raspberry

When to plant raspberries?

Botanical name
Rubus idaeus
Family
Rosaceae

Raspberries are planted from October to March.

Raspberries are woody perennials. The edible parts are the leaves and fruit.

raspberry
Photo: Kollányi Gábor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Raspberries through the year

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Planting
Summer-fruiting
Autumn-fruiting
Summer-fruiting
Autumn-fruiting
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  • planting
  • pruning (summer-fruiting)
  • pruning (autumn-fruiting)
  • harvest (summer-fruiting)
  • harvest (autumn-fruiting)

In short

Planting
from October to March
week 44 to week 13 of the next year
Pruning cut (summer-fruiting)
in summer
Pruning cut (autumn-fruiting)
while dormant
Spacing between plants
0.6 m
First crop (summer-fruiting)
after two years
First crop (autumn-fruiting)
after a year

Growing conditions

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Soil
loamy
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pH
5.5 to 7
☀️
Sun
full sun
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Water
little water
❄️
Frost
overwinters outdoors
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Height
1.5 to 2.5 m
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Pollination
no pollinating variety needed

Pests and diseases

Listed here is every problem for which the sources name this plant as a host. The problems are not listed in order of how common they are.

Raspberry beetle

pest
Signs
At the stalk of a ripe berry there is a grey brown dried patch, and in the fruit a small whitish brown larva. The summer raspberries are hit hardest. The autumn ones, which ripen late, mostly get away.
Prevention
Put up with a few damaged berries, since the part of the crop affected is usually small. Encourage the predators (birds, hedgehogs, ground beetles). There are water traps scented like the host plant, which catch both sexes.
What to do
There is no spray to use. On the autumn varieties the most reliable measure is the variety itself, because ripening late dodges the generation.

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Related plants

The plants below are in the same botanical family (Rosaceae).

Sources about the plant: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, Iowa State University Extension, NC State Extension Plant Toolbox, Penn State Extension, Royal Horticultural Society, University of Maryland Extension, Utah State University Extension, Wikidata. Checked between 14 and 26 August 2026. The problem descriptions also draw on: EPPO Global Database.