Malling Jewel

[lumpyjumper]

Hi all

I came home last night from a weekend away and my lovely parents had bought me two bags of seed potatoes, a goosegog bush and 10 raspberry canes.

The raspberry canes are "Malling Jewel" I've tried searching on t'web to find out if it is a summer fruiting or an autumn fruiting but can't find a definitive answer.

I've been growing Autumn bliss for the last two years and so know what to do with those i.e, cutting them right back after fruiting and not staking them. If these turn out to be summer fruiting I'll have to dig my books out to find out what to do with them

Can anyone shed any light on their fruiting season?

Thanks as always

[Two_Sheds]

Wyevale says autumn: Rubus idaeus 'Malling Jewel' - Wyevale


this one says summer: http://www.talatonplants.co.uk/ShowDetails.asp?id=247

[Two_Sheds]

Ken Muir says early summer: .: Ken Muir :.

so do RHS. So, I think Wyevale got it wrong.

[lumpyjumper]

Thanks Two Sheds,

I went to the Ken Muir link and it also said they could be double planted, what does that mean in English??

[Flummery]

I had them years ago - summer and rather tasty!

[Two_Sheds]

it also said they could be double planted, what does that mean in English??

unless I'm mistaken, it means to plant a double (staggered) row, not a single one. Just like you do with broad beans


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[lumpyjumper]

So having just had a quick google: It seems to suggest that summer fruiting raspberries need to be supported? The article I read said by wires between two posts.

Double planting then would mean planting one plant one side and the next the other?? I have ten plants so that would be 5 on side A and 5 in the gaps but on side B? ( have I explained that correctly?)

Should I incorporate manure into the beds now before planting or put it on as a mulch around the top after their planted. (they are bare rooted plants which the label says should be soaked for an hour before planting).

I wont be planting until the weekend at the earliest as at work all week.

[Bohobumble]

I have 5 new Malling Jewel to plant as soon as the ground isn't frozen or waterlogged, they look like fairly substantial stems... I wonder if they will fruit this year... fingers crossed they do!

How essential is it to train them do you think?

[Kristen]

I wonder if they will fruit this year... fingers crossed they do!

I think better that they don't, sorry. I prefer to get the roots well established for better crops in future years, at the expense of a harvest in the first season.

RHS says:

"Prune the canes to within 25cm (10in) of the ground after planting"

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=148
(Pictures of training methods there too)