I have red ever bearing raspberries. Shoot me an email, Kamil

What about redcurrants? These will do well in a pot culture and can also be grown as cordons - a very versatile and tasty currant. Blueberries are another possibility but it must be kept wet - really wet, and prefereably not with tap water either (complete lime haters, ph 4.5). I may try them again with a seep hose directly from one of my water butts but if watering is not a problem, they are also very good plants as well as being quite stunningly ornamental. Yep, there are smaller, more upright blackberries, as well as loads of hybrids between blackberries and raspberries but I think it would be almost impossible to grow raspberries or most blackberries in pots because the cane renewal requires several new canes being produced every season and they tend not to grow close enough to the original crown. Finally, vines can, and are, very successfully grown in pots - the trick is in the pruning - it is OK to grow them as a really tight standard with a minimal framework. Again, they are also good on any training system. They are vigorous so you have to be firm, but definately more doable than the berries. Oh yeah, blackcurrants are also brilliant in pots - especially the smaller (but very prolific varieties like Ben Sarek). I am mad for fruit and grow as much as I can at my allotment.

nourahm Raspberry's are on my list of things I want to grow, as well as blackberries and boysenberries. I haven't grown them before, but have done a lot research on them. I want to start growing some so I can learn the in's and out's, then take what I learn and turn it into a commercial operation. I have a big problem to overcome in order to make it a year round operation, and that is HEAT. I live in the Mojave Desert of AZ, and summers are brutally hot here. Anyhow, one hurdle at a time. I'm wondering if you grow Primocane and/or Floricane raspberry's, as well as what variety's of them you grow? Also, what kind of yields you get out of each plant. I have read that you can expect anywhere from 8 to 22 1/2 pints from each plant, mostly depending on how old (mature) the plant is. With larger root systems being able to support more canes. Keeping in line with $3.50 a 1/2 pint (what they sell for here at the store), 22 x $3.50 = $77 per plant in a 4 month season. I realize that may be the high end, but from what I have read it is quite possible with a refined, efficient system. Of coarse that would not be all profit, there would be operating costs to consider. But one thing I particularly like from what I have read about this crop, is that it tolerates low light levels. Even to the point where I wouldn't even need supplemental lighting during winter months. Supplemental lighting may induce flowering earlier, but doesn't seem to increase yields much (not enough to offset the added electric bill). That's a huge cost savings on the electricity I would need for production, not to mention equipment.

Frank, if you have root damage its voles. Moles eat bugs, voles eat vegetation. I think they share the same holes. I think the chipmunks help them out too and make holes for everybody. I found a large chipmunk hole right next to a hosta crown half eaten yesterday. :-( :-( I have a chipmunk city right next to my house foundation that I am battling. I just bought a roll of hardware cloth and I am planning on doing the underground fence thing this fall. So far the voles haven't found this underground city, but I would like to deter everybody so close to the house.