The loyal reader knows that part of my formative years was spent in the family’s huge raspberry patch. It was a four-rower, properly wired up to support berry-laden bushes. The aisles between the rows were just wide enough to slip in and harvest. I was short in the early years, and the place was like a maze.
So, if my truth be told, the experience left me bored by raspberries. For me, if there is any thrill to growing them, it is to discover that the golden ones planted a few years back are producing something different than the millions of raspberries I have picked over time. One after another of the same, red-staining, not-quite-enough-for-a-mouthful, seed-filled tart fruit.
The smaller berries might be a result of lack of water. And the berries at the tops of plants are smaller than those at the base. This, plus control of canes, is why it is a good idea to trim yours in the spring to make sure your plants concentrate energy on those “lower” fruits.I have never fertilized our berries. We do, however, apply copious quantities of leaf mulch around our plants in the fall and sometimes more in the spring.
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