How to Plant Red Raspberries

Planting red raspberries

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  Choose a spot in full sun on the south side of buildings or on a south-facing slope. Soil needs to be well-drained with a pH of 5.5 to 6.0. Red raspberries need to be planted at least 300 feet from other bramble fruit and in soil where tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and potatoes have not grown for 4 years.

• 2

  Remove all vegetation, rocks and other obstructions from the proposed raspberry bed during the fall before planting red raspberries.

• 3

  Till compost or well rotted manure into the soil. The soil should be loose and easy to work with.

• 4

  Plant in early spring after all danger of frost has passed. Dig a hole slightly deeper than the level the raspberries where planted at the nursery. Gently tamp soil around the roots and canes to eliminate air pockets. Space red raspberries 3 feet apart in rows 10 feet apart.

• 5

  Prune the canes to 6 inches above soil level.

• 6

  Water your raspberries until the soil is wet but before the soil becomes saturated.

• 7

  Apply mulch around the red raspberries to a depth of 3 to 4 inches.