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outdoors - [Low tent over raised bed!]

davidbac (davidbac@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T22:51:19+00:00

Starting seeds outdoors No germination greenhouse I no longer have a greenhouse and space for an (expensive) grow tent is unavailable, so I have been learning how to germinate seeds directly in the soil without heat pads or grow lights. Low tent over raised bed!

2025new

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-15T18:27:36+00:00

Updates for 2025 I have updated a few previously covered topics with new insights, but most of these reflect new information gained in this unfamiliar environment. * Updates and new posts for 2025 * 2025 in a new location * Irrigation by hand * Fences and cages * Soil or pseudo soil? * Special handling for heat-loving plants * History-data logging * Planting outdoors * Training grape vines * Pruining grape vines * Raspberries * Pruning Raspberries

trellising

davidbac (davidbac@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-09T02:29:25+00:00

Trellises for raspberries My raspberries grow canes at least five-feet-tall. They need supports to hold them in place, and to keep then from being laid down by the usual strong winds we have here. canes that benefit from supports. In calm weather, the wires hold the raspberries gently in place. In windy weather, they stop the plants from being whipped to the ground by our typical, strong winds.

varieties

davidbac (davidbac@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-09T00:59:07+00:00

Types of raspberries There are many cultivars of raspberries, including red, yellow, black and purple. The broad division is between the habit of a plant for fruiting, based on the age of the canes within the season. Summer-fruiting Some varieties of raspberries bear fruit only in the summer from second-year canes from the previous season.

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davidbac (davidbac@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-09T00:50:02+00:00

grapes

davidbac (davidbac@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-09T00:33:17+00:00

Raspberries I have never tried to grow raspberries before, Daughter Bevin gifted us a collection of raspberry crowns so I was soon a grower of raspberries. These crowns hadn't been pruned back previously so they were a scarecrow bunch. So began a learning process

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davidbac (davidbac@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-09T00:22:29+00:00

pruning

davidbac (davidbac@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-08T23:54:10+00:00

Pruning raspberries Why prune? For all raspberries I begin the process during the winter, when then are dormant, by removing all suckers that grow from outside the bed. Then I remove all dead canes and those that are brittle, weak or broken. Raspberries grow from canes, shoots that have few branches. Pruning helps maintain productive plants. I read that to promote fruiting only in the fall some cut off all stems at the ground.

sidebar

davidbac (davidbac@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-03T18:32:43+00:00

Fruit * Home * Plants * Fruit * Blueberries * Varieties * Photos * Grapes * Types * Varieties * Canadice * Concord * Interlaken * New York Muscat * Reliance * Steuben * Swenson Red * Venus * Gallery * Propagating * Gallery * Soil * Training * Pruning * Resources * Photos * Raspberries * Varieties * Trellising * Pruning * Photos

training - [No training]

davidbac (davidbac@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-30T19:08:02+00:00

Training young vines When to begin Training needs to be done for each vine after its first season of growth to create the desired shape, but sometimes this gets delayed. Then it's necessary to re-train the vine so it can grow into the traditional form.

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