I was going to add some notes from the soil class I was working on but I saw this blog and thought that you might just like this, it is wonderful. After reading this blog on soil you will understand soil so much better than you might now. Have a look.
http://frontrangefoodgardener.blogspot.com/2009/02/improving-urban-garden-soils.html
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Raspberries
I have ordered 6-heritage raspberry plants, so now I have been working on a place to grow them.
Raspberries needs well drained organic soil; I have a clay soil. So I have decided to put the raspberries in a raised bed. (See photos) The beds are just in the first stage of being put together.
The root system for raspberries is about two feet and they need a soil that will drain, (raspberries don’t like wet feet) so I am going to dig down 1 to 1 ½ feet and mix in organic mater, manure, and pet moss. With the 4" box they should be ok. (We’ll see this fall).
I have decided to put them in a trellis even though the heritage raspberry plants don’t need a trellis. They can have a spread of 4’ to 7’ and a height of up to 7’. The box I have them in is 2’ x 8’ and 2’ x 16 I think I will need to contain the plants, also with a trellis I can put a net over the raspberry plants to keep the birds off.
I will be up dating this as time goes on this is my first time growing raspberries so this will be an adventure.
Raspberries needs well drained organic soil; I have a clay soil. So I have decided to put the raspberries in a raised bed. (See photos) The beds are just in the first stage of being put together.
The root system for raspberries is about two feet and they need a soil that will drain, (raspberries don’t like wet feet) so I am going to dig down 1 to 1 ½ feet and mix in organic mater, manure, and pet moss. With the 4" box they should be ok. (We’ll see this fall).
I have decided to put them in a trellis even though the heritage raspberry plants don’t need a trellis. They can have a spread of 4’ to 7’ and a height of up to 7’. The box I have them in is 2’ x 8’ and 2’ x 16 I think I will need to contain the plants, also with a trellis I can put a net over the raspberry plants to keep the birds off.
I will be up dating this as time goes on this is my first time growing raspberries so this will be an adventure.
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