How Do You Raise Red Raspberries

Select a spot in full sun with rich, well-drained soil.Pick out plants that will grow well in your hardiness zone.Improve the soil.Plant raspberry bushes 3-4 feet apart and install a post and wire system for support.Water raspberry bushes regularly during the summer.

Do red raspberries need a trellis?

The new shoots (primocanes) of black and purple raspberries need to be pinched when they reach a height of 36 to 48 inches. … Red, black, and purple raspberries can be supported with a trellis. A trellis keeps the canes off the ground. This is especially important when the plants are laden with fruit.

Where should you not plant raspberries?

Raspberry bushes should not be planted in an area where potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant or strawberries have grown in the last five years. They also should not be planted near these growing plants because of blights and other fungal diseases, like verticillium wilt, which can spread from these plants to raspberries.