry\'s everywhere says...
Can you grow Raspberry's in Perth???. I think this Heritage plant answers that.


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Time: 15th April 2011 8:27am

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Julie says...
But whereabouts in Perth? Near the coast, in the hills? It makes a lot of difference.

Time: 15th April 2011 2:06pm

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In reply to Julie my location is Landsdale

Time: 15th April 2011 2:50pm

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Julie says...
Wow, those raspberries are doing well for a site so close to the coast. Maybe that variety is suited to a warmer location?

Do they get any full sun? Would love to know more.

Time: 15th April 2011 5:54pm

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Donovan says...
Yes please, more info the better. Sun, water levels etc? how old are these plants?

Maybe Heritage is better suited, my two plants are doing well while my Chilliwack is burnt everywhere but the tips, despite minimal sun.

Time: 16th April 2011 3:04pm

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Raspberry's everywhere says...
The heritage plant I pictured in an earlier post is planted nort east side of the house about 1.5m from the house and next to a 6ft fence. Thus it gets some midday sun and morning/afternoon shade.

It is one year old now and has coped with this summer in Perth fine. My chillwack plants are not so good and similar to what Donovan has described. Happy gardening everyone .

Time: 16th April 2011 8:46pm

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Donovan says...
Thanks for the response. Gives me a lot of hope for my Perth raspberries.

Time: 18th April 2011 12:55pm

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Raspberry\'s everywhere says...
I have picked about 70-80 raspberries from this plant so far and they are delicious .

Others who have tried them are now going to have a go they were so impressed. I will definitely split and plant more of this variety.

I have had a better yield from my raspberry plant than my strawberries. I will be happy indeed if next year produces similar results.

Time: 22nd April 2011 12:41am

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kert says...
Hate to be the pimented man in the woodpile,however the best thing about the Heritage var. of raspberry is its appearance. I'll concede that growing conditions are important but my Heritage was so insipid I pulled it out. Yes,it is an autumnal fruited variety . Yes, it needs no support.Yes, it looks terrriff. But no, it tastes insipid. Check with others before planting as there are other more modern autumnal varieties.( I am trialling some now)

Time: 22nd April 2011 4:06pm

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Raspberry\'s everywhere says...
You are welcome to express your opinion Kert. I simply cannot agree with you about the taste. I have given them for others to try and they keep asking for more. I think they taste surpurb "insipid" ????? not the word Id use. Good luck with your other autumn varieties . I hope they taste better than insipid.

Time: 23rd April 2011 12:01am

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Raspberry's everywhere says...
Best advice :grow,eat and make your own mind up easy .

Product Description:

The Heritage Raspberry, 'Rubus 'Heritage', has medium-sized red berries that have very good flavor and quality. It is exceptional for fresh eating or for making pies and jams. The medium sized fruits have good color and flavor, firmness, and freezing quality. Heritage is an outstanding everbearing variety that produces a crop in mid-July and then again in early September. They are disease-resistant, highly productive, easy-to-grow and will bear fruit the first year. The Heritage red raspberry has been given the 2004 Outstanding Fruit Cultivar Award by the American Society of Horticultural Sciences.

http://www.naturehills.com/product/heritage_raspberry.aspx

Make the Heritage Raspberry Plant part of your home orchard for easy to grow fruit. An ever bearing red raspberry, harvest the Heritage Raspberries in June with a second crop in September. High quality with an excellent, mild flavor, the Heritage Raspberry Plants are excellent good fresh or in jams.

Heritage is a classic name in raspberries, a red variety with sweet flavor and great holding ability on the vine. Unlike some varieties, Heritage won't fall to pieces if you delay picking the ripe fruit a day or two; it stays firm, juicy, and super-flavorful. Plants are very vigorous and resist Powdery Mildew.

This is the prize that causes eager berry lovers to flock to pick-your-own patches. Easiest of all to grow.

http://www.landsteward.com/page.cfm/11332



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Chris says...
Have to agree, I also think heritage is overrated. DPI NSW pretty much said as much too.
Kert, what modern varieties are you trialling?


