Too late for Rasperries

[mummymonkey]

Is it too late to plant Raspberries?

I saw at my local garden centre that they are selling Raspberry bushes, but then read online that you are meant to plant these in Autumn, is this correct? Or shall I gleefully head of to the centre and purchase some?

Thank you

[Aberdeenplotter]

go for it but mind the ground conditions when planting out. Just heel them in till you can get at it if needs be

[VirginVegGrower]

Have moved our old ones today and replanted. Should be OK as they are dormant.

[mummymonkey]

Thanks for the replies

when buying them what should i be looking out for? i.e hight or have much have they be pruned etc...

Thanks again

[VirginVegGrower]

They are bare rooted canes at the moment. Just pop them in to final place or heel in to pots of compost with a bit of JI mixed in.

[FB.]

Raspberries will be fine to plant for several more weeks - but I recently happened to see some potted ones (presumably bare-root but in a pot of compost) which looked a bit dry and might not survive - raspberries are quite fussy about being out of the ground and/or too dry for too long.

[briggsy2011]

With raspberries, do they have to be grown against a fence for support or would some canes in the ground be enough support?

[VirginVegGrower]

They don't need support, although I train mine against wires. Predominantly to stop them getting too messy but lots leave them to just do their thing!