Growing Raspberries in Containers
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Comments (3)The issues you have to contend with go well beyond type of container, potting mix and fertilizer. You also have to deal with their chill/dormancy requirement. Buying a variety suitable for your zone and growing them in the ground is easy, but in a container they can't just be left outside unprotected for a zone 5 winter or they will likely die (containers don't insulate like the ground does). If you bring them indoors once they have gone dormant they will likely break dormancy early and need more light than you can provide. If you then take them right outside the cold may kill the swelling buds/leaves. These are not insurmountable problems by any means, but are these issues you want to deal with? If you want the raspberries without their escaping into the yard then my advice is go with a normal container (not self watering) and bury it in the ground. Cut off the bottom and don't worry about the potting mix at all because drainage isn't going to matter much if the potting mix contacts the earth. The potting mix (or just use soil) will drain the same as the earth does. The idea is that you are more or less earth growing the raspberries, but the solid walls of the container prevent the roots from escaping into the yard. If they escape anyway, they are easy to kill in a lawn with the lawn mower. The landlord will never see the shoots because you will be mowing them before they get much taller than the grass. Worst case scenario you Round Up the shoots before you move out. Done this way you can treat the plants exactly the way you would as if they were ground grown (because really they are being ground grown). It will make things much easier for you....See MoreRaspberries
Comments (1)They should be fine, although I don't think you will end up with more than a few berries here and there. You generally need a 'patch' in order to harvest appreciable amounts. In general I consider rasperries to be a relatively poor candidate for container culture, but it can't hurt to try, right?...See MoreCan red raspberry sucker-sprawl be contained?
Comments (3)Of course culverts could work- just a question of how deep they'd need to be, but the roots could not penetrate them. I'd start with at least 2.5' depth if I was experimenting but I've no idea how deep confined roots might be able to go. Depends on soil type for one thing. If you plant the culvert a foot above ground the raised soil will provide improved conditions for your plants. Beds surrounded by 4' width of mowed lawn usually works well also....See MoreBest way to over-winter raspberry bushes in containers
Comments (7)All the more so since raspberries are quite drainage sensitive yours should be plunged into bark, sand or other well aerated material. That covers the whole pot. And not buried in ordinary ground, that may not be adequately aerated. This is a consideration even when the kinds of plants being handled aren't ones that demand excellent drainage - walls of all conventional plant containers are a barrier to air movement, except perhaps for clay pots....See MoreRelated Professionals
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