Time: 23rd April 2011 12:13am

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adamus says...
I'm thinking maybe it's the area you grow in. When i lived in the Dandenongs, it was the least pleasant. Now I'm in a colder climate, it's really come into it's own. It gets two good flushes of fruit, and is stll fruiting long after all the others have closed down for the winter.The tate is really good, and it stays on the vine well.

Time: 23rd April 2011 11:24am

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kert says...
"Dinkum" is the name of an everbearer raspberry I picked up in Tasmania. I'll see soon if it's any good.

Time: 23rd April 2011 3:22pm

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Raspberry\'s everywhere says...
Obviously as pointed out by Adamus different locations suit different varieties.

I can only comment on what I have grown and eaten and Im very impressed with my raspberry growing endeavors to date.

It is very short sighted to dismiss any variety as underperforming without taking into account the conditions/location under which it is grown.

Time: 23rd April 2011 11:40pm

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Chris says...
Anyone can selectively quote. Quoting from a USA nursery whose prime motive is to sell plants is hardly an impartial view. Heritage is an American variety btw.
Here's what the DPI NSW has to say for an objective opinion: "The fruit is small to medium sized, firm with FAIR flavour." And being an autumn bearing cane note the issue for cooler areas: (DPI again) "In cooler areas fruit may cease ripening before harvest is complete." Can't ripen them post harvest unfortunately.
The variety I'd like to get my hands on is Bogong, a Victorian bred variety, said by the DPI to have excellent flavour.


Time: 24th April 2011 12:33pm

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kert says...
My sentiments entirely. "Fair" in fruit reviews is "not worth growing"

Time: 24th April 2011 5:44pm

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Julie says...
Have to agree with you there kert - I will only plant anything that is rated as having 'excellent' flavour.

Time: 24th April 2011 7:03pm

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Jantina says...
Have to agree with adamus about growing conditions, our raspberries (given to me, variety unknown) are normally delicious but with this very cool autumn(no ripe autumn figs, sob) we've had they have been superb. I've also noticed that unlike other fruit that gets sweeter and more flavourful the riper it gets, raspberries are better picked as soon as they are fully coloured and not left to ripen further. Well that's here in Mt Gambier anyway.

Time: 25th April 2011 9:22am

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snottiegobble says...
In Vic. I had autumn bearing raspberries that had large fruit & were delicious! They were the ones that are cut down to near ground level every winter consequently bearing on a single seasons growth. The only fruit that were insipid were the occasional ones that appeared early winter.( before the chop)

Time: 25th April 2011 10:42am

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Raspberry's everywhere says...
Yes Chris anyone can quote so I hope you don't mind me quoting you . Quote "In cooler areas fruit may cease ripening before harvest is complete." Can't ripen them post harvest unfortunately. Exactly my point in a previous post I live in sunny Perth.

Quote "Here's what the DPI NSW has to say for an objective opinion: "The fruit is small to medium sized, firm with FAIR flavour." And being an autumn bearing cane note the issue for cooler areas: The research was done in NSW not Perth which is where I try and grow raspberry's the last time I looked.

Enough said


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kert says...
Let me summarise > Heritage is a crock ,except perhaps in Perth.

Time: 28th April 2011 5:37pm

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Chris says...
Only primocane varieties could be attempted in mediterranean like climates such as Perth. Even these would be marginal given the conditions.
There is a reason why the major raspberry producing countries are all cool/temperate areas.






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kert says...
Go to the ARGA site (Autralian Rubus Growers) There are some raspberries in the pipeline that may overcome heat problems.

Time: 29th April 2011 9:43am

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Lissa says...
Quite a long thread, so I have just come in at the end.
I'm in north Brisbane and I have been successfully growing "Williamette" raspberries. They are a little prickly but produce quite a lot of very nice fruit - oddly enough all through winter this year. I have now cut the canes back and they are reshooting all over the place (as raspberries will do).
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john says...
Well done ,Lissa. Do you have them in partial shade? i suppose you have a few nights below 11deg C in winter.

