raspberry canes

[BUFFS]

nickdub, thanks thats roughly what I do ie mix the clay soil , peat , manure and sharp sand (plus gypsum on raspberry areas as trials say it reduces root rot, lime on areas where planting non acid stuff)) makes a lovely free draining soil along with a raised mound, but can only be done when dryish here, hence the buckets for root growth till then. Agree planting in ground easiest and best way, but up north one needs a weather hedge, so have a couple 40l tubs of strawberry & ruby beauty

Do you mean to say your area dries out?,I am obviously living in the wrong area then..

[It never rains..it pours]

Buffs, dries out never happens here but dryish can occur if lucky in summer, last summer wasn't a lucky one

[KevinM67]

Sorry for piggy-backing but - what is the probability of getting decent fruit from autumn rasps (probably Joan J) from a north west facing corner of the garden ?

No sunlight between October and February, and mainly morning sunshine during the rest of the year.

[It never rains..it pours]

Sorry for piggy-backing but - what is the probability of getting decent fruit from autumn rasps (probably Joan J) from a north west facing corner of the garden ?

No sunlight between October and February, and mainly morning sunshine during the rest of the year.

May depend on height of fence, I have some near north west fence and seem okish (only first year though) , unlike strawberry which hated it and zero yield vs sunny spot. June 21st roughly highest sun so should be when get most light, summer ones may do better or double crop the autumn ones

[bikermike]

I'd think you'll struggle, so it will be a case of maximizing the sunlight you get.

they will be warmer quicker in the morning and then cool off earlier for overnight - I'd expect them to have less frost (our house is aligned so the back garden is south-facing and the front garden north, and the frost stays longer in the back than the front for equal levels of shading)

Can you paint the wall behind it white? how low can you get the fence and surrounding stuff? (can you ask your neighbours nicely to help?) how high can you put them?

Putting them by a wall will help in general as it will warm up in the sun and then radiate heat in the day?

[Martin H]

I have a patch of autumn raspberries in the north-west facing corner of my garden. The fence is only 6 feet high though, so although most of the leaves only see the sun for a few hours in the morning, the tops of the plants see it for much of the day in summer. If it shines, obviously.

They do very well in this spot, I think they appreciate not having their roots baked.

So your situation could well be worth a try.

[KevinM67]

Thanks for the replies folks.
It's my backgarden, with nearly 6ft walls all round - I'm not too sure if the neighbours would take it too kindly if I knocked them down.

I've got another (smaller) area that gets more sun during the spring, summer and partial autumn - but that would make difficulties when trying to fit in my sun-loving veggies and rotation plans.

I think I'll just go for it. Cheers.

[BUFFS]

Buffs, dries out never happens here but dryish can occur if lucky in summer, last summer wasn't a lucky one

If we had a summer like 2006 each year I would be one happy bunny, just thought, we all know what bunnies do all day, yep, I would be happy