I have acquired raspberries!

[MamaHawk]

I got a Raspberry Jewel (Rubus occidentalis) and a Raspberry Purple Royalty (Rubus X Neglectus) shoot? Stem? Cutting? from clearance at Walmart (because of course I did). The Royalty doesn't seem like it's doing great, it may have been too far gone, but when I took the Jewel out of the root bag, it had little suckers growing in the bag! So I'm hopeful about it surviving.

Does anyone have any advice about these particular types? Or warnings about what to avoid doing to them? Thanks!

 

[Tetters]

Sorry I have no experience growing or caring for these, but I can tell you they will spread like wildfire all over the place if left to their own devices.

 

[Mr_Yan]

1) Make sure you really want the raspberries where you plant them.
2) Make sure they fruit like you want them to.
3) A lawn mower will become your best friend to maintain the berry patch in one place.

I got some raspberries from my in-laws and grew them for three years into a nice looking green mound. It produced 3 berries in 2 years of flowering. I am now mowing and digging to remove them and will replace them in a few years with a good named cultivar.

 

[MamaHawk]

To both your points - I'm hoping to container-plant them for now as I figure out @Mr_Yan 's three points. Thank you both! Here's hoping they live at least!

 

[cntrlwagdnr]

Get a steel drum and cut off about a 2 ft ring. Sink it in the ground to contain the roots and runners.

 

[GFTL]

I got a Raspberry Jewel (Rubus occidentalis) and a Raspberry Purple Royalty (Rubus X Neglectus) shoot? Stem? Cutting? from clearance at Walmart (because of course I did). The Royalty doesn't seem like it's doing great, it may have been too far gone, but when I took the Jewel out of the root bag, it had little suckers growing in the bag! So I'm hopeful about it surviving.

Does anyone have any advice about these particular types? Or warnings about what to avoid doing to them? Thanks!

In my limited experience (3 years w/ rasberries and blackberries) I found they were difficult to manage and if you want any fruit they need to be covered from birds. Even though I had them in large containers and had a trellis setup they self rooted outside the containers and just made a mess. Pruning them was no help. I wound up giving them away.