Time: 14th September 2011 9:08am

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Donovan says...
Hi everyone. My canes planted last year around March and cut down in winter have begun growing gangbusters out here in Perth. My only concern is some of the leaves lower on the plant are turning yellow, anyone have any ideas as to why?

I'm hoping to taste my first raspberries this year.

Also, I'd like to plant a couple more, but kind of the wrong time of year to buy canes. Anyone know of anywhere in Perth with some available?

Lissa: Great looking berries, glad to see success!
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Mike says...
Someone I know at Mareeba is sucessfully growing raspberries,boysenberries and blackberries of unknown varieties.He suggests that they should be productive at my place in Cairns.Mareeba is about half the altitude(450m) of the nearby Atherton Tableland and very dry with less than 1000mm/yr.Does it sound possible that they could fruit in a place with no chill hours at all?

Time: 14th September 2011 8:16pm

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Lissa says...
Hi John - no shade - they're growing out on the front wire fence getting direct western sun. Roots are very protected though by groundcover and mulch. We had quite a few low temp nights through this winter - down to 4/5 degrees.

One plant I had in partial shade (think it was Bi-centennial or some such, given by a gardening friend) never did any good and has since disappeared.

Have recently put in a Youngberry.
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M Nash says...
I will never grow raspberries again, Im spraying with associate and they are still popping up everywhere. They are a real weed in my parts.

Time: 17th September 2011 11:43am

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MiLK_MaN says...
I concur with the raspberries being a weed. I planted mine in a pot, they have now spread in the ground about half a metre to the left of where they originally started.

I thought the clay soil might hold them back, but it doesn't seem to phase them.


Time: 22nd September 2011 1:38pm

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Lissa says...
Sounds ominous.
I have lots....and lots....of shoots coming up. Was thinking of digging some up for friends.

Time: 23rd September 2011 5:25am

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grandies says...
have just bought a new variety "Nelly Kelly' in Bunnings today-look healthy so i will pot rather than put in the ground after reading this forum. I am first time grower for rasberries.

Time: 29th September 2011 6:00pm

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M Nash says...
What ever the hell I planted just wont die. Id rather eat cold sick than plant another.
Ive never experianced such an agressive plant. Poison the top with 360 or assotiate and it "Appears" to die then there are 100 runners popping up several metres away.


Time: 29th September 2011 9:30pm

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Jantina says...
If you plant them where you can just mow up and down the rows beside the plants they are much easier to control.

Time: 30th September 2011 10:23am

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gus says...
Are they producing nice little fruit M Nash? Sounds like my kind of pest if they are

Time: 30th September 2011 7:16pm

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M Nash says...
Only if I let them grow to year old cains. and to be honest, for the amount of room they take,, I found them just not worth time/space/effort. That is when I found my problems after pulling them out. I envisaged raspberry jam & pies and stuff but you would need an acre paddock full of them to get the quantity.
Having said that, The 10 square metre clump we had was a novelty to the kids

Time: 30th September 2011 9:03pm

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Gus says...
They don't sound worth the effort.
as much I like raspberries, 10 sqm is still a pretty big investment for a small garden.
Thanks for the advice. I think that amount of space is probably better spent on asparagus or a few little fruit trees

Time: 30th September 2011 11:34pm

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Elaine B says...
Raspberries - When and What do I spray? My raspberries in pots are looking fantastic and starting to flower-last season they had white grubs inside(fruit fly?)(don't know how many I ate before I discovered them, no wonder they were juicy) the fruit - husband sprayed don't know what - but it killed them off and we had no more trouble.
What do I need to do to prevent this happening this season please?

Time: 4th October 2011 4:13pm

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john says...
Not every grub is a f.fly; fruit fly larvae jump when prodded from behind gently, most else don't.

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Donovan says...
So no posts here in almost a year, how did everyones raspberries go this year? Or did most fellow Perth growers give up?

