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Is it too late to plant raspberry bushes as a novice gardener? (sh.itjust.works)
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We live in southern Minnesota and want put some raspberry bushes in the backyard, being new to gardening should we wait until next spring or could they establish themselves well enough during the hot summer months to survive the winter without expert attention?

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[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

You can plant most raspberries anytime you can get a shovel into the ground but they likely won't produce much this year even if they are potted and big. If you plant in the summer, you will have to water them if it is hot or dry though. Some raspberries sucker out and some stay in place. Buy a couple that sucker and you will have dozens more. If you buy one that doesn't sucker you will have to work to propagate more of them from the original plants but it can be done.