Couple of ID's if poss please?

[chris]

As mentioned i've taken over an allotment.. have a few things that need moving, and a couple of things(raspberries I guess) have thrown suckers up along the border of my plot/pathway around it - I'm going to ask the site if i can have them, but do these look like a summer fruiting raspberry to you? (Guessing so as they've not been cut down to the ground).



They have suckered up from this lot:



Also, anyone have an idea what this is?



and this?

[chris]

Continued due to image restrictions:

I'm guessing that this is a gooseberry due to the spines? (mine died so can't really compare!)


Thanks!

[Aberdeenplotter]

If raspberries have suckered up through the pathway, then they are a plant growing in the wrong place - a weed. You will be doing the site a service by weeding the pathway.

That is definitely a gooseberry. Not sure about the other two but it will be easier to identify them once they are in full leaf. I would let them grow and see what you get.

[vicky]

Spiney one is gooseberry, the others look like some type of currant (exciting to find out!). I can id the canes as raspberries but not sure what type. Cut down any obviosly dead but leave any showing signs of life is the only advice I can offer!

[Alex_Parrott]

Ok, like you say the first picture is of raspberries however it is difficult to tell whether it is autumn or summer fruiting. I would not rely on the fact that they have been to tell you they are summer as the prvious owner may have just left them. I would leave them for now and you will be able to tell by when the new suckers come up. Summer rasps will start throwing them up now but autumn I think wil be a couple of months yet.

You can use the the random throwups if you dig them up with their roots and replant them straight away.

The next two pictures look like currants. The first one I would guess is a blackcurrant as it has been pruned back. If you smell it (yes give it a go) it will smell like ribena. The second one I would guess is a red currant is it looks as if it has been trained. plus the buds look similair to mine.

Lastly again like you said you have a gooseberry! and a very healthy one by the looks of things. Well done, soem great things to inherit.

Hope this helps

[chris]

Thanks all.. I did think they were currants in another post but thought I'd post here for a more specific audience I need to move most of them, but as they're free wanted to check to see if they're worth keeping!

[Two_Sheds]

Chris, are they all together? If so, do you really need to relocate your entire fruit section?

edit ... I just read your other thread about needing the space

[chris]

I might get away with some, I think the gooseberry may be ok - going back after work to double check. The two possible currants definately do, and a crown of rhubarb.

Hopefully I can just move them to the other side of the gooseberry - so not too much work as the soil seems really fertile, very easy to dig in and soft/crumbly texture.