How to Transplant Raspberry Bushes

Your family will enjoy harvesting homegrown raspberries.

Raspberry bushes will provide you and your family with nutritious fruit that can be used to make pies, jellies and jams, or simply to eat by the handful. Some raspberry varieties produce fruit in the summer months, while others ripen in the fall. Red, purple and black raspberries are the most common in home gardens, and they all are equally tasty. Raspberry bushes are a hardy plant and can tolerate neglect; they often grow wild in the woods. Raspberries develop on short, sturdy upward-growing canes, which are the main portion of the plant. Young raspberry canes are easily transplanted.

Things You'll Need

• Small shovel
• Rotted manure
• Compost

Instructions

1. Transplant your raspberry bush during the winter months, while the plant is dormant.

2. Mix rotted manure and compost into the soil in a planting location that receives plenty of sunshine during the day. The organic humus will help the transplanted raspberry bush thrive.

3. Dig up new canes, one that grew during the past season. Throw away the old canes, the ones bore fruit during the past season.

4. Move the canes to the new planting site. Plant each cane at the same depth as the soil mark on it, or at least 3 or 4 inches deep.

5. Provide about two feet of space between your raspberry plants. Space rows of raspberry bushes about three to six feet apart for the best growth.

Tips & Warnings

• Protect the bushes from birds when the berries start to ripen, or you will not have much of a harvest.

References

• Ed Hume Seeds: Ed Hume Answers Your Gardening Questions