Raspberries are brambles, shrubby plants that grow on woody, arching stems called canes. To help your raspberry plants thrive and produce a bumper crop each year, choose the best variety for your ...

A recent conversation with Barbara Mohr included a question that required some research. Her black raspberry plants were doing poorly and producing little fruit. She said: The plants were four year… ...

To help know the best time to spray, you can use a raspberry-beetle trap four to six weeks before the first flower during April to July. Spur blight. Spur blight starts on new canes, appearing in ...

Black raspberry varieties Bristol. Very early, produce large firm berries, vigorous upright canes, no staking required, tolerant to powdery mildew, grows in USDA Zones 5 to 8.

Planting: Black raspberry plants need full sun in a spot protected from the harshest impacts of winter. ... Weekend Best Bets: Entertainment Lancaster.

Black raspberries, red raspberries and blackberries are $10 each, with some smaller pots being sold as three plants for $25. Strawberries are $5 for a pot with two plants. The sale is online only ...