Time: 3rd August 2012 11:47pm

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Lissa says...
I would get a handlful off mine each day Donovan. One smallish patch on the front fence so I figure I'm doing ok. They were all cut back during winter and now shooting again. A heap coming up in the lawn again where I don't want them - will give to friends.

Time: 23rd August 2012 5:06am

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Fiona says...
I've got raspberries growing for the first year in Perth, interested to see how I go. How did the other Perth people end up going? I've just put shade cloth over them for the start of our hot weather.

One thing I'm confused on is when do I cut the canes back? I keep reading I have to do it but don't know when!!!

Time: 17th November 2012 11:57am

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Jon M says...
It depends on what raspberry you have I think one type you cut it all down and the other you cut just the 2nd years growth. Mine have been just hanging in there, they are quite negleted.

Time: 17th November 2012 3:46pm

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Lissa says...
The variety I grow successfully in Brisbane are called Williamette. They provide some delicious fruit.

I find I don't have a problem with the runners by just mowing over them or pulling them out.

Well worth the effort.
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Time: 29th November 2012 12:15pm

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Robertito says...
Hi Lissa,

Would it be possible to get some runners from you? I've always been a vege gardener, but I'm switching onto fruit lately, with pawpaws and citrus and pepinos. Maybe even passionfruit if the possums give it a break.

My email address is rob f walter at gmail dot com.

I can get some pepino cuttings on the go if you would like to trade. Or French tarragon. Or lettuce seeds. Basil. Greek basil. Am I waffling?

Rob

Time: 2nd December 2012 10:57am

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Lissa says...
Hi Rob. Sorry for my late response to your post. I usually wait for the automatic email updates.

I'm sure we can get you some runners. I've got a couple coming up in the lawn where I don't want them. Downside is you have to wait two years for fruit from runners - second year canes fruit next season. Once summer fruiting season is over I would be able to do some canes if you preferred and they would post unlike the runners. I'm north of Brisbane - where are you?

I'll email.

Already have lots of Pepino, thank you. Any seed is always appreciated (will add to the giant seed box that I share from).

Time: 18th December 2012 5:58pm

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Lissa says...
Thanks to a helpful friend (rewarded with produce from the garden) I now have a proper trellis to grow my raspberries on!

We adapted the concept from a frame I saw on YouTube video: http://brisbanelocalfood.ning.com/video/how-do-i-prune-raspberries

The plants are currently rambling all over the place and starting to fruit, so I'll have to wait until that is finished before I start moving them up into the frame.
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Time: 30th March 2013 7:41am

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gabs says...
Hi, I am in Adelaide and only have a South facing fence where I want to plant some berries (raspberry/blackberry). Unless I figure out how to arrange it in a more shaded spot, I was thinking of constructing a structure over it with shade cloth, which would shade it from the sun, wind and protect from birds...I was thinking of just putting netting on the sides to allow a breeze, bees, etc. I was thinking of making it about 1.5m wide and 6m long (Southern fence) with a trellis in teh middle for the canes to grow up...

Does anyone think my idea might work (or better yet, had success growing them in hot regions under shade cloth)???

cheers,
gabs

Time: 27th August 2013 2:26pm

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vlct says...
Mine are facing south but against a fence. Over summer I just had a little strip of shadecloth length ways covering the fruit. I was pretty impressed.. just make sure they have good drainage or once they start to ripen theyl dry out and fall off ..
Joel..

Time: 27th August 2013 4:07pm

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aaa says...
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Time: 27th August 2013 9:01pm

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peter2000 says...
gabs
if you want some thornless blackberry
imm just about to pull some up to
make way for a ute load of monsteria
i scored.

Time: 27th August 2013 9:04pm

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gabs says...
Thanks. Hey peter how do I contact you?

Time: 2nd September 2013 8:53am

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peter 1000 says...
if you post your email or phone no.
ill get in touch.

Time: 2nd September 2013 9:41am

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gabs says...
peter, hope you can understand this:
gabsman underscore at hotmail dot com

Time: 2nd September 2013 2:03pm

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peter 1000 says...
understood and sent.

Time: 2nd September 2013 4:20pm

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