{"product_id":"malling-promise-raspberry-canes","title":"Malling Promise Raspberry Canes","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMalling Promise Raspberry Plants\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Malling Promise' one of the best, biggest, and earliest croppers in July. Highly recommended as your early variety if you only have one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBig \u0026amp; firm with strong fruity flavour. Bushy, vigorous plants to 2m. Self fertile. Is thorny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCertified and grown from virus-tested parent material in the UK. \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Please note: \u003c\/strong\u003eIn line with general practice, our raspberries are delivered with last year's growth cut back to 45-60cm. \u003cbr\u003e Summer fruiting raspberries (floricanes) may bear a few berries in the summer following planting, but their first full fruiting season will be in the year after, on their first year's growth. \u003cbr\u003e Autumn fruiting raspberries (primocanes) should crop quite well in their first year, and you can help them by thinning off small and malformed fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/raspberry-canes\"\u003eraspberry plants\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFloricane: Crops on canes that grew during the year before.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarvest Early July, Late June in some sunny Southern places\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirm flesh, good flavour.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood vigour \u0026amp; crop size. To a bit over 2m \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBushy habit, spreads briskly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHas thorns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf fertile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertified\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Malling Promise Raspberries:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaspberries are easy to grow in a humus rich, moist soil that drains well, lots of sun and some shelter from strong wind. They're convenient to grow in rows with light \u003cstrong\u003esupport wires or ropes\u003c\/strong\u003e on either side to hold the canes up nicely, otherwise they'll tangle outwards, set new root where they lie on the soil, usually receive less light, and your fruit'll be closer to the soil life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir roots are shallow, fragile and spreading, so prepare the soil wide rather than deep for them, and consider 6 to 12 inch tall raised beds if your soil is poor or hard clay. Either way, try to add plenty of organic matter, rotted manure is great. Also, don't trample the soil next to your plants, especially in the growing season, and don't let the soil dry out when the fruit are forming; keeping an eye on the weather, delay spring mulching as long as there is wet weather and until the soil has well warmed up, then apply some more mulch in a dry mid-summer spell after a good watering to preserve moisture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf the crowns of your raspberries rot, it's likely because the site is too damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40-50cm apart along the rows, with 1.5m between rows\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Trivia\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe East Malling Research centre was established in 1913 and raspberries are one of their specialities. There are several superb ones in the Malling series, such as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/malling-admiral-raspberry-canes\"\u003eMalling Admiral\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/malling-jewel-raspberry-canes\"\u003eMalling Jewel\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eStandard practice is to deliver raspberry canes with last year's growth cut back to 45-60 cm. \u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cp\u003eTherefore, summer fruiting raspberries will bear few, if any, berries in the Summer following planting. Their first full fruiting season will be in the year after.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ashridge","offers":[{"title":"Bareroot \/ 5 x Canes","offer_id":54999255580998,"sku":"SOFTRASMALPR-BR","price":2.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/0351\/8022\/files\/malling-promise-raspberry-fruit-2.jpg?v=1756581862","url":"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/malling-promise-raspberry-canes","provider":"Ashridge Nurseries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}