Raspberry Growing Guide
Growing Raspberry is easier than you think. This guide walks you through everything you need — from planting your first seed to harvesting.
At a Glance
Difficulty
Easy
Category
Berry
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Frost Tolerance
Frost Hardy
Cold Hardiness
Survives to -34°C
Plant Family
Rosaceae
Growing Season
Cool Season
Plant Lifecycle
Perennial
Also grows well as
How to Start It
★ Recommended for beginners
Plant bare-root canes in early spring, 60 cm apart, with a wire support. They send up new canes (suckers) you can dig and move to expand the patch for free.
Grown from canes, not seed. Two kinds: summer-bearing (fruit on last year's canes — prune out the old canes after fruiting) and everbearing/autumn (fruit on this year's canes — just cut the whole patch down each winter). Choose the type, since pruning differs.
When To Start
First Chance to Plant
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Last Chance to Plant
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Your Raspberry Planting Window
Start planting
May 15, 2026
Last chance
Sep 10, 2026
The Journey Ahead
Raspberry's Lifecycle
Seedling
Mature Plant
Seed Production
Step 2
Planting & Sprouting
Growing Tips
- 1Give raspberries sun, a wire trellis, and rich, well-drained soil.
- 2The make-or-break job is pruning to the right type: summer-bearers — remove the canes that just fruited; autumn-bearers — cut everything to the ground in winter.
- 3Mulch yearly and water in fruiting.
Seedling Phase
Step 3
Growth & Maturity
150 cm
Mature Height
90 cm
Mature Width
Pests to Watch For
Diseases to Watch For
Mature Plant
Step 4
Harvesting
Harvest Window
30 days
When to Pick
Pick when berries pull off easily, over several weeks in summer/autumn
How to Harvest
- 1Pick when the berries come away from the core with a gentle tug, leaving the white plug behind — they ripen over several weeks, so pick every couple of days.
- 2Eat or freeze quickly; they don't keep.
Step 5
Saving Seeds
Seed Production
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