Raspberries are a healthy fruit high in vitamins and antioxidants that can be grown at home. They come in regular and golden varieties and prefer an acid soil. Raspberries produce new suckers each year that can be transplanted to expand the planting. Fruits can be eaten fresh, frozen, or made into jam for storage through the winter.

1. GROWING RASPBERRIES
Because raspberries are a soft fruit, they don’t travel well and are
therefore often expensive to buy - A good reason to grow this delicious
and healthy fruit at home.

2. Raspberries are a particularly good source of
vitamins and dietary fibre and they also have
around 50% more antioxidants than strawberries.
This makes them an excellent protection against
cell damaging diseases.
Raspberries have significant amounts of vitamins C
and E when eaten fresh, and did I mention they
are delicious!
Healthy Reasons

3. Choosing Your Plants
There are a number of different varieties of
raspberry that you can grow at home.
Browse a catalogue or two or pop down to your
local garden centre to see what’s on offer.
If you have the space, and raspberry canes take
up surprisingly little space, try growing a regular
type and a golden variety. Your organic fruit
salads will be even more colourful!
Choose healthy looking canes with well-
developed roots

4. Unless you have a specific variety that is
designed to be grown in pots or containers,
raspberry plants tend to be a bit unruly for
containers!
They may need a support system which can
be difficult to achieve if grown in pots.
Containers

5. Plants For Free!
As long as conditions are working well for your
plants, raspberry canes will put up new
suckers which can be transplanted in the
spring

6. Raspberries like an acid soil, and although
I’ve never had a problem with various soils, I
may have been lucky to hit on acid soil every
time!
If you’re not sure if your soil is acid or not, or
your crop wasn’t as good as you expected,
test the ph balance and adjust soil if needed.
Soil Requirements

7. Raspberries can be frozen but they will
lose some texture and taste during the
freezing process:
If you are freezing, try and use dry fruits –
don’t wash unless necessary. Organic
raspberries should be okay without having
to rinse them, but if you do, dry carefully
on kitchen towel before freezing.
Lay them out on a tray and freeze quickly.
Then remove from the freezer, put into a
suitable container, label and pop them
back in the freezer.
The most common way of storing
raspberries is by making jam.
Storing

8. How to Grow Raspberries is a mini guide to growing
these power packed fruits at home.
Raspberries tend to be hardy plants and will grow with
the minimum of TLC. And they can supply you with
new plants as well as delicious fruits. Find out how...
*Suggested varieties - images and descriptions of a
few regular garden varieties
*Planting and general care tips - looking after your
raspberries
*Harvesting and storing options - time to harvest and
how to store your raspberries
*A few delicious recipe ideas - simple recipes to make
the most of your crops
*General gardening advice - best practices for your
gardening experience. Happy Gardening!
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