How to plant and care for Raspberry (Glen Ample)

Rubus idaeus

🍓 Fruit 🔁 Perennial

A heavy-cropping, spine-free summer raspberry with large, sweet berries in July. Fruits on last year's canes.

At a glance: harvest in July.

When to plant and care for it

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Harvest

Prune

Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.

On planting day
Plant
Plant 40 cm along a post-and-wire row apart in weed-free, well-prepared soil enriched with compost, and water in well.
0–3 days after “Plant”
Cut Canes to 25 cm
After planting, cut each cane back to 25 cm. You lose this year's fruit but get strong new canes for next year.
7–21 days after “Cut Canes to 25 cm”
Mulch
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plants to keep moisture in and weeds down.

March
Spring Mulch and Feed
Feed with sulphate of potash and mulch with well-rotted manure.
May
Tie In New Canes
Tie new canes to the support wires; remove weak ones and suckers far from the row.
June
Net Against Birds
Cover with netting as the fruit starts to colour.
Starts from year 2.
July
Pick Raspberries
Pick every couple of days when berries pull easily off the plug.
Starts from year 2.
August
Cut Out Fruited Canes
After picking, cut all canes that fruited this year to the ground and tie in the best new ones (about 8 per metre).
Starts from year 2.