We devised a retractable shade cloth for our raspberries and pulled it over the plants today after yesterday we saw temperatures in the low 90s in the tunnel. We are harvesting Prelude raspberry (floricane fruiting) and noticed some blonde drupes so we wanted to shade them. Of course, it is overcast today and there are tornado warnings out. If you don't like the weather in … [Read more...]
The bagged raspberries were shoot thinned and rotated out of the field and into the high tunnel today. This project is funded by the Specialty Crops Block Grant Program of the USDA. … [Read more...]
I added 1 tablespoon of Osmocote 14-14-14 fertilizer to each bagged raspberry in the research trial today. All of the raspberries are alive, although 2 Crimson Giant plants have not yet begun growing. They are later to emerge, so I hope the two that have no emerged shoots will catch up to the others soon. Flower buds are evident on the floricanes of Prelude (demonstration … [Read more...]
The Prelude raspberry floricanes were pruned for production early this season. … [Read more...]
The straw mulch was removed from the raspberries in grow bags that were overwintering outdoors on the south side of the high tunnel. We will check the growth in a week or so to see if they overwintered successfully. … [Read more...]