repositioning raspberries

[new to this.]

Hello Everyone.

I hope some one can help. I have inherited 3 raspberry plants and I would like to move them from where they are as they are to close together. The problem is I don't know if they are summer or spring fruiting! When is the best time to move them and how much room will they need???

Thanks for looking.

Kevin

[Bigmallly]

Hello Kevin & welcome to the jungle. You should be able to move them now. Plant them 1-2ft apart.

[veggiechicken]

Hello Kevin and welcome.
They'll be either summer or autumn fruiting raspberries. Don't worry too much at this stage! If they have a tall, healthy stem they're probably summer; if the stems have died back but there are small new shoots at the base, they're probably autumn fruiters.
Cut off anything that looks dead, and dig up the root and healthy stems. Replant wherever you want them to grow

[Kristen]

Cut off anything that looks dead, and dig up the root and healthy stems. Replant wherever you want them to grow

I would cut them "down to the deck" so that whatever grows next year is new suckers / shoots (and if Autumn variety they will fruit, if Summer they will not fruit until following year).

If Summer the canes trying to carry a crop will reduce the energy available to form a good root system. (Personally I would not let Autumn fruiter carry fruit in the first year either, for the same reason ... most? folk may not do that though )

[Aberdeenplotter]

2ft between canes, 5ft between rows and follow VC's advice re what to move

[Thelma Sanders]

Be very careful to remove ever bit of root you see - or they'll regrow with a vengeance.
I thought I had, but had to remove quite a few suckers during the next year or 2

[new to this.]

Thank you for all your help,
I shell be out there as soon as poss..I'm sure as the year gose on there will be more questions as I have a small cherry tree in a pot, a small fig tree in a pot and a small peach(I think) in a pot so I apologis now.

Thanks again

Kevin