How Do You Raise And Prune Raspberry Plants?
While frozen raspberries are found in nearly every grocery store, it can be difficult to find fresh raspberries–they are fragile and perish easily when transported. You can solve this problem by learning to raise and prune your own raspberry plants. Purchase raspberry plants from a local nursery for the best chances of success. Most varieties of raspberries are hardy in USDA zones 4 to 7, and your local nursery will carry those that thrive in your climate. Protect your raspberry plants from their main disease threat, verticillium wilt, by planting them away from any plot that has been home to eggplant, peppers, potatoes or tomatoes in the past four years. Plant your raspberries in fertile, well-drained soil with a pH between 6.0 and 6.5. The location should receive full sunlight. Plant in early spring, after the danger of frost has passed, or late fall. Mix a well-balanced (10-10-10) all-purpose fertilizer into the soil before planting. Transplant by setting the plants 2 inches deeper
