That’s a great idea!

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Thanks, Keith!

@@GardenerScotthello, is there a difference in taste between the yellow, black and the common red?

I bought like 10 blackberry plants. It should be interesting in a few years.

I planted in raised beds last year thinking I could contain them to one end. Not only are the 4-foot by 8-foot beds getting full but they reached out underneath and are filling out in-between

@@stevegermain1222 I am trying patio pavers alone one side, and lawn along the other. No doubt they'll pop up here and there anyway.

@stevegermain1222 I have 4x8' beds also. Going to plant raspberries this spring. How deep are your beds? Mine are 22" high. I'm hoping they'll stay in the beds. TIA.

Our raspberries have been prolific, but not our blackberries. Thornless patio also. First year, proper berries didn't form. Some mishapen ones but not edible. Last year, we got two blackberries. This year, the plants look much healthier and lots of blossoms. Praying for an abundant harvest for myself and all!

My best raspberry patch is under my oak trees. My other bed is in full sun and does not do as well.

It is possible, but they will work hard to escape. I use livestock animal troughs with holes drilled in the bottom for my plants that can escape.

That was my experience as well. Raspberries are relentless!

Mine are sending up canes into my lawn. I mow them down, and thankfully I'm not one of those types that is obsessed with having a golf course type lawn.

Wow crazy Dusty Flats, I tried planting raspberries at my last place 3 times and 3 different ways and they never took. You are the only other person that seems to have had this issue. Before that I had a big patch of raspberries that were amazing but I didn't have to worry about them much. Like one of these other commenters, I just mowed over whatever raspberries were escaping their spot. I took a bunch of suckers from that first place to our now place and I am so excited that they are growing!! They are 'thornless' and they get so big and sweet and don't have as many tiny seeds.

@@juanitaglenn9042 yes, I don't know why, probably too dry where I had them. Our soil needs a lot of amendments. Mine were not thornless and were starts from a garden that had clay soil not sand like mine--probably went into shock with our dust🤣 we have wild Blackcaps here but they grow under trees and do very well.

@@alicias9928 ill trade you my plaintan lily leafed hostas in the lawn for edible rasberries?🤣 I swear i will never get rid of them, they are like quack grass.

When the raspberries reach full size I'll have a wire trellis around them.

They can cross pollinate, but that won't affect the flavor or color of the different raspberries.

@@GardenerScott Then I'll look into adding some. Hooray! Thanks so much for your input.

If you have bramble diseases in your garden that is a concern. I don't have any diseases and am not as worried that planting different types will spread disease to another.

You can use containers. A deep trench can work, but it is possible that the roots can grow under the landscape fabric to the other side.

My raspberries have grown up through landscape fabric covered by several inches of compacted gravel. I would suggest something even more solid.

Thanks, Pat!

It's probably because they are just one year old. It takes a few years before they spread.

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Plants from nurseries are usually good for typical garden soils. Wild berries may be in soil different from that and don't always do as well.

Thank you

It depends on your climate and soil. Check with a local nursery to see if they recommend it in your area.

The log is to edge the path and set where I want the bed to end. The raspberries can grow under it so I'll need to control them in that area next year. A pruning video is coming in the future.

My new neighbor was spraying round up in his yard a couple of weeks ago I went over and asked him if he knew how poisonous it was...he didn't!!

My back yard garden borders his. He said he would be sure not to spray near the garden,but after I explained to him the many dangers. He said he would not use it anymore 😔

It might work if they're deep. Raspberry roots can grow deeply and work hard to escape.

That recommendation is because black raspberries can be more susceptible to disease. If the berries are healthy and no disease is present (like in my garden) it shouldn't be a problem.

Blackberries tend to grow a little different and propagating by bending the cane to the ground is more typical. They can spread, but usually not as much as raspberries.

It depends on the variety, but some raspberries like mine can be cut to the ground in winter and provide a crop the next year. Mowing down a bed like that can help keep things manageable.

The raspberries will probably grow around or through the comfrey.

It is still early in the season for me so they are just starting to grow. By summer's end they will be 4-5 ft tall.

Mine are just beginning to grow in a short season. The varieties I grow will get 4-5 ft tall.

They should be okay. The soil temperature in metal beds is the same as other raised beds. It's worth a try.

@@GardenerScott I watched your video comparing soil temp in the summer, so I know they are okay then. I am more concerned about them making it through the winter. I worry that a perennial might become an annual in a raised bed.

I don't do much special other than mulching and regular watering.

It depends on what you want to grow. For most vegetable garden plants a minimum of eight inches will work. My raised beds are 15-20 inches and I can grow anything I want.

So far I try to mound my trees, shrubs, bushes and other perennial types and I have raised beds for my annuals. Clay is so hard to deal with!! So I will dig a slight hole or trench and throw compost, bone meal, manure, etc in the indention. Then i place the plant on top or poke it into the mound if it's a raspberry cane or rhizome type or whatever. Fill around the whole plant with more compost and soil. Then I landscape fabric or newspaper or cardboard depending on what's available and if the plant will spread or not. Mulch like crazy. At this point you would have a mound sticking up so its like a raised bed but I still consider it 'in ground' and the clay tends to hold water in that spot so I wouldn't have to water as much but the plant is sitting on top so the roots don't get too soggy. Hope this helps? 🤷‍♀️

I have mine in 16 inch tall beds to try and prevent them from spreading past the bed. We have heavy clay soil also and there are wild blackberries nearby that grow in it, they just do not spread as fast.

You can grow them in raised beds and that can help keep them under control.